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<blockquote data-quote="Hacker News" data-source="post: 72601" data-attributes="member: 365">I anticipate looking for a software engineering job starting ~next month (see below for what I am currently doing). If this were a year ago, I'd feel good; grind some leetcode, get hired at a big tech company for a good salary.Now, of course, such companies seem to be laying off people way more qualified than me, freezing hiring, etc. Am I fucked?I can provide whatever details people want, but I am not sure my personal circumstances are relevant except that I am not an exceptional dev with an enviable resume. The overall question is one many of us have: how bad is the hiring situation going to be in tech over the next year?I also understand it's not one most people can effectively answer, but would like to know peoples' thoughts.I used to be a software engineer. Then I went to law school, and now work in biglaw. I am a year out of law school, and have been working on a legal tech startup with a friend. If we cannot raise in the next couple months, I wish (almost need, really) to bail on the biglaw job and go back to being a dev.<hr />Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33289090" target="_blank">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33289090</a>Points: 13# Comments: 7<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33289090" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hacker News, post: 72601, member: 365"] I anticipate looking for a software engineering job starting ~next month (see below for what I am currently doing). If this were a year ago, I'd feel good; grind some leetcode, get hired at a big tech company for a good salary. Now, of course, such companies seem to be laying off people way more qualified than me, freezing hiring, etc. Am I fucked? I can provide whatever details people want, but I am not sure my personal circumstances are relevant except that I am not an exceptional dev with an enviable resume. The overall question is one many of us have: how bad is the hiring situation going to be in tech over the next year? I also understand it's not one most people can effectively answer, but would like to know peoples' thoughts. I used to be a software engineer. Then I went to law school, and now work in biglaw. I am a year out of law school, and have been working on a legal tech startup with a friend. If we cannot raise in the next couple months, I wish (almost need, really) to bail on the biglaw job and go back to being a dev. [HR][/HR] Comments URL: [URL]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33289090[/URL] Points: 13 # Comments: 7 [url="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33289090"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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