[bradlys]

Yeah - it's a super weird take.

Almost all the engineers I know get their jobs through random process. They use things like Hired, sending out resumes, responding to recruiters, rooftop slushie (no longer available), and then some actual referrals if they know someone. You use everything available cause you need to get multiple competing offers. You're not going to just interview at one or two friend's places and then get an offer and take it. You're gonna get 5-7 offers and then try to take the best one out of those by making them compete for one another.

This - turns out - requires a lot of companies and interviews and a lot of work.