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25 yoe slacker here. Before now, I've interviewed about 10 times in my career. The last time I interviewed was about 12 years ago. Man, what a difference does 1
by afpx 3y ago
25 yoe slacker here. Before now, I've interviewed about 10 times in my career. The last time I interviewed was about 12 years ago. Man, what a difference does 12 years make. I remember the days when you'd give a resume, get an interview, go into a short interview and have an offer in a few days.
Luckily, I made enough in this industry that I can ride it out indefinitely. But, I currently fear that I won't work in this field anymore. I'm just not motivated to study for interviews.
Anyone else dropping out of this field? What are you going into next?
- sage76 3y ago> Anyone else dropping out of this field? What are you going into next? Already out. Haven't decided what next, but I am 100% done with being a fullstack or backend dev.
- blackhaj7 3y agoHow come you are done with it?
- sage76 3y agoA series of bad experiences. Hard to explain in a comment.
- deprecative 3y agoI'll be honest this is almost me as well. I have 10 YoE and I got laid off at the start of this cratering and have been since. About two ish years now. If I could do anything else and that something else paid anywhere near what this field does (did) I'd probably have left. I've been in the first or second round of layoffs at several companies and have had to job hop where I haven't to get paid decently. It's soul crushing but there's nothing I can do. I've always had great reviews, I'm decently personable, and all the normal office politics jazz. Anyway, I just wanted to empathize. Hope you find success wherever you end up.
- sage76 3y agoThanks.
- lubujackson 3y ago20 years as a founder and web dev here. The market for an IC is so bad right now that I am literally considering starting a new company as an easier alternative to getting hired anywhere for a reasonable rate. Companies can be as choosy as they want right now. I feel like if I'm missing 1 item from a tech stack I might as well not bother applying.
- ornornor 3y agoI’m on the same boat. Non clue what I’ll do next. But the thought of writing code for money again makes me ill. To not be cliche at all, I’d love to find a good SaaS idea and bootstrap that solo but it’s kind of a running joke amongst developer’s because who doesn’t secretly want that. For now, I’m taking a 6–12 months break to go travel and see what fresh ideas I can get out of it.