Re:Show HN: Whiteboardfree – Developer Jobs at Companies Tha...
by scarface74 on Friday May 18, 2018 @03:46PM
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Yes, my comment has a few assumptions
1. That you are in an area of the country with a lot of opportunities
2. That you kept your eye on the market and made sure that your skill set in demand
3. That you kept your resume updated
4. That you kept your network of recruiters, former coworkers, and references fresh.
If you have limited savings like the vast majority of Americans -- time is your enemy
With the unemployment rate of software developers being extremely low, the chances are that someone looking for a job that you are interviewing, already has a job. When I said my turn around from looking for a job to getting a job is about three weeks, I didn't mean to imply that I was a special snowflake.
A company I was working for went through a few rounds of layoffs before everyone was let go -- this was in 2011. Without fail, every developer and even L2 support person had another comparable job within a month.
If a company makes the hiring process too long, more than likely if you are in the right market and you are just a regular old "Full Stack Developer", by the time you go through the process, you've already received a couple of offers
Besides, if I'm looking for a job and I am unemployed, the time I am taking to do homework, I can be meeting with recruiters, preparing for interviews, brushing up on my skillset, etc...
1. That you are in an area of the country with a lot of opportunities
2. That you kept your eye on the market and made sure that your skill set in demand
3. That you kept your resume updated
4. That you kept your network of recruiters, former coworkers, and references fresh.
If you have limited savings like the vast majority of Americans -- time is your enemy
With the unemployment rate of software developers being extremely low, the chances are that someone looking for a job that you are interviewing, already has a job. When I said my turn around from looking for a job to getting a job is about three weeks, I didn't mean to imply that I was a special snowflake.
A company I was working for went through a few rounds of layoffs before everyone was let go -- this was in 2011. Without fail, every developer and even L2 support person had another comparable job within a month.
If a company makes the hiring process too long, more than likely if you are in the right market and you are just a regular old "Full Stack Developer", by the time you go through the process, you've already received a couple of offers
Besides, if I'm looking for a job and I am unemployed, the time I am taking to do homework, I can be meeting with recruiters, preparing for interviews, brushing up on my skillset, etc...