@chanrox69
Interviewed with 20+ companies only to realize that they don't have an intention to hire. The roles have been apparently open for 6 months
@genx7006
I have passed multiple panel interviews with intense interrogation on topics from calculus to complex binary tree queries. On my first day on the job, I'm changing the color of a button.
@kamaboko1
Former recruiter here. No feedback to candidates avoids possible lawsuits. "They didn't hire me because I'm (insert ethnicity). I know a (insert ethnicity) who was hired by them." I've had these discussions with management of $B+ companies and smaller. On another note, I was at a final interview once and a candidate was asked a ridiculously difficult question to solve on a whiteboard in a given amount of time. He paused, pointed to one of the devs on the interview committee and said, "I guarantee I can offer a better answer than him. When I do, I want his job." He was serious. The interview committee didn't accept his request. He walked out. Made the whole team look bad because the guy on the interview committee couldn't step up to the plate. The tech interview process in the US has been broken for over 20 years.
@juggles5474
I’m done with tech. Got a job in an architecture firm and if this is my last coding job ever, I won’t be too sad. I’d rather work construction than face another hiring panel of sociopathic, antisocial, unfeeling losers who relate more to computers than humans. I used to do leetcode but I will not any longer. Life is way too short for that bullshit.
@kmichal456
Accepted an offer from faang company. You are not only competing with other applicants. You are also competing with internal transfers.
@valdomero738
CS majors and programmers are going through what Petroleum Engineers and the energy sector went through in 2014-2015. Mind you the market never recovered. Energy companies learned how to exploit what they have.
@nonequivalence1864
I've been full stack engineer for over 7yrs. Got my CS degree. Worked at a startup from seed round all the way to acquisition. Now working at a larger company. I'm DONE with tech. The interviews are disrespectful and are questions that the interviewers can't even answer themselves. It's all one big joke. All companies out there are a joke. I know what I'm talking about. I've been through the depths of hell and came out on the other side. Tech is cut-throat, evil, brutal, unfair, biased and toxic. I'm transitioning to real estate. Yeah, the grass ain't greener on the other side but dealing with code makes me sick just thinking about it. I used to love coding. Now, I despise it. I got fooled into thinking CS was the way to go. Boy, was I wrong.
@kkondakov
The main root cause: global outsourcing - all US / EU positions are targeted for potential elimination. WHy pay $200k for a software engineer in Palo Alto , California if you can get by with an engineer in Bangladesh who needs $20K and no benefits ?!
@CasimiroBukayo
Former systems engr and game engine dev here. It's been 3+ years since my last employment. I'm now an organic fruit tree farmer and baker. Guess I made the right choice after all
@maryamzibaeifard
The golden age of tech jobs is over. Too much headache for ordinary payments and low job security.
@NickKravitz
I am a quant developer and analyst like Jesus; I also went through a job applicant cycle in 2024. The biggest factor in getting offers continues to be pure luck. I am now in my 50s so have been through 1000+ interviews and have already heard all the technical and behavioral questions multiple times. I generally perform well at interviews but have ups and downs like everyone. It is just a numbers game. I sent off approximately 1000 job inquiries; this led to around 50 conversations, 10 interview cycles and 2 offers. Be organized and be prepared to juggle multiple interview cycles. Over a 30+ year career I would say 2024 is around average, worse than the go-go 90s and better than the dumpster fires of 2002 and 2008.
@adarby4215
Getting ghosted/no feedback really is the most demoralizing aspect of interviewing period.
@harryzhu
CS Grad with 4 internships here. 900 apps since october 2023. I took risks but has not paid off yet. I've been unemployed for two months now. I still have hope for myself.
@kikuomiku3
The reason they ghost you when you ask for feedback is because their HR department doesn’t allow it. Giving feedback to candidates as to why they weren’t hired opens up the company up to risk, including legal risk for hiring discrimination if the candidate disagrees with their reasoning. There is no real upside to the company for giving feedback to a rejected candidate compared to the downsides they may face.
@shiyiyin3403
The company could afford to treat candidate like shit right now, because there are thousand of people are ready to apply.
@blazer511
It takes real valor and integrity to admit you are wrong on something, especially in 2024, for that I commend you It amazes me that people are still trying to funnel into tech while there are barely any applicants at all on equally paying medical jobs.
@dishcleaner2
I was working in the industry for 3 years and got laid off. I was unemployed for 6 months and during that time I learned 4x more than I did working because of free time. I passed the leetcode interview question. I’ve been working for a year and a half now. I don’t think I could pass the same question that got me the job now.
@vishweshmashruwala9307
I wholeheartedly agree with your point that doing good on leetcode interviews is directly proportional to how much free time you have, in my sophomore year of college, i interviewed with companies and did good on leetcode style interviews, cause I practicing them in my free time and in my delusion that I was smart af, since then I had to pick a part time job to cover some expenses and now I dont have enough to do leetcode with university course work and part time job and feel like I have lost all my leetcode muscles.
@LM-tv2bo
The knock-on effect is that every SWE is switching to be a DS, DE or MLE and this is causing that market to be mega-cooked, even though that's one of the fastest growing markets in the US.
@ball-e