What if You Can't Find a Dev Job for MONTHS?..

[@amrachraf6699]

I watched the video in the morning and I felt you touched something in my heart. I prayed and felt asleep. When I woke up, I found a missed call from a HR that I applied 2 months ago. Now, I have me interview tomorrow and hope to get hired❤️ I appreciate you alot, Povilas

[@LaravelDaily]

Oh wow! Glad to "help" in this way :)

[@amrachraf6699]

@@LaravelDaily I hope to reply with “I am hired now” after few hours

[@contou_rs]

21 years of development experience starting and still working with PHP (Codeigniter/Laravel) but also React and React Native, core javascript, a design background and experience running a team. 3 months looking and couldn't find a job. Luckily a side project has started to bring in some money. Your words really ring true. Networking and trying to by pass recruitment agencies are key.

[@hassanhazara]

I have been looking for job as PHP developer with over 3.5 years of experience since September and still no luck got several interviews which were mostly other languages like Java, .Net and python but not any PHP role and without success. I needed the mental state part because my mental state was getting drained daily so thank you for cheering us up and lets hope this sad job market comes to normal.

[@irawan953]

same :(

[@TheHronar]

I've been looking since February...

[@drfcozapata]

THANKS A LOT BRO!!! I really needed this. Blessings from Venezuela

[@hemantbhardwaj17]

That's what's happening. I've been trying for six months but with no luck. I switched to MERN because I thought PHP was outdated. However, the situation is the same since I have 9 years of experience in PHP and Laravel, not in MERN. I'm not receiving offers even close to what I was earning four years ago.

[@Dev_Newton]

6 months?😂 Try 3 years, well except some freelance

[@DylRicho]

@@Dev_Newton Ditto.

[@zHqqrdz]

Where are you based and what's your hourly rate ?

[@hemantbhardwaj17]

@@zHqqrdz from India , 10 - 20$

[@hemantbhardwaj17]

@@Dev_Newton I freelanced for three years, but my Fiverr account was permanently banned for reasons I couldn’t understand, and despite multiple attempts, I couldn’t recover it. I also tried Upwork and several other freelancing platforms, but unfortunately, I couldn’t find success on any of them.

[@mohammadimranmir5037]

I was looking for change with remote option from a quite long time but no luck and I decided to look for WFO jobs but still no luck. But i kept applying and now i have 2 offers and both are WFH. I didn't put myself in stress because I was parallely working in a company

[@brunosilva-ed4pz]

it took me around 4 months to get a job both times i looked for it.. The worst part is indeed not getting an answer even after months ;/

[@profesone]

I want to apologize for my last comment. I don't want to add more negativity to the thread. Povilas, has a strong point to "keep trying". My additional tips is to make your resume more AI friendly. Format your resume to better be captured by AI to have a better chance of it being seen. Again, sorry.

[@DoonSafari]

Hi Povilas, How are you? I've been following your channel, Python ML Daily, for quite some time, and it has always been inspiring. I got the path to switch from Laravel to Python because of your guidance. However, I feel a bit stuck on how to dive deeper into machine learning and focus more on Python. Are you still focusing on machine learning alongside Laravel, or have you shifted to just Laravel?

[@DoonSafari]

I’m also eager to know if you’re currently working on Python or adding something related to Python and ML to your repertoire.

[@LaravelDaily]

Hi, I tried it for 3 months in 2024 but didn't get enough engagement from my audience, unfortunately, so switched back to spending time on what actually my audience wants: Laravel and, on top, Filament with my second channel.

[@bumblebity2902]

​@@LaravelDailysome discussion in LinkedIn or KZbin will help you how to improve engagement.

[@Hobypyrocom]

i am at that exact situation. thanks for the video. today i got invited by a friend in a company where they were asking me to join years ago and passed all their test back then, so now i am just waiting for offer and probably i will start working. one question that i noticed recently and now i am noticing it on you too... why all of us programmers have the one eye more open than the other one? in some people is more noticeable (like me) and others not that much but its there...

[@gcardinal]

Most importantly - take a great professional photo of your self! No one will send you any reply if you are not presentable/ attractive/ professional in your photo. You MUST look great! Remember that pre-selection almost always happen by HR, I will leave it to you to imagine how an typical HR employee who is given this task looks like and what the values are. Dont hate the system, play it.

[@LaravelDaily]

Yeah, as much as I hate to agree with it, but first impression is everything. Including visual. Which happens before anyone looks at your code.

[@bumblebity2902]

nobody needs photo on CV unless you are using LinkedIn.

[@iconicae8814]

this vedio come to me at the perfect time I am applying on jobs for about a month or more a few of the companies reply and most not and I entered a php coding exam and msq also but they didn't reply to me since 25/11 , I need something like recomendation because I am really good at laravel , I have intension to learn docker and kafka from these companies that requires alot of technologies

[@linkernetir]

like before watching. just cuz of title!

[@373323]

thanks

[@jigglypotatoes]

It is indeed quite hard nowadays. I have been applying for months with close to 5 years experience. I'm already applying despite some technology might be missing from my CV. Most responses I get is that companies decide to go with candidates that are much better suited than me for the position. I haven't had live interview for months. Might be due to fact that I look for 100% WFH due to life circumstances and most of remote jobs now require senior level experience with strong leadership but I never led the team so bummer. At some point maybe we will run out of all of those better suited candidates and i will have a chance. One gripe I have with this is that companies don't provide even an ounce of helpful feedback when asked for it especially when I took time to submit coding test.

[@deshkarabhishek]

Videos from Car > Videos from office :D

[@LaravelDaily]

The engagement numbers show the opposite.

[@MrDragos360]

My advice is to create a backup of at least 12 months of at least 1000 euro/month while you work. If you have parents, move with them. In this time neve make the mistake to take any other job, like store clerk, uber, bolt, food delivery, fast food, constructions, etc. This will kill your energy to work on projects for your CV and will make you accept the situation. Also do not accept stupid software dev jobs tha force you to be on site the so called "RTO", not even a day. Preffer a lower pay than being on site. Also negociate working time. Don't accept the classic 8/9/10 hours a day. We live to enjoy life, not to work. First two months are for rest, don't think about work, about finding work, just rest. Then begun working on personal project and building a nice CV. When you have 1-2-3 good projects begin applying for job. But don't apply too many at once. I heard people who apply to 1000 jobs a week. WTF. No more than 2-3 at once. Don't care too much about job descriptions. As much as it require the language/framework you know apply for it. Don't care about "experience" or "optional" skills requests. With a good set of personal projects you have high chances. At least for me worked, I had 5 Vue2 projects(chat for both web and electron, schedulling app fo web and offline for electron, note app, an restaurant dashboard and a "board" project).

[@hassanhazara]

Your advice is only possible when you have family or You are not single and didn't apply for unemployment benefits.

[@LaravelDaily]

Good advice, if you have the conditions to do so. Many people have kids and bigger sense of urgency so can't really rest for 2 months.

[@MrDragos360]

@@hassanhazara I don't understand. I am single, I have a 12 month backup of 1000 euro/month. If bad luck hits and I loose my job I am on my own I have my reserves. Also I can sell some stuff in case of emergency. I work as a contractor so no unemployed benefits for me. I say that is it a lot easier to be unemployed if you are alone than if you have a family or even worse kids. There is nobody that depends on you and you use less money alone than when you are with someone.

[@MrDragos360]

@@LaravelDaily but at least a week. If we are not well rested we can't perform great.

[@profesone]

This video is great but there is one point that isn't addressed. Some of these positions are completely fake. Some of the signs to look for are vague qualifications. For example, require ring PHP, C#, Python, and Java. WTF? Or in this video, MySQL, and Postgres? Multiple projects? Maybe? Another tip is look how long the job was posted. Some of these jobs are posted over 5 weeks. We all looking for work and you can't find someone in 6 weeks??? These are recruiters or head Hunters looking to fill their quota of filling their database of new resumes. It sucks.

[@Xewl]

Given Postgres is still SQL, that's fine; but yeah showing a mix of seemingly unrelated languages is a red flag for sure. I've had some good experiences with -some- headhunters to be honest, too; but I'm in a fairly good -maybe even priveleged- environment for PHP Devs too.

[@8infinito8]

Taking the job example: I wouldn't send application because of +5 years on PHP/Laravel requirement. My experience is just 2 years.