hiding under a rock with some bourbon until one of my industry friends drags me out kicking and screaming. in all seriousness this industry is very much a word of mouth back door room career, and if you actually try to fight on the job boards you are fighting for positions that were already turned down by top talent against recruiter firms that get a percentage of your salary. i don't work unless it's for a friend and there's equity. not everyone has that luxury and jobs have to be posted publicly even if the candidate was already internally chosen, so it's really rigged. i guess it's just old fashioned git gud scrub mentality which is very toxic but what can i do about it? i wouldn't trust a single person on linkedin if i was in a hiring position so it's really a losing game for everyone.
>if you actually try to fight on the job boards you are fighting for positions that were already turned down by top talent against recruiter firms that get a percentage of your salary
You don't know what you're talking about. Companies don't want to pay 3rd party recruiters if they can help it. They will if the position is difficult to fill, but that doesn't mean the job is a bad one.
>i guess it's just old fashioned git gud scrub mentality which is very toxic but what can i do about it?
Nothing. To some extent you do have to try, but you also have to recognize when the problem is outside your control. If the economy implodes, programmers and everyone else will be unemployed regardless of ability, and it may not be possible for them to get hired no matter how much they try to impress employers.
>i wouldn't trust a single person on linkedin if i was in a hiring position so it's really a losing game for everyone.
If you were hiring, you'd just have to interview people from LinkedIn to get "trust"... It's not like anyone expects you to not do that.
Personally, I got most of my jobs from strangers. The people I know have tried to help me get jobs before, but I only got one out of several due to help from a friend. And in that case, I was also a great fit for the job, so it wasn't like nepotism or anything. Maybe this lack of help is because I don't know enough people. I can't help but be suspicious of people who got their jobs due to extraneous considerations.
