just my anecdote: SWE since 2008, didn't take more than 3 months to find a contract all those years until something dramatically changed in 2021. laid off in 2022 and couldn't find a job to save my life (literally) for 2 SOLID YEARS, despite over 2000 applications sent out on record. Before 2021, my phone would ring 3-5 times a day, recruiters wanted my diverse skillset. After 2021, I'd get maybe 1-3 calls on a good week, I had 3 interviews in 2022 and 5 interviews in 2024, abysmal contrast to all the years prior. After 2 years being unemployed, my savings ran out and I needed help from family as I madly scoured job boards, LinkedIn "connections" and sprayed customized resume's out in all directions. Thank The Most High that I found a contract.. Something is obviously wrong with hiring in America and, of course I see the H-1B abuse firsthand getting worse every year. My #1 issue this election was/is: FIX THE JOB MARKET.
I commiserate with you and I agree with you that they need to fix the job market. You should be glad you had several jobs prior to being unemployed for a while, while for me, I have not even begun my career since graduating from college 20+ years ago and after 5,000+ applications that went out, I only went on like 3 or 4 interviews and still nothing. It really sucks living month to month on a very, very limited and fixed income the last 20+ years. I couldn't even start a savings or a 401k plan.
What Elon and Vivek said really pissed me off so I had to step away for a bit yesterday and today, until now to come back. I don't know if all of this is a psyop or they both are truly this stupid to think we need more Indians after Tesla laid off about 15k employees and Elon saying we need AI to take over jobs. Why the hell do we need more foreigners to take over our jobs when there are perfectly capable Americans who can do the fucking jobs here in America like you, me and others!?
Hopefully a better tomorrow will come soon for us Americans!
just my anecdote: SWE since 2008, didn't take more than 3 months to find a contract all those years until something dramatically changed in 2021. laid off in 2022 and couldn't find a job to save my life (literally) for 2 SOLID YEARS, despite over 2000 applications sent out on record. Before 2021, my phone would ring 3-5 times a day, recruiters wanted my diverse skillset. After 2021, I'd get maybe 1-3 calls on a good week, I had 3 interviews in 2022 and 5 interviews in 2024, abysmal contrast to all the years prior. After 2 years being unemployed, my savings ran out and I needed help from family as I madly scoured job boards, LinkedIn "connections" and sprayed customized resume's out in all directions. Thank The Most High that I found a contract.. Something is obviously wrong with hiring in America and, of course I see the H-1B abuse firsthand getting worse every year. My #1 issue this election was/is: FIX THE JOB MARKET.
Whats sad is when you check the diversity/gender boxes their way....surprise you get a phone call and eventually a job.
I commiserate with you and I agree with you that they need to fix the job market. You should be glad you had several jobs prior to being unemployed for a while, while for me, I have not even begun my career since graduating from college 20+ years ago and after 5,000+ applications that went out, I only went on like 3 or 4 interviews and still nothing. It really sucks living month to month on a very, very limited and fixed income the last 20+ years. I couldn't even start a savings or a 401k plan.
What Elon and Vivek said really pissed me off so I had to step away for a bit yesterday and today, until now to come back. I don't know if all of this is a psyop or they both are truly this stupid to think we need more Indians after Tesla laid off about 15k employees and Elon saying we need AI to take over jobs. Why the hell do we need more foreigners to take over our jobs when there are perfectly capable Americans who can do the fucking jobs here in America like you, me and others!?
Hopefully a better tomorrow will come soon for us Americans!
regulate the free market!