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Extremely hard even for a experienced engineers to find a job? (lemm.ee)
submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/cs_career_questions
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I'm curious if it's just me or not. I'm an SE with 10+ years of experience, mostly in full-stack with a wide variety of languages and stacks, and my last title was at the "staff" level. I'm almost 40 years old; not sure if age discrimination is much of a thing (my interviewers have been mostly around my age or younger). I've been looking for a job for months. I've been applying to just about every job posting where my skills match on LinkedIn, Indeed, and ZipRecruiter (mostly just the Easy Apply option lately, so I can send more applications out). I've even been applying to positions that just require 2+ years of experience; I'd take any job (except defense or big tech). I've probably sent something like 400 applications out at this point. I've gotten a few interviews, and think I did OK, but I guess not good enough since I was still rejected. Is this normal?

The last time I was looking for a job (2021), I only sent 20 applications out, and landed a job on my first interview. I also tried Upwork for a couple weeks, but wasn't able to land any contracts. I think everyone there is either looking for very cheap devs in the developing world or rockstars with tons of contracting experience and large portfolios.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago

Job market has been kinda brutal since about 2022 when all the tech layoffs began. Now I think companies are jumpy about the economy. Recession is looming and most is the non-big tech companies are looking at increased costs, decreased sales, and IT is a cost center.

I was really fortunate 6 weeks ago and got hired by another team at the same company. Last year I was out of work for 5 months looking for that job.

I'm sure it's just a temporary rough spot in the market. Computers and internet aren't going anywhere. But how long it lasts is anyone's guess. Wouldn't shock me if it lasts until the end of Trump's term—assuming it ends.