Job Hunting in Tech

For people currently job hunting in tech, are you still writing cover letters for every application? I can’t tell if recruiters even read them anymore. Part of me feels like I’m wasting hours customiz...

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Four rounds of interviews over two weeks with nothing but excellent post-interview feedback and got rejected out of nowhere with no actual feedback. This is the farthest I've gotten in 6 months of loo...

I took a two-year career break after being laid off in early 2024 to focus on my mental and physical health. I’ve worked hard to get my life back on track and feel ready to return to tech. But the job...

No one talks about the depression that comes with being a tech creative with so much to offer, so much intelligence and skillset, and still yet cannot find the right platform or establishment that wil...

What’s the best way to explain being laid off during interviews without sounding negative? I know layoffs are common in tech right now but I still feel awkward talking about it when interviewers ask w...

I know this Market is insane, but two weeks ago, when I first reentered the job market, I was able to secure 4 interviews, these past 2 weeks I have zero. I'm grateful for the 4, even though none of t...

I had a recruiter reach out to me for a role and then completely disappear after our first conversation. It’s frustrating because they acted extremely interested at first and then stopped responding w...

I was laid off in November and, 7 months later, I'm still searching. As a Technical Writer/Documentation Specialist, it used to take 45–60 days to land a role. Today, it feels like winning the lottery...

What would you do in the days immediately following a lay off? Take time to decompress or get back out there immediately? I hear the market is tough but I’m burnt out.

I just sent a breakup email to a recruiter who hasn't replied in a month, and it was the most cathartic thing I’ve done all year. I told them that because of their lack of communication, I’m withdrawi...

Has anyone here gotten hired recently after a long employment gap? I’ve been out of work longer than expected and I’m starting to worry recruiters see the gap and immediately move on. I still feel con...

In need of a job badlly. Data Analyst, Sales analyst, Business analyst, I'm innnnn 😭😭😭😭. I've been into job searching for the past 2 years i don't know what I'm doing wrong. I need to survive. Any...

Do you think working remotely kills creativity? I still look for remote jobs as my first preference because it allows me to save money, time, and be in a space I am usually more creative i.e. my own h...

I keep hearing that networking is the key to finding tech jobs but I genuinely don’t know how people do it naturally without feeling fake. Are people mostly meeting through online communities now or a...

Is unlimited PTO as a perk a red flag at this point while looking for a job ? I catch myself writing off any job that lists it because my last company used it as a cover to never approve real time off...

For anyone working remotely in tech, do companies still hire fully remote entry level employees or are most businesses pushing hybrid now? I keep seeing remote postings but then finding out later they...

Have you ever taken a role after and it ended up being quite different from what was described during the hiring process? I think it happens more often than we think, and the role a person is hired fo...

Is talking through your code still the gold standard, or has that changed? I was told I was too communicative during my technical interview because I explained my thought process as I coded. The feedb...

I just had an pre-screening interview with recruiter, I see the same job posted by an employee of the company on LinkedIn, I have 2 mutual connections.. should I message him directly and talk about th...