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My resume is pretty scattered. I had good interest with a recruiter sending me FDE roles.

But most large orgs look at my resume and run since I have multiple two year stints and stints starting / running my own companies.

I'm also fully willing to admit that relative to "senior engineers" of today, maybe I just suck. In that case, idk how to move to what's next. I'm social, but not exactly normal. Also willing to see the humor in your comment that points to my potential conceit.

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Are you only applying to senior roles? Idk the specifics of your background, but it sounds like you haven't been somewhere long enough to get promoted and have largely worked on your own projects.

To me that doesn't really say that you have senior engineer skills, i.e. designing scalable systems (both in compute and development-wise), leading multi-person projects, considering trade-offs, etc.

I built a bespoke IOT stack that currently runs over 10k devices and a full production line interface / deployment for a factory we used in china. I'm not going to define what "senior engineer" is, but this was done largely solo with engineers I managed to maintain it.

Sounds impressive enough to probably get a senior role somewhere. Maybe you aren't selling yourself well in your resume?

hard to say - just trying to figure it out

Based on your responses, I think your soft skills / people skills are letting you down. I would recommend working diligently on how you interact and communicate so that you do not come across as arrogant, dismissive, or out of touch.

Too down to earth, OP wants to vent his frustrations.

Where do you lean as far as FE/BE/mobile? What tech stacks and/or programming languages can you hit the ground running with?

I jest, but I've been in situations similar to yours. I don't have any advice to give, but I wish you luck.

Thanks for your thoughts :)

silvercymbals sez:"* I'm social, but not exactly normal. *"

It's the cymbals - lose 'em!

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