New Software Engineer Rejected 357 Times Before Receiving a Job Offer
Not surprising. Here is the game now:<p>* Pick between high level and low level.<p>* Low level software appears far more stable and predictable in its hiring with a clearer set of expectations, but it also sets a higher barrier of entry. You can live here for the rest of your life carefully achieving satisfying challenges, but don’t expect any glamour.<p>* High level software is trend focused. The barrier of entry is low but then so are the expectations and so the work is more about using tools than actually engineering anything. Expect to be aged out of the job. If you aren’t chasing trends and toying with tools your career mobility will erode into nothing.<p>It didn’t use to be like this, even just a few years ago.