[giaour]

External job openings are pretty sparse these days, too.

Things will turn around eventually, and when they do, it's normally easier to transfer onto an exciting project than it would be to get hired on to do it. Plus your stock keeps vesting.

In the meantime, you can try to make yourself a more attractive internal candidate by working towards a promotion or taking on some extra curricular activities. Talk to your manager about your long term goals and see if there's anything else you can do in your current role to make it more interesting.

[hnfong]

OP may also want to look at discussions like these to get a feel of the general market: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38847978

These are anecdotal, so you might want to supplement with something more data-analytical, but I guess my point is, for a fresh out of college engineer, it might be worth clinging onto your job for a short while until the recession (or recession worries) clears.

[streakofred]

Oops, yeah, maybe time to test the waters myself. Experiencing how it is out there might just give me a reason to stick it out.