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austin-cheney

3 months ago

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My suggestion is don't do that. Consider what your probably of success is. The more people do that the less successful you will become.

I suggest leaving the house and going to meet people. Go to job fairs, seminars, and trade fares. Find big contracting firms and make sure they get your resume, like TekSystems. Use your personal network.

Also, you might want to look outside of tech. There some amazing and less boring jobs out there. I suspect if you are trying to fire hose blast your resume to the world you aren't taking the time to find jobs you love. Do you want to be miserable?

eerichmond33

3 months ago

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I didn't give enough context in my question I suppose... I am a masters student, and I do really love software engineering. I want to be in tech; I enjoy being in tech.

Appreciate the advice.

austin-cheney

3 months ago

No problem. In the years between the late 90s and about 2020 tech was on fire. Public software companies were rewarded on Wall Street for growth more than profitability. So that means hire like fire. Many of those people were not properly trained and could barely do the jobs assigned without considerable help.

Now the market has drastically constricted and there is now a legacy of fresh talent, some of which is likely very talented, competing against people out of work with 10 or more years experience. Some of those experienced people may not be very good at all, but they have a stacked resume, which is challenging to compete against. It also means programming for enjoyment is drastically different than programming for employment.

If you love programming as much as I do then keeping looking for tech jobs, but temper your expectations (A LOT) and simultaneously start building a plan B.

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