Shit is bleak. I work in the government and have started casually applying to jobs in the private sector (missing 3 checks is really shitty). Luckily, I have a savings buffer and my wife works, but that’s not going to last forever and her income isn’t enough to support us indefinitely. But there’s barely anything that offers comparable salary/benefits and/or is either near me or allows remote work. My niece graduated from university with a degree in comp sci and has been looking for a junior developer job since February of this year.
Hell, you go on the DevOps subreddit and there’s countless posts of people witnessing the same terrible tech job market. It’s really depressing.
I feel for you, and I hope this works out for you in the end. I’m in the private sector, and have been actively searching and applying for a year, and I’ve spoken to two recruiters. I’m pretty well qualified for the roles I’ve been applying to, but it’s a fairly niche skill set so it’s been maybe 70-80 applications over the course of the past year.
I’ve never been happier to have been out of the government; I left a few years ago.
You’re not misreading. It was an attempt at commentary on the current state of the job market, specifically at fintechs. This is not the same job market from even just a couple years ago, at least iny experience of it. I realize two different people within the same subset of the market can have markedly different experiences . But for me, I can’t even get someone to talk to me beyond a couple of recruiter contacts which went nowhere once the hiring manager got involved.
I’m not looking for a better job necessarily, just a different one. I’m in a volatile industry which is beset by a reliance on utilization percentage to justify continued employment. There is a level of constant anxiety to every aspect of the job and it’s driving me slowly insane. Or maybe not slowly.
Shit is bleak. I work in the government and have started casually applying to jobs in the private sector (missing 3 checks is really shitty). Luckily, I have a savings buffer and my wife works, but that’s not going to last forever and her income isn’t enough to support us indefinitely. But there’s barely anything that offers comparable salary/benefits and/or is either near me or allows remote work. My niece graduated from university with a degree in comp sci and has been looking for a junior developer job since February of this year.
Hell, you go on the DevOps subreddit and there’s countless posts of people witnessing the same terrible tech job market. It’s really depressing.
I feel for you, and I hope this works out for you in the end. I’m in the private sector, and have been actively searching and applying for a year, and I’ve spoken to two recruiters. I’m pretty well qualified for the roles I’ve been applying to, but it’s a fairly niche skill set so it’s been maybe 70-80 applications over the course of the past year.
I’ve never been happier to have been out of the government; I left a few years ago.
So are you presently employed but just applying for a better job? Sorry if I’m misreading, pretty hungover and exhausted.
You’re not misreading. It was an attempt at commentary on the current state of the job market, specifically at fintechs. This is not the same job market from even just a couple years ago, at least iny experience of it. I realize two different people within the same subset of the market can have markedly different experiences . But for me, I can’t even get someone to talk to me beyond a couple of recruiter contacts which went nowhere once the hiring manager got involved.
I’m not looking for a better job necessarily, just a different one. I’m in a volatile industry which is beset by a reliance on utilization percentage to justify continued employment. There is a level of constant anxiety to every aspect of the job and it’s driving me slowly insane. Or maybe not slowly.