mertleee

Well, I enjoy - enojoyed - working at startups far more than faang for quite some time. The stress was easier to navigate and I felt like I had more levers to learn and grow than I did at Faang.

However, times have changed - I want different things in life now. The point of a job is to make money consistently and provide some level of calm. Optimizing for that now since I'm tired of making blind startup bets.

I agree, but I don't see it as a bad thing to be alarmed or concerned that the rates I'm going for at 30 have collapsed to what new college grads (not even good ones) are seeking right out of school.

It's always easy to say "I'm doing well compared to a guy sweeping streets for a living" - nothing against sweeping streets for a living.

Thanks! Everyone keeps calling it an "asset", but so far I've only been able to get meager results (monetarily) in startups using what I've learned. Frankly, I wish I was less adaptable and was just a solid IC who could actually pass technical interviews.

My intended direction is somewhere in technical product, but I've really only done it for around a year and frankly I'd need to build a bit of a narrative to be competitive with other product hires.

Ideally I'd like to stay somewhere relatively tech centric because I don't want to go back to uni - but curious where you think I should look?

LinkedIn / some recruiters have yielded a few leads - but again, the market is beyond cooked at the moment.

Mostly just not being able to land a job. The market is so competitive / flooded at this point that it seems like normalcy isn't an option.

Last time I lined up 5-6 interviews (after easily 4x applications) only two turned into interviews, one final round that ultimately became a rejection.

I couldn't tell if it wasn't a fit or if I just sucked.

Yeah, I have a CS degree from a well known (non ivy) four year university in Boston.

I've had mixed experience with HN who's hiring. Frankly I'd be uninterested in working for anything earlier than a series C startup. I'd frankly rather work for a company with steady and strong revenue and a culture that's sustainable.

Not looking forward to the leetcode nonsense, but it would probably take a few months to get up to speed where I could pass interviews.

Given my resume is sort of all over the place (many 1yr stints) curious of your thoughts on where I should look? I'm tempted to primarily aim for product roles since pure IC roles just make me dread working at this point.