After 4 years, I have lost my job. Now, I am being rejected without a reply (even on weekends!) to positions where I have all of the skills they asked for.
I have >10y experience with POSIX, C, C++, Wasm, MCUs and also willing to learn Go/Rust/Zig... I also contribute to many FOSS projects like @speed_dreams_official , @dino , @dillo and slcl.
I hope the fediverse (and not AI) can help me.
Remote/hybrid preferred
CV: http://slcl.privatedns.org/public/11f10f9b57b18eef5ad03e1f76136ab1
In possibly propitious timeline convergence, has anyone pointed you at this thread yet?
https://zirk.us/@ShaulaEvans/115262699899518605
I see a lot of people who are hurt or confused when they apply for jobs and don't even receive a reply. Let me share information that may cast this in a new light for you. Years ago, I was a tech recruiter. This was in a scarce labor market, nothing like the layoffs of 2025. When we posted a new job, I would typically receive 500+ applications in the first day. Imagine what the tsunami of applications must be like today. 1/n
This is what I do. I've found in the last decade plus the big advantage is that although there aren't *that* many jobs, there are VERY few people who have the skills to do embedded C, write low level drivers, talk to peripherals etc.
People are getting trained in high level languages so there's plenty of people doing C#, Java etc but good low level C skills are not abundant.
Good luck in your hunt.
Xavi
Cavyherd
Rob Wood