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It's hard out there for everyone in this market. I've got literal decades of experience, but I've been pounding the virtual pavement for month after month, and still nothing.
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same.
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20 solid years of experience, self-employed at the moment, but I got curious a while back and started browsing jobs, and it's ... well, tough to even find something unless you're an extreme specialist and trust to bank on that technology or niche sustaining you through the next few years.
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To be honest it sounds like you hit the jackpot there.

You say this is a company you could see yourself working at for some time, and have been handed C suite level responsibility that you can handle. So seemingly you are content and able to handle the work load.

Learning to be a IC is something anyone can do given time, but learning to be a manager can only be learned by being on the job, if you are able to get it in the first place.

Now is really not a good time to jump ship, unless you know for certain that the new position is going to be stable.

Grab the opportunity, do a good job and perhaps study how to be a better IC in your free time. You'll come out on the other side with skills and experiences that many in this field will be missing.

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Well I wanted to mainly commisserate with others also trying to job search so I didn't mention this, but its a relatively early stage startup with a very flawed business direction, which is why the CTO and the COO left, so it's a genuine sinking ship I'm trying to get off.

Still, thank you for the advice - I am definitely doing my best to make the best of my work hours!

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I'm with you on this. I will hit 3 YoE in June and have been doing excellent in my current role yet having no luck finding a new job. Interviews are hard to come by and I'm a month out on even getting a rejection reply from some companies.
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i'm interested in hiring early career people for my company - feel free to reach out to me at the email in my profile if you're interested
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i'm interested in hiring early career people for my company - feel free to reach out to me at the email in my profile if you're interested
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get your company to hire a fractional CTO to share the load so you get more time for coding. you can contact me. i am available.
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