I’m a fullstack web dev with 7 years of experience, and been casually searching for the past year or so, but most applications don’t go anywhere, when I’ve had no problems with resumes in the past.

How have your experiences been, anyone having any better luck?

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3 YoE here as a full-stack dev. I’m not getting shit. Apps are in the multiple hundreds, and not one interview anywhere.

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I’m at a large tech company. We are hiring, and I feel the bar is much higher this year. From my perspective, it feels like a lot of really well qualified people are applying, and that has made the interview panels more picky and slow. I feel that in the past we were very quick to decide and extend offers to people who are likely to do well in the role. But that urgency feels gone, and there’s a larger pool of candidates, so the panel is much more likely to pass or ask the candidate to wait while they interview more people.

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Just lost my job the other day. Was hoping for some good news in the responses. Sigh…

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Stay strong. Apply for unemployment. Budget. Don’t be afraid to take a break day every now and then either.

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10+ YoE here.

Companies’ hiring processes have become very slow. I applied and got interviews with 4 companies. I only got offers from 2 of them because the others were so slow. Meta was the slowest, 6 months to first interview.

That said, the offers were $800k/yr and $500k/yr total comp so I can’t complain. The catch was mandatory in-office in downtown SF. I’d have to move. It was a hard decision if I’m being honest.

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Jesus SF salaries are insane.

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What does YoE stand for

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YoE mama

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Years of experience

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I started a contract role 3 months ago after 8 months off with 3.5 YoE. It was my third hunt and by far the hardest. With my other searches lasting 4 weeks and 4 months respectively.

Honestly pretty done with layoffs at this point.

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