cutty

I was laid off from my job recently but immediately started applying to new jobs. I'm expanding the job search to include remote positions at companies that might be located outside of California. Unfortunately I haven't heard back from any of them. I wonder if it has to do with the current job market being so competitive, or if my resume is weak, or if those companies think my salary expectation would be too high and they won't be able to match it, so they're not going to bother considering me as a candidate. I know when my previous company was hiring, we stopped reviewing most resumes from local Bay Area developers because it knew it couldn't match their salary expectations.

On a side note: I have about 5 years of experience as a backend developer. I'd be happy to share my resume/LinkedIn over email if anyone is aware of any opportunities!

I'm a SWE 2 in the Bay Area. As many of you know, interviews here are mostly based on leetcode/algorithms problems. I'm tired of the grind and refuse to partake in that process anymore. I'd rather spend my free time learning things relevant to my job or working on projects. I plan to stay in California (don't know exactly where yet), but am looking for a fully remote gig. I'm okay with talking about my experience and technologies I've used in the interview. I'm okay with working on a take home project. I'm not okay with getting hazed for 5 hours on inverting binary trees and trapping rain water and finding the maximum subarray of k sorted lists in O(1) time while doing a DFS on a graph and patting my head with one hand and rubbing with stomach with the other hand. Fuck that. Where can I find companies with sane interview practices?