Is it even worth interviewing as an average engineer right now?
The competition is insane. You have all these top guys who just got laid off from twitter, faang, Lyft, etc… Feels hopeless. Crazy how different the job market is from just six months ago…
Not that many top people are laid off. But laid off people are very motivated and leetcode crazy
Olive Garden is hiring GOOG engineers for $600k a year TC all in. No joke. Message me for referrals
Unless there are unlimited free breadsticks I’m not interested.
What if you’re not GOOG 🥹
It’s just like dating. It’s not about being the best. It’s about finding the best place for you. Keep looking. It’ll workout
It's best to stay put in your current job if it's stable till market conditions calm down a bit
What’s your definition of average? There’s hundreds of thousands of engineers hired by FAANG and other top startups (Stripe, Pinterest, Uber, AirBnB, etc). These are average engineers. If you can’t get into any of these companies then you’re below average and it will be difficult in this market.
You’re just as good as those guys. Don’t be hard on yourself