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My search for a software development job in 2025
(sopuli.xyz)
Context: Searching for a new senior level software development job over a 9 week period in summer 2025.
- Focused mostly on data engineering and backend roles that are in-person or hybrid in the SF Bay Area.
- Leads from recruiters on LinkedIn were much more likely to lead to interviews+offers.
- The winning offer came through my personal network.
- I mostly used Hiring.cafe for prospecting. They're a scraper with an interface I didn't hate.
Interesting. I recently was job hunting in 2025, January to June. In US. I was looking for remote only jobs.
My stats:
I guess I was applying to 2.2 per week. I was also mixing in studying and preparing for interviews during that time. Still slow though.
16 applications per week. Nice! Good job!