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Hiring has slowed down. Quite a few people are reporting job hunts with statistics similar to yours who don’t have a particular reasons to think they blew up their career.

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yeah. the SWE stats sound pretty normal for now. I have heard from friends that product is even worse.

I do wonder a bit whether OP is a little too wishy washy around position in interviews (e.g. coming off as not being sure whether he/she wants to be an engineer vs. product manager). the post even comes off that way a little

This is something I've worried about - when I apply to eng jobs I change my TPM role (which still had me coding quite a bit) to "product engineer". Which is accurate and my prev boss would back this.

Thanks - I've had other friends who seem to have fared better and I'm basically terrified of having more than a few months of being unemployed on my resume.

If you really don’t want to have a gap on your CV, one easy fix could be to leave out the months and only write the years.

I got laid off mid covid and didn’t have a job for 8 months. I took a decent(25%) pay cut but was able to get a rope again and my careers been stable since, including getting a job for more total comp than my pre covid role

Thanks for your positive encouragement - I'm hoping to land something in January this has just been a tough time for me mentally.

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