However, with interest rates going up and funding going down, things seem to be tightening up.
So HN - Do any of y'all happen to know of any tech companies throwing $$ at candidates these days? I know the big tech companies are still pulling good numbers, for the ones that are still hiring, but I'm curious about the exceptional offers that we used to hear about a few years back. Have those completely dried up?
(Not actually asking for myself so much as to get a pulse on things.)
YMMV; I'm a senior cloud engineer with 8 years of experience (all non-FAANG), though no academic CS background. Another caveat: starting right before COVID, I made the decision to only ever work remote, so all my experience with the job market in the past few years is only with 100% remote positions.
So yeah definitely not retiring in 5 years unless you are already 55.
This also means you didn't do anything flashy or crazy with your money or lose it in markets.
https://github.com/lukasz-madon/awesome-remote-job
(not op, no affiliation with anyone on this list)
1) filtering listings on AngelList ---> the job before last
2) searching "remote" on the "Who is Hiring?" threads here of HN ---> my last job
3) looking at the job listing page of companies whose work interests me who I've heard have remote-friendly or -only cultures ---> my current job and most of the places I'm currently applying
Things will probably swing if/when the next great tech co IPOs successfully. Eyes on stripe, bricks etc.
Our offers are pretty generous I would say, not FAANG levels but way above "average" + good bonuses. We're not a "bad" company to work for either - high staff retention (some are nearing 20 years), good Glassdoor feedback, really generous with the WFH equipment (we've all got more monitors than we know what to do with), and I would say we're an almost universally liked brand all over the world. And despite all this, so far this year in our team we've managed to hire 2 people for the 8 vacant spots (with 6 more spots over 12 months). I hear from other teams it's basically the same story, they're even getting people quitting one week before they start due to a slightly better offer.
tl;dr - I think there are still companies out there making obscene offers to some candidates, especially the senior and above tier ones. I wish they would stop because I'd also like to hire some people.
Most places don't pay FAANG money, hence why FAANG's are so popular and hard to get into.
EDIT: The more I think about this, the weirder this comment is. Did you not see the bit where I mentioned some staff have been around for 20 years? What kind of startup is more than 20 years old?
Just got an offer for 20% more than my current salary after a few months of interviewing. I probably interviewed at 15 companies or so.
There were a seemingly endless number of mid-to-senior operations and development positions available, so I only had to apply to companies I wanted to work for. I saw plenty of both remote and in-person.
The only challenge was finding an increase in pay. I have 10+ years have experience, so many mid-range individual contributor positions were capped too low.
Meta may be isolated but it's big enough to make the market feel a bit shakier.
