Update on my life
My life the last couple of months:
Unfortunately, we have gone with another candidate.
Well at least I can take the L on that. "We are reevaluating roles" when a company has gone through layoffs. Imagine getting rug pulled by a company before you’re even officially a part of it.
These interviews are not quick either. For those not in the loop, tech job interview loops are basically 4–6 hour long interviews. Some of them contain coding interviews where you're asked to solve algorithm questions live with a time limit. Then jump into questions regarding system design—where you sit in front of a virtual whiteboard and talk through how you would design the next YouTube clone.
I'm in the security niche. If I'm being honest I am drowning right now. The security field has become so normified and detached from what the original purpose was I am so blackpilled on the industry (jobs aside, just muggles trying to recreate magic with chatgpt). Everything is AI slop and nobody cares anymore. I write a lot of custom malware that I never deploy. Half the threat actors that the industry protects against are just a bunch of teenagers on forums.
I've been through so many rounds and have had multiple companies announce layoffs while finalizing an interview loop. But in chaos there is opportunity.
I've exchausted my resouces in irl so I am sticking to what I know. Which is crypto
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