[lethain]

As a hiring manager in SF, my anecdotal experience is that most large companies are still hiring at the same pace they were a year ago, but that capital and subsequently hiring has dried up for smaller companies.

For experienced developers/managers, things seem to be business as usual, but in particular the "top tier" companies generally are more focused on avoiding false positives than in reducing false negatives, so I see us as entering a slightly unpleasant period for non-traditional and entry-level candidates.

[dclowd9901]

As someone with a lot of great experience and no CS degree, I'm definitely seeing a lot more gunshyness in my interviews.

[pelhage]

As a "non-traditional" (self-taught) and "entry-level" candidate who who just moved to SF a week ago (crashing on my bro's couch), I've been nervous as hell about my prospects.

If anyone has any advice other than "go back home", it'd be much appreciated.

[eru]

Befriend some Googlers, do lots of mock interviews with them, then go for Google. (Some for Facebook etc.) They still got oodles of cash.

[johnward]

Doesn't Google still but a lot of weight on your degree? Sounds like a waste of time to me.

[eru]

I work for them without one.

[eru]

They changed their heavy reliance on top universities and degrees for signalling around 2012, I think.

[zeemonkee3]

As someone in Europe, with 10+ years experience, I'm seeing a LOT less in the way of serious recruiter outreach (not spam) and opportunities than 5 or 10 years ago (when I had correspondingly less experience). Just one data point of course and could be personal circumstances, but it looks pretty dire here outside one or two tech hubs.

[pnathan]

Interesting. Now that you mention it, my LinkedIn recruiter volume has been dropping down a bit. Was just noticing that the other day. I'm based in Seattle.

[20years]

Thanks! I can't imagine that being good for a lot of the bootcamp grads.