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It’s a dark time to be a tech worker right now
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this post was submitted on 15 Feb 2024
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I'm not sure what qualifying language you took offense at, and I wasn't intending to be condescending.
I admitted that my experience was indeed anecdotal, but I stand by my statements. If you're good at what you do in tech, you have a few years of experience, and you're willing to take take positions that differ from your comfort zone you should never be without well paying work.
I'm always in the market as you put it, even though I'm not looking to leave my current position any time soon. I did 2 interviews in the last 7 days, and I turn down offers probably once a month.
I know this isn't how it works for everyone in tech, but once you get your career grooved it isn't unrealistic.
I'm always willing to take positions different from my comfort zone but it feels like no one wants to hire me unless I have experience with all their tech stack and languages or am willing to take a pay cut. But I can't in this environment, I have loans and a family and expensive rent and groceries to pay for. It's kind of annoying because I actually would like to change it up lol.
I hear you, it's always tough out there, keep at it you got this.
The reason I take multiple interviews a week even when I'm not looking change positions is because it takes that level of legwork to maintain my career.
I don't want to sound like I'm down playing how difficult it is to succeed in our industry. It takes a bunch of work, and networking, but getting ahead if you have talent is 100% doable.
Thatd a good idea. I really need to do the same thing: apply and take interviews all the time even when I'm not looking to change. At the very least, it'll help me know what to frameworks and platforms to study for instead of studying broad tech interview concepts.