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by WarOnPrivacy 505 days ago
> I’ve been job hunting for the past three months, and it’s been painfully repetitive and time-consuming.

With full recognition of the challenge you're having, I'll append that the difficulty level ratchets up from there.

The first thing my kids learned after high school is that ~100% of job portals silently discard applications from 1st-time job applicants.

And from that point, the difficultly levels ratchets upward further for the most minor of criminal records.

Past that there are any number of hidden, algorithmic blackmarks against applicants, from wrong zip codes to sub-stellar credit reports.

Finally, there's one nearly unhireable class, people who interview poorly (ex:freeze up).

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If tech companies get systemically hostile toward socially awkward people then that's a horrific own-goal.
Thanks for the heads up - Feels like I'm in for the long haul despite having some solid experience and half decent network behind me!