Dmitrii Kovanikov
@ChShersh
Dysfunctional Programming account #1#. Senior SWE. I still write C++ for money. ex-Haskell, ex-OCaml. All opinions are my own.
Joined October 2013
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It’s funny to see people in replies jumping to conclusions from this post without having any extra context
How long it took me to find each SWE job:
2014: 1 job applied, 0 interviews, 1 day (nepotism)
2015: 1 job applied, 2 interviews, 1 week
2016: 1 job applied, 4 interviews, 1 week
2016: 1 job applied, 0 interviews, 1 day (friend is a CEO)
2018: 1 job applied, 2 interviews, 1 week
2019: 1 job applied, 5 interviews, 1 week
2021: 1 job applied, 0 interviews, 1 day (invited)
2022: 7 jobs applied, 16 interviews, 3 months
2026: 167 jobs applied, 54 interviews, 1 year 4 months
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