A good job search experience from a mid-level software engineer /u/adso_sadso CSCQ protests reddit

I’m a programmer with 6 years of experience in mostly C#, Angular, and Python. I’m no rock star; I was kind of bumbling on my last team. I was notified my position was being eliminated on Dec 4th, was officially unemployed on Jan 5th, and was offered a new role at a different company on Jan 16th.

Some interesting notes:

After being notified my job was being eliminated, I spent time skilling up before applying for jobs. I bought books to review the finer points of C# that I never really understood, and actually hired someone to teach me Angular, which I had experience with but no clue about best practices. This really came in handy when it came time for me to do some technical assessments.

I applied to jobs on LinkedIn by focusing exclusively on positions that had fewer than 100 applicants so far. (I know the “n people applied” stat on LinkedIn doesn’t represent real applicants, but I was trying to be one of the first few people throught he filter.) I would tailor my resume as quickly as possible and generally try to apply within the first hour of the listing being posted. I was only submitting applications online for a week before I got my first response.

I got a response from two jobs I applied to online. For both jobs I applied through the company website, not LinkedIn. For the job I ended up accepting, I actually didn’t apply at all. A recruiter reached out to me over LinkedIn to tell me about the position, and it went very quickly from there. It took only 9 days from her telling me about the job to accepting the offer.

For each job I heard from, the interview process was the same:

1. An initial screen: either a phone call, video call, or written assignment.
2. A technical assessment to be done at home over a period of several days.
3. An inteview to review the technical assessment and hear more about your background.

My salary at my old job was 111K, and in my new role it’s 124K, but health insurance is more expensive so it’s almost a wash. Very happy to make a lateral move though.

I have back-end and front-end experience, but have never had a full stack role. My new position is as a full stack developer, which is what I was hoping to move into. I wasn’t sure that would be possible since I was competing with fully seasoned full stack developers, but it worked out!

Basically, for all the doom & gloom on here, it’s still possible for things to go smoothly and quickly, at least for people with a few years of experience. My heart goes out to all you kids just starting out!

I’m a programmer with 6 years of experience in mostly C#, Angular, and Python. I’m no rock star; I was kind of bumbling on my last team. I was notified my position was being eliminated on Dec 4th, was officially unemployed on Jan 5th, and was offered a new role at a different company on Jan 16th.

Some interesting notes:

After being notified my job was being eliminated, I spent time skilling up before applying for jobs. I bought books to review the finer points of C# that I never really understood, and actually hired someone to teach me Angular, which I had experience with but no clue about best practices. This really came in handy when it came time for me to do some technical assessments.

I applied to jobs on LinkedIn by focusing exclusively on positions that had fewer than 100 applicants so far. (I know the “n people applied” stat on LinkedIn doesn’t represent real applicants, but I was trying to be one of the first few people throught he filter.) I would tailor my resume as quickly as possible and generally try to apply within the first hour of the listing being posted. I was only submitting applications online for a week before I got my first response.

I got a response from two jobs I applied to online. For both jobs I applied through the company website, not LinkedIn. For the job I ended up accepting, I actually didn’t apply at all. A recruiter reached out to me over LinkedIn to tell me about the position, and it went very quickly from there. It took only 9 days from her telling me about the job to accepting the offer.

For each job I heard from, the interview process was the same:

1. An initial screen: either a phone call, video call, or written assignment.
2. A technical assessment to be done at home over a period of several days.
3. An inteview to review the technical assessment and hear more about your background.

My salary at my old job was 111K, and in my new role it’s 124K, but health insurance is more expensive so it’s almost a wash. Very happy to make a lateral move though.

I have back-end and front-end experience, but have never had a full stack role. My new position is as a full stack developer, which is what I was hoping to move into. I wasn’t sure that would be possible since I was competing with fully seasoned full stack developers, but it worked out!

Basically, for all the doom & gloom on here, it’s still possible for things to go smoothly and quickly, at least for people with a few years of experience. My heart goes out to all you kids just starting out!