Counter data: semi-active search time span: ~4-5 weeks where: just craigslist & python.org what: sr. level web frontend or backend companies: all small/star

Counter data: semi-active search time span: ~4-5 weeks where: just craigslist & python.org what: sr. level web frontend or backend companies: all small/startups, but none are well known in HN emails sent: I'm quite choosy actually, only applied to ~4 positions a week, which equates to ~20 sent. results: ~75-80% replied, out of those replied: ~50-60% replied within a day or two, 2 took more than a week to get back to me, which strangely enough, followed thru with deeper phone interviews. no on-site interviews (although ~25% I applied are remotes) until one of those turned out to be a recruiter. Note: I wanted to avoid recruiters since didn't have good experience with them before. But this time it turned out pretty good, got to interview a few companies and landed a decent gig. But since this thread is about no response from direct emails, I did not include these data points from recruiter in my results.