Hi ladies, I’m looking to move into an SDE role from New York to the Bay Area and finding it difficult to get interviews despite having decent experience and a Masters degree. Anyone else looking to make a similar switch and facing this problem? Just wondering if it’s like this usually or because of COVID-19. Also would appreciate if anyone could help out with a referral :)

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My company has an "unofficial" headcount freeze which means they will hire but only for important roles. Those roles really are all over though, from the lowest of IC roles to the highest management. So you can get hired, it's just for far fewer positions and the hiring manager has to be really persistent in pushing for the headcount.

Having talked to friends at Amazon, Google and Microsoft they're all feeling the same - not hiring like mad in all areas but still hiring targeted roles. It feels to me like the fresh graduates are the ones being blocked the most now only because there's a lot of onboarding to do for new graduates which is usually in the office with a whole team yadda, yadda, yadda. So hopefully the fact that you're an experienced person actually helps you in this Coronavirus time as you should be able to onboard remotely much easier.

I assume you're applying for cloud development roles? Those are the hottest of the hot at tech companies right now so they're hiring and management is mostly begging to fill such positions with women for diversity. I have an androgenous name and if I were applying anywhere these days I'd make sure my resume somehow reflects my gender.

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Thanks a lot! This is super helpful

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Depending on your experience, I could refer you for SDE roles at PayPal in San Jose.

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