hiring market tightened up... that doesn't mean there isn't one
tightened market is one thing, the absolute insanity of the recruitment process in last couple years with now AI thrown into the mix is really something to behold, test these waters at your own peril
someone who actually wants to hire will want you and wants to do whatever they can to get a good candidate.
For some random SMB in shipping or something to be bashing people over the head with 10 step-leetcode-full-panel-10-hour-systems-design interviews they just don't get it. For starters they probably don't even have the talent to properly evaluate the prospect. So who are they helping?
- Much less resposnes
- For your sanity you want to make sure there aren't obvious signs of something being a ghost job, an H1B hire, an internal hire, or a farce because "we're always growing" (lying).
- expect longer processes. Hasn't happened to me but 7+ stage interview processes is not uncommon these days, even outside of tech
- accept that some processes will be frozen under your nose. especially because of longer processes crossing quarters
- expect less respect in the process. They feel like they do not want you. You are expendable
- don't bother negotiating in this market. You get a number and take it unless you already have a job. Even then they may simply pass you for someone more desperate. BTW wages are being suppressed; you're probably not getting pre 2023 salaries right now.
Yeah... if you're not being abused at work, I'd just weather it out.
"logically, necessarily" as Marc Andreessen says? https://futurism.com/the-byte/ai-investor-goal-crash-human-w...
Now if they could also crash factors like material, energy and profit... consumers could pay pennies using their centinaire incomes.