So I have been trying to get a backfill for the streetshitter I got to quit. That guy was retarded and didn't deserve the job sure, but even in supposedly tech hub Austin I cannot find any decent candidates to backfill him.
I've been looking since May and all of the applicants I get for a Senior engineering position claim they are coming from or are currently in a senior role. But it is as clear as day that that their experience is all at the junior level. All they can speak to is doing updates, maintenance tasks, and creating features with lots of guidance. Not one of them has done something with a great deal of autonomy, Nor have they done any application architecture. They also lack familiarity with the features of cloud platforms and what to use on them and why. Its weird.
I have always known there is a lot of title inflation going on. I have never hunted for titles. But from what I gather right now the trend is work some place for 3-4 years then demand a senior engineer title despite not having the experience for the role. Then apply to other senior positions. Probably getting a title upgrade in lieu of getting a large raise.
This is for a $200k engineering job and I cannot find anyone here in Austin. I am getting thousands more streetshitters applying and begging for h1b though. Which I just ignore.
