[williamdclt]

My recent experience as a L5-L6 eng: applied to 15 companies advertising on LinkedIn, plus 2 recruiters reaching out, got into the interviewing process for 7 companies. Plus ~3 potential opportunities from network but not for the sort of thing I was looking for. Got a few offers, although some were for a lower role than I was applying for.

I was mostly applying for companies with a strong product and solid revenue, ranging from ~50 to a few hundreds employees, with a few bigger outliers. No startup or faang.

It was much higher success rate than I was expecting given all I heard about the job market these days. All humility aside, could be that I just have an appealing resume.

Resume was generic, cover letter mostly generic, slightly tuned per company.

I’d say network is still the best way, just didn’t work for me for the sort of company I was looking for.