Context: Searching for a new senior level software development job over a 9 week period in summer 2025.

  • Focused mostly on data engineering and backend roles that are in-person or hybrid in the SF Bay Area.
  • Leads from recruiters on LinkedIn were much more likely to lead to interviews+offers.
  • The winning offer came through my personal network.
  • I mostly used Hiring.cafe for prospecting. They’re a scraper with an interface I didn’t hate.
  • HelloRootEnglish
    2·
    1 day ago

    To be fair, I only worked at small/medium companies ( <100 people ) and a quarter of the time I had a contact there from some networking event.

    • balrog@programming.dev
      131·
      1 day ago

      That’s an entirely different situation then. That’s just the power of networking

      Networking is 100% the easiest way to get a job. The people that have networking don’t need advice. 99% of the job hunting advice is with the assumption you don’t have a network you can rely on for finding jobs. Because if you did, you wouldn’t be having trouble finding a job