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by gabereiser 1040 days ago
Numbers game, go submit 100 applications, get 25 interviews, get 3 offers. Go.
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Yeah it’s a little too late for that. My lease is up at the end of the month, my savings have been battered from attrition and emergency expenses and the rental market is ridiculous here (not that that matters without income anyway).

I submitted plenty of applications, got few interviews, got passed up for most of the roles. I no longer have time to wait on onerous bureaucracies. Hell I was hoping for an offer this week, but both myself and the recruiter are at a loss as to what the company decided. I got another email the other day informing me that some job I applied to months ago was just straight up canceled.

The real problem was I didn’t quite understand how things had changed and was desperate to avoid moving. I should have just taken an on site role and moved a long time ago.

Honestly, that's part of why I took the pay cut.

I only applied to jobs that were remote, because I love the lifestyle. The job I wound up with wanted me hybrid, but I negotiated for remote. I've got a young kid, and that time I'd have been commuting is time I get to spend with her.

But if I'd been open to hybrid jobs, I'd likely have had more opportunities, and more money offered.

lol, yes it's a numbers game but your rates are off by an order of magnitude IMHO and experience.