Ask HN: As a software engineer, where do you look for jobs these days?

Re:Ask HN: As a software engineer, where do you look for job... by oatmeal_croc on Monday October 31, 2022 @03:10AM (#33402829)

I just reply to recruiters on LinkedIn. Lots of startups are still hiring these days, while large company hiring has gone down.

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Re:Ask HN: As a software engineer, where do you look for job... by PainfullyNormal on Monday October 31, 2022 @08:18AM (#33404719)

Here's how every contact I have with a recruiter on LinkedIn goes:

- 5 minute phone call to explain the position, get my resume and say they'll send it to their client

- silence

Maybe I'm just getting hit up by resume farmers pretending to be recruiters?

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Re:Ask HN: As a software engineer, where do you look for job... by PainfullyNormal on Monday October 31, 2022 @01:18PM (#33409107)

> There are lots of good reasons for a company to be really choosy in who they hire, primarily because a bad hire can be hugely damaging to a company.

I think this is overstated. The only engineering positions that can really do any reasonable amount of damage to a company are people who set policy for the whole company (CTO, CEO, VPs). Everybody else is designed to be replaced. Any changes they make can be reversed. The worst you've lost is a little time and money.

> If you're not having much luck

I utilized /r/EngineeringResumes/ and rewrote my resume last month in an X, Y, Z format. I haven't had any problem getting interviews since then. But, I apply directly through the company website. I haven't had a single response on hired or linkedin, but I've had about 20 interviews in the past two weeks at companies I applied to directly. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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