I got laid off on Christmas holidays. No warning, no reason, no notice period. Five months later I'm still applying, still reading rejection emails that start with "unfortunately" before anyone's even looked at my resume.
I have 7+ years of experience, led a team of 18 developers, worked with US and Australian startups, and shipped products used by 100,000+ users.

I'm not asking anyone to hand me a job. I just want to get into interviews. Even one referral can change everything at this point.

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Tough market out there. I was laid off in Jan 2024, found one contract that fall for like 2 months, then it took me a full 17 months to find a new job. In the last two months of unemployment I was applying to 50-75 jobs/day. Play the numbers game & you’ll get through to someplace eventually.

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Check out CoreWeave. We have all kind of openings. We’re growing fast and always needing new talent.

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Best of luck, it's a bloodbath out there.

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It's hell out here for sure. Not to include, how trigger happy some managers have become recently.

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Look at companies direct website career listings paste. I’m looking in tech sales and when I do, I see a ton of full stack engineer job listings way more than the sales team. 

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Sales in the Plastics Industry are not even close to what they were formerly. Are others having the same issues?

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Best of luck

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