Posts like this horrify me. I’ve been an engineer for 19 years, and I’ve had 7 jobs in that time, from my very first job in 2004. I think there have been a tota

Posts like this horrify me. I’ve been an engineer for 19 years, and I’ve had 7 jobs in that time, from my very first job in 2004. I think there have been a total of 10 jobs I’ve ever interviewed for, 7 of them with offers that I accepted, 2 with offers I rejected or otherwise stopped the process early, and 1 single time I interviewed and didn’t get an offer. Basically my success rate is 90%… some of the jobs were from recommendations within the network of people I know, but many of them were cold. But I haven’t been in the job seeking market in 6 years, being gainfully employed in my current role. The idea of having a 1-2% success rate is terrifying. I don’t think I’d have it in me to press on. I’m used to employers rolling out the red carpet, and I really really don’t want to go back into the job market. Godspeed to anyone who’s going through this right now, you have a lot more guts than I got.