Also looking myself for the last couple of months. No luck. 8 yrs exp, but generic full stack web experience in financial services (this might be my problem, having generic and common skills).

Could you elaborate on your exp? Wondering if you have specialist skills that are making you more in demand.

Honestly it's nothing too special. Boring enterprise .NET development, mostly focused on moving companies from old monolithic WinForms etc applications to modern stacks. Have been doing this for about 8 years.

Might be a localized thing though, I work and live in The Netherlands.

Good offers? From reputable companies? For jobs you want and are qualified for?

since when is a recruiter messaging you for an interview an offer?

Why would they message you if there was no possibility of leading to an offer?

Shotgun emails are easy to send to a list where 90% of recipients are not actually what the client is looking for.

1% chance of an offer is not an offer.

I’ve actually had a few recruiters reach out in the last few weeks. It’s nowhere near the daily calls I used to get, but it seems like there’s been a little bit of an uptick.

Math major, 300k starting, any job I want