[OutOfHere]

In our industry, they key to getting a job is simple:

1. Work on two meaningful projects using the tech you want a job in. Update your resume with the work that was done, without embellishment.

2. Open your profile on LinkedIn. Close it when you get five interviews. Learn from each failing interview.

[echelon]

You're stuck in a time warp. This is pre-pandemic advice.

Highly skilled engineers aren't being fought over anymore. It's become a buyer's market.

If you lose your job, you might be looking for a new one for a long time.

[bagels]

I don't think most people are getting meaningful job offers by simply having an open profile on LinkedIn right now. This isn't 2021.

[OutOfHere]

Doesn't that overlook step #1 that I noted?

[bagels]

No. I have worked on meaningful projects, and I don't get any legitimate unsolicited recruiter contacts anymore.

[j45]

People with experience likely are. Lots of recruiters doing their hunting silently.

[lumost]

This was great advice 15 years ago. Something has changed in the last two years.

I can’t put my finger on it, but I’ve observed a trend where new hires have massively fraudulent experience on their resumes. Likewise an engineer who passed leetcode rounds suddenly doesn’t know what a variable is.

At the very least, we have a problem with people using AI to game the job interview process.

[riskyingo]

I currently work remotely and was talking to my wife that if I loose this job we will have to relocate, no more remote jobs, I don't want to play the rat race. I participated in hiring (reviewing people's exercices) and all are gaming the system, none could explain simple things in the tech challenge they put together, some are prepared to answer some questions but it takes minutes to realize this person didn't do any of that.

[klipklop]

No offense but this is outdated as giving advice like “did you walk in and talk to the manager? Be sure to give him a firm handshake and look him in the eye.”

These days your personal network matters most. If you don’t have one start working on one. Your resume might never see human eyes otherwise. Nobody cares about your GitHub sadly.

[whamlastxmas]

I think some places do in fact care about githubs