New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: How to find a new role as a very senior software engineer?
Ask HN: How to find a new role as a very senior software engineer?
18 by TheMog | 19 comments on Hacker News.
Those HN readers who have been software engineers for multiple decades, still enjoy the work and decided the management track is not for them, how and where do you actually look for new roles if and when the time comes to move on? I don't necessarily want to work for one of the FAANGs, even though they do seem to occasionally look for this type of engineer. This is partially due to location, plus I've done the megacorp thing and am not a huge fan. While I get fairly regular inquiries from recruiters, those don't seem to be roles that are a good match for my experience and skillset. A lot of them seem to equate "senior developer" with ~5-8 years experience and can't get their head around someone who's in his third decade as a professional developer. Is there a job board for grizzled software veterans out there somewhere that I don't know about, or is it 100% network at this point?
18 by TheMog | 19 comments on Hacker News.
Those HN readers who have been software engineers for multiple decades, still enjoy the work and decided the management track is not for them, how and where do you actually look for new roles if and when the time comes to move on? I don't necessarily want to work for one of the FAANGs, even though they do seem to occasionally look for this type of engineer. This is partially due to location, plus I've done the megacorp thing and am not a huge fan. While I get fairly regular inquiries from recruiters, those don't seem to be roles that are a good match for my experience and skillset. A lot of them seem to equate "senior developer" with ~5-8 years experience and can't get their head around someone who's in his third decade as a professional developer. Is there a job board for grizzled software veterans out there somewhere that I don't know about, or is it 100% network at this point?
