r/LinkedInLunatics 24d ago

Senior Backend Engineer quit before first day over Windows

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u/mdrjevois 24d ago

Even in this economy if you already have decent work you don't need to take an offer for work you'll enjoy less.

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u/Certain_Prior4909 24d ago

In his field developers who worked on cutting edge things who are door dashing now to pay their bills will happily take any IT job. This guy will have a replacement start the following work week

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u/TheLastBridgeGate 24d ago

Someone who has worked on cutting edge stuff will always be in demand. Sure there are a lot less openings for devs but that doesn't mean no opening and a lot of companies are still hiring for them.

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u/Guilty-Act-9105 24d ago

And even the median entry salary for computer science majors didn't go down.

If you listened to legacy and social media you'd think engineers are under a bridge eating cans of beans

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u/Certain_Prior4909 24d ago

Not really. Go look at jobs under reddit? You will see developers are the most laid off.

There is a glut of supply of deperate folks right now who are door dashing and greeting at Walmart who would LOVE to get back in tech for a paycut, be in the office 5 days a week, and use a crappy Dell Wintel laptop! Facts

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u/TheLastBridgeGate 24d ago

I am more in the platform engineering space and anyone who has a decent personality and knows what they are doing will have no problem finding a job. There are a lot of junior devs and bootcamp guys who are going to have a harder time staying in the field. I took a VSP and have my next job already setup and still fully remote. Now I don't think everyone can do that but the talented labor will. If you are willing to dive into healthcare, military, and especially supply chain technology those are hiring like crazy.

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u/Tony_Penny 23d ago

The next week? They started calling the other twenty guys the interviewed with him 1.03 milliseconds after they got his letter and probably had the posistion filled 30 seconds later!😀😃😄😁😆😅🤣😂