Help: Feel stuck and overwhelmed

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Feb 25, 2020 5 Comments

Moved to a new team a few months ago and it is not going well: Not getting meaningful projects, have no strong relationships in the team and don't see things getting better (and I really tried).

I'm looking at jobs internally and externally but everything is starting to seem impossible. I have recruiters reach out to me via LinkedIn, then ghost me (before we even talk, wtf? I'm very nice over email and not too desperate). Moving internally after short time on this team feels like a defeat. I haven't really started applying actively, feel like a deer in the headlights.

I'm stuck in a circle of low productivity and confidence and not sure what to do :/

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  • Indeed
    have

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    have
    The market is hot for sde’s but job searches still suck. Sometimes you’ll get rejected because someone else got hired, position went away, or the recruiter didn’t get the feeling they’d be able to low-ball you. Give it 3 months.
    Feb 25, 2020 0
  • Amazon
    Amahole

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    Amahole
    Save a few months expense -> quit -> full efforts in job search and properly vetting the position
    Feb 25, 2020 0
  • Lyft
    squire02

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    squire02
    There won't be strong relationship with team and meaningful projects anywhere. With valuations so inflated (or real or whatever) companies have hired more and more eng and periferial orbiters like pm and Tpm and people who can only write sql queries but not for loops and have made perf-review stack ranking (explicit or implicit as not everyone can get promo or exceeded ratings), golden handcuffs, cult processes in the name of agile and a whole side cult of political correctness you want something nice to come to you? Collect your paycheck, plumb your json, write your Google doc the way that makes your manager sleep better at night and bother you less at work, put out the fires of your incompetent co-workers who only leetcoded and go home to your escapism (weed, alcohol, dating, TV, hobbies, exercise, porn, travel, whatever floats your boat).
    Feb 25, 2020 1
  • Amazon / Other
    yep

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    yep
    OP
    Thanks for the advice.
    Feb 25, 2020 0