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For those of you feeling down about being ignored, keep in mind this is the slowest hiring time of the year, with holidays and vacations, and end of year budget

For those of you feeling down about being ignored, keep in mind this is the slowest hiring time of the year, with holidays and vacations, and end of year budgets. Even in down markets, hiring tends to pick up in January as managers get their hiring budgets for the new year and are back in the office. Hang in there!

cmckn 4y ago
You’re totally right; but I’m nervous for my laid-off friends that will burn through 80% of their severance over the holiday season. :(
- czbond 4y ago
  After that there is unemployment insurance for a while. They'll be fine.
  - ghaff 4y ago
    Depending on the state, unemployment can be a few hundred dollars per week.
arandomJohn 4y ago
For companies that do on-campus recruiting it is the busiest hiring time of year. But for experienced devs it might be a weird time to look.
- jedberg 4y ago
  This is true but sort of different. Most of them are hiring out of next year's budgets with start dates in May/June. The last time we had a pull-back in tech, a lot of those offers ended up getting rescinded, so if you're in that boat, don't start spending the money until you actually start...
  - arandomJohn 4y ago
    We’ve got people starting every week and open headcount for seniors.
fhd2 4y ago
Having hired hundreds of engineers, it's the same feeling on the other side as well: The recruiters will tell you that nobody wants to switch jobs around the holidays, so you shouldn't even try. Odd.
- culi 4y ago
  Weird I did the interview for my current interview in December and got the offer first week of January
  - ralphc 4y ago
    But you didn't switch in December. People don't want to have zero seniority or PTO this time of year, they want their time off to spend with family if they can.
Alifatisk 4y ago
Been looking for a junior developer role for 3 months now, it's been rough. Planning on switching to something else temporarly.
- shyn3 4y ago
  Look into growing your GitHub rep. Juniors are risky to hire.
- culi 4y ago
  What are you hiring for? Just wondering what kinds of companies are hiring juniors right now (I've got a little under a year of industry experience so I'd fall into that category)

cmckn 4y ago

You’re totally right; but I’m nervous for my laid-off friends that will burn through 80% of their severance over the holiday season. :(

czbond 4y ago
After that there is unemployment insurance for a while. They'll be fine.
- ghaff 4y ago
  Depending on the state, unemployment can be a few hundred dollars per week.

arandomJohn 4y ago

For companies that do on-campus recruiting it is the busiest hiring time of year. But for experienced devs it might be a weird time to look.

jedberg 4y ago
This is true but sort of different. Most of them are hiring out of next year's budgets with start dates in May/June. The last time we had a pull-back in tech, a lot of those offers ended up getting rescinded, so if you're in that boat, don't start spending the money until you actually start...
- arandomJohn 4y ago
  We’ve got people starting every week and open headcount for seniors.

fhd2 4y ago

Having hired hundreds of engineers, it's the same feeling on the other side as well: The recruiters will tell you that nobody wants to switch jobs around the holidays, so you shouldn't even try. Odd.

culi 4y ago
Weird I did the interview for my current interview in December and got the offer first week of January
- ralphc 4y ago
  But you didn't switch in December. People don't want to have zero seniority or PTO this time of year, they want their time off to spend with family if they can.

Alifatisk 4y ago

Been looking for a junior developer role for 3 months now, it's been rough. Planning on switching to something else temporarly.

shyn3 4y ago
Look into growing your GitHub rep. Juniors are risky to hire.
culi 4y ago
What are you hiring for? Just wondering what kinds of companies are hiring juniors right now (I've got a little under a year of industry experience so I'd fall into that category)