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by tarokun-io 1219 days ago
I looked for a job for 3 months and found one last December. It was tough.

I shared details here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33882074. Unfortunately I didn't realize I had replies until it was too late and could no longer reply there :(

More people shared their experience there, and a lot shared super nice comments which were nice to read.

Since then, 32 recruiters sent me message request at LinkedIn whom I have not yet accepted, 21 more sent me in-mails or I accepted them and have a conversation, and maybe 3 cold-contacted me via email.

Wellfound (angel.co) seems to be a good place to be, too.

I suspect difficulty in finding a job is related to how much quality and money you're looking for. If you're willing to accept anything you'll probably still find a job quickly.

Context: I live in Argentina, and we do get contacted a LOT because we're generally cheaper than first-world-country developers, specially USA. That makes getting offers really easy, but getting an equal-work-equal-pay job that pays good salaries regardless of where I live is super challenging.