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Nah. I’m actually a senior (in your own words) and I got a decent job using the traditional methods: search on linkedin and submit cv. The only thing is that I

• Nextgrid 1y ago
  I think you must’ve gotten lucky. I’ve been on the hiring side recently and the amount of suspected trash we got through the front door is insane, but there’s no way to tell trash from treasure in a scalable way. It put me off from applying at all, and nowadays I exclusively target non-technical business owners that may need tech (they have their own scammers to worry about, but surprisingly that segment seems less polluted, probably because a lot of it still relies on in-person communication and so hard for boiler rooms to exploit). I suggest reconsidering your opinion on real-life events. It’s not necessarily about finding a job now (which I concur is difficult if you want full-remote), but still, you’ve made a connection and proven to the person that at the very least you’re not just a monkey operating ChatGPT - this may be useful down the line. They may know someone who’s hiring and is open to full remote.