[asafira]

In case people missed this buried in the comments: throwawayhtgatj is looking for remote work, which is notably more difficult to get than local work.

[throwawayhtgatj]

I should have named the post "is it harder getting a remote tech job now..." because that's all I'm after. I remember a few years ago, about 1 in 3 applications would result in a phone call - now it seems like its super competitive, maybe?