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Finding a Tech Job Is Still a Nightmare (www.wired.com)
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[–] 25 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

You are being unfair. I have been searching for 6+ months for a position in IT, had 2 companies that paid $40k+/yr, 1st one didn't pan out, 2nd one is in progress. Countless $15-20k/yr offers though. I am in Europe looking for remote only positions in any form of tech support, python programming but preferrably linux server/desktop support. I don't use AI, all applications are written by me. My CV is 2 pages, modern theme. 10 years experience.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I'm probably in an echo chamber. I hope that 2nd application goes well for you.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I don’t believe you are in a bubble. My experience matches with your initial assertion. We just recently hired for 3 SRE roles.

    Hundreds of applicants in a 24 hour window.

    We had people using some kind of LLM tool during interviews, obviously so. Others were sharing the same resume with only slight modifications, and plenty of folks who couldn’t pass the screening call or a very simple tech interview.

    We also had wildly unprofessional candidates who were no-shows, or had profane/NSFW desktops or couldn’t even use a terminal - for an SRE role.

    So no, you’re not alone. The great candidates get hired, headhunted even.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    The same resumes as each other? Did they just copy an example online resume?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Name was different, resume exactly the same. It was probably a scam or the folks applying were scammed in someway. Someone on our team told us stories of scummy “we’ll get you a tech job” services in their country and this “copied resume” phenomenon was par for the course.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    That's my experience too. Just absolutely to brag, but I wasn't actively applying in the last 10 years, I was always headhunted.
    I mean not personally as if everybody knows in the industry that Golem is the shit, but as in when I get bored after 2-3 years at my current job and I want a nicer salary bump, I start to answer some of the more interesting LinkedIn messages and usually in about a month I land something new.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I've been wondering about this. Is it reasonable to ask those recruiters through the linkedin chat about salary before wasting time on the phone with anyone? I've been thinking about answering some of those messages lately like you mentioned you did.

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