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Fired officially next week but to be honest it was ongoing before the lockdown;)

On the bright side it seems the tech job market is not too much affected here in Paris but we'll see how it goes.

Well at least I can now finish some freelance gig that was taking my free time, and it gives me more time to continue learning elixir, I even finally took the time to open-source and deploy a demo of a LiveView game I made initially at the company that let me go. https://every-weak-tapaculo.gigalixirapp.com/potus

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You sure? I'd be surprised if even 10% of tech companies were hiring right now, regardless of location ...

I think people sometimes don't consider how small a shift in supply and demand in a labor market can change things. A couple percent of the industry's workforce laid off, and even 5-10% fewer open positions (I suspect it's much worse than that), and suddenly a hot job market looks a hell of a lot cooler.

Obviously but for now I still have many contacts on LinkedIn and former colleagues wanting to refer me to their current company.

So yeah it's entirely subjective and I guess it'll heavily depend on how many times the lockdown is extended ...

> still have many contacts on LinkedIn and former colleagues wanting to refer me to their current company

Follow up ASAP & push for action in days, not weeks.

Lot of employees at companies are in the dark about the extent. I know companies that are putting on a show saying they're hiring but internal management is only hiring the absolute top talent out of layoffs.

> tech job market is not too much affected here in Paris

What are good websites to find positions for work in Paris? No problem if the website is in French, bien entendu :-)

I would say LinkedIn, Glassdoor, and then WelcomeToTheJungle and ChooseYourBoss.

As a hiring manager, I’ve had success with WttJ, LinkedIn, and talent.io

I gave up on ChooseYourBoss, I don’t know how it is for candidates but the UX for recruiters is awful. Never tried Glassdoor, to be honest it never crossed my mind.

(PS: no open positions at the moment but we’re moving forward with the hires we made in the last 3 months)

Haha, I enjoyed the game.

I'd suggest a 20-25 second long timer.

Thanks :) The timer started higher back when it was real colleagues but it allowed people to cheat too much thanks to the team page so by trial and error I eventually settled on 10 seconds.

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