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by readonthegoapp 1038 days ago
i've been out for almost a year now. i'll decide when it's over. but thank you, business lobby, for confirming the tech recession is still in full swing.
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I'm sorry, that sucks.

I've been out for nearly 5 months now, and I'm starting to feel anxious about my domain-specific knowledge fading / getting stale.

I'm hoping to stave that off via interview prep and practicing coding problems. But I'm wondering how long it is before hiring managers start to assume my knowledge / skills have atrophied.

I'm starting to appreciate the old saying, "It's easier to get a job when you have a job."

Maybe one reason you're struggling to find a job is that you can't understand that just because something is effecting you doesn't mean it's a larger problem for many people...
This is just hateful. The same point could have been made without kicking someone who is down.
I also love smugly insulting people who are having a hard time with a poorly-considered take