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If you figure out the answer let me know. 10+ years of experience and haven't been able to find a job in the last 2 years.
Mainly looking for:
The only thing I'm seeing in abundance is C#/dot net. And everything advertised with PHP smells like WordPress.
I see a lot of posts for typescript, but every job also says 100+ applicants. Job market is not looking good
Plus all these places want people to go into the office just-because
Most of them are spam or people testing their luck even though they're underqualified since applying to jobs is usually just a click nowadays. Don't worry too much about it.
Hard to not worry about it when after 2 years of applying to 2-4 every other day you get no responses. Like surely you'd think a resume with 10 years of experience would at least warrant a phone screen. I have several theories but I'm probably just another "armchair expert"
Man, it's so frustrating being in that boat and also seeing people complain about hiring frauds who don't know how to code etc etc
like there's so many qualified coders on the market right now, just call me back lol
Funny, I'm in a similar but reversed situation. 10+ years of experience, no job for two years, but my stack is C# and .Net and I keep seeing an abundance of ads looking for Node and React 🤔
Where's the tin foil hat emoji when you need one?
But actually I might have been confusing what I'm seeing on job boards with what all the recruiters are telling me or it's a stale vibe from several months ago. Took another look at LinkedIn, indeed, dice and it seems relatively balanced if not listing more jobs with my stack like you said.
Doesn't change the fact that I'm not getting any interactions from these postings though. I finally got one response on indeed last week but after answering their questions and they said I was a strong candidate they directed me to a one way AI video interview site.. 3 years ago I had recruiters banging down my door trying to get me into interviews left and right. Trying not to rant but long story short it's not looking good for tech.
Indeed and LinkedIn is also where I'm mostly looking. I do find posts for which I'm well suited and phone screenings that suggest I'm a strong candidate; but somehow that never seems to translate to interviews 😩. It's a far cry from the last time I was in the market some 7 years ago when I could get multiple offers within a month or two of search.
I agree, it's not looking good for tech