Basically the title, most job searches run 1-3 months it seems like. How would you optimize that? For context: The startup I joined ~14 months ago as the first engineering hire, ran out of money and the big guys dont want to raise another round. This was my first paid role and I lived in SF during it so I only have a few months worth of savings to lean into. And Id rather not move home or dip into savings at all. Ive already cut frivolous spending and unneeded subscriptions and went back to eating sandwiches for every meal and skipping coffee. Before then I spent 2 years at another small startup with some friends but it never went anywhere. I basically have 3YOE in Full Stack NodeJS/React with Docker/Kubernetes. I built/designed a solid amount of our architecture, owned the backend there and managed a remote front-end dev team. I feel like Ive learned a ton in a year, and having some decent results in my job search so far, but with october flying by Im starting to panic, as Ive only had one onsite so far and havent heard back, despite them saying theyd let me know by Tuesday (yesterday).
Reach out to recruiters.
Never talk to recruiters. Ever. They will waste your time.
Try Lockheed
Not easy, I was open for over a year to get 2 recruiters reaching out. Brand value matters a lot as well as location
which location where you trying in?
Bay Area I am from Sacramento
DM me if you want to try oracle. I know a team which can use those skills. And the hiring process is fairly quicker than average oracle teams
I applied like 20 times there
I know the team who is in need and work differently than oracle’s regular process. DM me if you have same skillset as OP
Set your sights low and take whatever comes along.
But the difference is that you have the Google stamp whereas be only has a failed startup
I could've landed it before, but it definitely makes comp negotiations easier for me.