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Struggling for almost 6 months to find work for which I have 15+ years experience, with all sorts of shenanigans occurring at every stage, despite finding hundr

Struggling for almost 6 months to find work for which I have 15+ years experience, with all sorts of shenanigans occurring at every stage, despite finding hundreds of "open" and actually appropriate positions. Hiring is broken; very many reasons for it; I suspect many of these companies aren't actually hiring but haven't yet figured out that it's uncool to waste everyone's time pretending.

sph 4y ago
Same here. 16 years experience, I've been looking for 6 months. To be honest I haven't been trying very hard the last 3 months, because it's fucking exhausting. A lot of LinkedIn recruiters and even people off HN job threads wasting my time. Contacting me, great interview, saying I'm a perfect candidate, and then ghosting me. That or I must have become really terrible at interviewing and reading people. Freelance job boards are useless unless you're a junior React dev or want to get into a Web3 crypto startup. I've been out of the job hunting circus for a while, and it's been dire. That said, I asked a little too much for a position at a dream company I always wanted to work for, but at least they graciously came back to me to say "we would have hired you, but your salary expectation are a way out of our budget so we went for someone else." Oh well, live and learn. The economy's a little tight these days, so one needs to adjust their rates accordingly.
tacostakohashi 4y ago
A lot of software jobs require, say, 3, 5, or 7 years of experience, and they're looking for someone who is minimally qualified, or possibly even slightly underqualified who will see it as an amazing opportunity that they are lucking to have and grow into - and not someone who has essentially already done that job for many years. You may have more success if you can identify and move into a role that requires, and values, 15+ years of experience - probably management of some sort.
jsjsof 4y ago
Same. It does feel like they want to hire only yes-men.

sph 4y ago

Same here. 16 years experience, I've been looking for 6 months. To be honest I haven't been trying very hard the last 3 months, because it's fucking exhausting. A lot of LinkedIn recruiters and even people off HN job threads wasting my time. Contacting me, great interview, saying I'm a perfect candidate, and then ghosting me. That or I must have become really terrible at interviewing and reading people. Freelance job boards are useless unless you're a junior React dev or want to get into a Web3 crypto startup. I've been out of the job hunting circus for a while, and it's been dire. That said, I asked a little too much for a position at a dream company I always wanted to work for, but at least they graciously came back to me to say "we would have hired you, but your salary expectation are a way out of our budget so we went for someone else." Oh well, live and learn. The economy's a little tight these days, so one needs to adjust their rates accordingly.

tacostakohashi 4y ago

A lot of software jobs require, say, 3, 5, or 7 years of experience, and they're looking for someone who is minimally qualified, or possibly even slightly underqualified who will see it as an amazing opportunity that they are lucking to have and grow into - and not someone who has essentially already done that job for many years. You may have more success if you can identify and move into a role that requires, and values, 15+ years of experience - probably management of some sort.

jsjsof 4y ago

Same. It does feel like they want to hire only yes-men.