There is attaining employment and then there is attaining employment that doesn’t suck and those are very different beasts. If you are competing with child lik

There is attaining employment and then there is attaining employment that doesn’t suck and those are very different beasts. If you are competing with child like people for a low quality position targeting child like people it’s going to suck. Yes, there are many positions like that but I found it’s so much better to wait for positions that don’t suck. Before my current job I was unemployed for 6 months, so there was a lot of pressure to land any job. The reality is that some jobs require far less time and energy to attain than others and that cost is completely irrespective to the quality of work. As a result it’s so much better to be patient and target a desirable job than just any job. Moving forward I look at the tech stack qualifications of job postings and if I see a bunch of tools and frameworks listed, as opposed to expectations and responsibilities, I just discard that opening. It signals the employer wants a candidate to be a disposable tool monkey instead of a problem solver with ownership of responsibilities.