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> it's impossible to find talent

It's been 4 months and counting that I've been trying to land an Elixir freelance contract.

My theory is that dev. happiness and productivity is so great in Elixir land, there is not much churn, so talent is available, jobs, not so much.

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I submitted a few patches to an elixir project and from that a company reached out to hire me. This was a while ago but I got the feeling that companies were starved for talent.

It's also hard to get a job as an elixir junior or senior. There is a disconnect and companies are trying to hire by cargo culting things that other startups/faang are doing, and repeatedly turning down perfectly good candidates. Also recruiters don't know how to find/screen elixir devs, etc.

To be fair, this is a relatively bad time for talent. My inbox is alarmingly quiet after years of being annoyed by recruiters.

Reach out to me on my email on HN with your resume/GitHub link.

Yes, and it's almost impossible outside the US or EU.

(Edited out because I misread the parent comment)

The GP poster is looking for an Elixir job too.

They've put their billboard just next to mine, placing themselves as competition. Not super appreciated in this tight hiring market :-)

(j/k, no worries napsterbr)

Oops, totally misread your post. I definitely need these weeks off

We all do... Good luck with your job search! :)

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