Experienced Software Engineer Shares Career Struggles and Job Search Challenges
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Summary
A software engineer with 10+ years of experience shares their struggle to find a good remote role despite having shipped great products and worked with multiple programming languages. The UK-based engineer expresses frustration with their prolonged job search and seeks understanding from others experiencing similar career difficulties.
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· 5 pulledI'm having the worst career winter of my life
SWE with 10+ years of experience, I've shipped great products and worked commercially with Ruby/Rails, Node.js, TypeScript, and Golang
I'm UK-based and have been struggling to secure a good remote role for an extended period
I'm hardworking and bring substantial experience and strong execution skills
Is anyone else going through the same? Any help understanding why this is happening would be
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