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by R0b0t1 1402 days ago
1) Because recruiters don't understand the subject material. 2) Because companies are hilariously risk adverse.

I have over a decade experience in a consultancy environments (faster paced and more rigorous than a lot of other jobs, sorry not sorry). My work was independently driven and I provided input to the projects I was on at the highest levels. I've set IT and SWE policy for and introduced leading products at more than one company.

The CircleCI chart from yesterday was interesting. I was doing principal work under every column except maybe one. I've plenty of stuff to talk about to put any doubts to rest. But... no bites. In my case I suspect the issue is/was, as related to me years ago by some other HN poster, that I was in the Midwest and people are biased against Midwesterners for reasons more than just relocation costs.
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happytoexplain 1402 days ago
Maybe this is cynical, but in my experience, companies are hyper-averse to expenditure, not to risk. They will thoroughly (though often ineffectively) analyze developers intended for medium- or high-salary brackets, but they are happy to also pay a third of the price for barely questioned offshore developers who are indeed very risky to whatever product they will be touching.
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R0b0t1 1400 days ago
Well. The expenditure is a form of risk. Having a lot of cash outflow is something they want to prevent. So yes and no I think.
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claytonjy 1402 days ago
When was the last time you interviewed, and how do you feel about remote work?

I interviewed a lot the last couple years, from the Midwest, and had more remote opportunities than I could handle. I'm not interviewing with FAANG though; almost entirely private companies, seed to E.

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ssully 1402 days ago
I am in the Midwest and have interviewed at a handful of places (including FAANG) over the last year and recently accepted an offer (non-FAANG).
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R0b0t1 1402 days ago
Very recently. Totally fine with it, but I don't want to take a massive paycut for remote work. I haven't had to turn down offers for that reason but have heard people talking about it.

I wasn't hyper focused on FAANG. I did actually get a FAANG interview, didn't go anywhere. I mostly just don't get interviews.

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