Am a Senior PM laid off from a Big-N tech company who has launched multiple 9 figure revenue generating products.
The market, despite the economy and the time of year isn’t great, but it’s not terrible.
I’ve had lots of first and second interviews and a surprising amount of final rounds given all of the above.
That said most all of those came from recruiters reaching out as opposed to applying directly.
Unlike a month ago, my LinkedIn is EMPTY in terms of recruiter messages.
It’s been over a week since anyone’s reached out but I figure that’s a function of the time of year.
To compare to Spring of this year when I was interviewing (while still employed) I had many, many, more recruiters reaching out than anything I’ve seen in the last 3 months, and the caliber of jobs was higher quality.
It sucks being unemployed during the holidays and not getting the reach I had before. It’s a little scary, but I keep reminding myself that it’s that time of year with holidays, no budget, etc and it’ll get better in January (hopefully).
I’m no 100x rockstar coder, but I’ve added real, quantifiable value at companies where it’s a real challenge to launch anything quickly and successfully. It’s not nearly as rosy a picture as the BBC presents. I hope it gets better soon.