I keep hearing that networking is the key to finding tech jobs but I genuinely don’t know how people do it naturally without feeling fake. Are people mostly meeting through online communities now or are in person tech events still worth attending?

I'm getting an explosion of calls from people with Indian accents and they are getting aggressive. One guy just called me about a delivery manager job in NYC hybrid. He says I would have to go to office 3 days a week. I live 100 miles away, 2 States away. I said no i can't do it. he replies "You can do it." I respond I just did contract nion NYC and had to come out of pocket for travel. Don't tell me what i can do and not do. I hung up.

How did you all get over the guilt of leaving the first company that actually took a chance on you? I’ve been here two years and the team has been amazing to me, but the salary stagnation is real and the only way I could get a market-rate bump was by signing an offer elsewhere. I’m so nervous and kind of sad to be having the I Quit convo tomorrow.

I was laid off in November and, 7 months later, I'm still searching. As a Technical Writer/Documentation Specialist, it used to take 45–60 days to land a role. Today, it feels like winning the lottery. One job posting attracts thousands of applicants, often from around the world. I've applied to over 400 positions and received only four responses — and all were rejection emails. The job market is unlike anything I've seen before.

I constantly read online and hear from others about the growing racism in North America for some ethnic groups. Some of this seems to be traversing in the hiring process as well with what I have read online. I personally have never had such an incident happen to me or anyone I know. Have you ever experienced racism while job hunting due to your ethnicity, nationality, or even name?