Just got laid off, so I'm interested!cakes wrote: Thu Feb 27, 2025 12:26 pm My company is hiring 3 Software Engineers, 1 AI/ML engineer, 1 Devops and 2 Data engineers.
We are an ed-tech company teaching kids to read and are lead by educators, not technologists.
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212Just got some news about a shake-up in the company and I fear that I might be back on the job market soon.
Why can't I just have some stability in my life?
Why can't I just have some stability in my life?
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213It's brutal out there in tech.
I'm usually one of the best in my team wherever I work. The market's picking up, but a mix of fumbling interviews (found out I'm probably autistic, fwiw) and work gaps mean I'm not even getting interviews for stuff I know I'd completely crush.
Time to put the nose to the grindstone.
I'm usually one of the best in my team wherever I work. The market's picking up, but a mix of fumbling interviews (found out I'm probably autistic, fwiw) and work gaps mean I'm not even getting interviews for stuff I know I'd completely crush.
Time to put the nose to the grindstone.
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214For any engineering or engineering-adjacent folks in various metros (Chicago, Raleigh, Portland, San Jose, etc.), we're still hiring.
https://www.ul.com/careers
https://www.ul.com/careers
jason (he/him/his) from volo (illinois)
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215Yep. I'm interviewing for the type of work I was doing the first 6 months I entered this "in demand" industry and recruiters/hiring managers are just downright insulting about it. "Oh, but they really wanted 3-4 years of Salesforce experience for this junior level role". Bitch, it's a ERP/CRM interface. Any non-dunce could at least get basic up and running with it by the end of the first day or two.andyman wrote: Tue Mar 11, 2025 6:35 am It's brutal out there in tech.
I'm usually one of the best in my team wherever I work. The market's picking up, but a mix of fumbling interviews (found out I'm probably autistic, fwiw) and work gaps mean I'm not even getting interviews for stuff I know I'd completely crush.
I don't see it ever fully coming back, frankly. The same way the auto industry was once a reliable gig only to be decimated by outsourcing and automation/AI.
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216I see the problem: You're not lying to these people. Just lie. There's no downside.penningtron wrote: Tue Mar 11, 2025 8:32 amYep. I'm interviewing for the type of work I was doing the first 6 months I entered this "in demand" industry and recruiters/hiring managers are just downright insulting about it. "Oh, but they really wanted 3-4 years of Salesforce experience for this junior level role". Bitch, it's a ERP/CRM interface. Any non-dunce could at least get basic up and running with it by the end of the first day or two.andyman wrote: Tue Mar 11, 2025 6:35 am It's brutal out there in tech.
I'm usually one of the best in my team wherever I work. The market's picking up, but a mix of fumbling interviews (found out I'm probably autistic, fwiw) and work gaps mean I'm not even getting interviews for stuff I know I'd completely crush.
I don't see it ever fully coming back, frankly. The same way the auto industry was once a reliable gig only to be decimated by outsourcing and automation/AI.
tbone wrote: Sun Dec 10, 2023 11:58 pm I imagine at some point as a practicality we will all start assuming that this is probably the last thing we gotta mail to some asshole.
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217I've seen it backfire on a few people (this one contractor talked his way onto a DevOps team and it took the other guys about a month to figure out he didn't know or do shit) but they just flew a little too close to the sun.dontfeartheringo wrote: Tue Mar 11, 2025 9:12 am I see the problem: You're not lying to these people. Just lie. There's no downside.
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218I've lied a little. Now I'm going to lie more.
Unfortunately though, the world of work runs on charisma, not competence.
Unfortunately though, the world of work runs on charisma, not competence.
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219Dealing with recruiters, I figure it's like eating shark or alligator meat: They'd eat you if they had half a chance. It's just fair to return the favor.
Salesforce has their own special sauce they put on relational databases. You could probably get spun up in the time it took to get a good stain going in the bottom of your cubicle coffee cup.
Salesforce has their own special sauce they put on relational databases. You could probably get spun up in the time it took to get a good stain going in the bottom of your cubicle coffee cup.
tbone wrote: Sun Dec 10, 2023 11:58 pm I imagine at some point as a practicality we will all start assuming that this is probably the last thing we gotta mail to some asshole.
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220It's called "rizz" now, daddio.andyman wrote: Tue Mar 11, 2025 9:24 am I've lied a little. Now I'm going to lie more.
Unfortunately though, the world of work runs on charisma, not competence.
These posts are disheartening, keep well out there.