>> " I've never had to look for a job... I just say yes when a good email comes in."
>This, is what gets me. It's stuff like this that makes me feel like the longer I stay in software [...]
I can assure you that this is not the general job hunting scenario for software people. This may be the case for a particular engineer, or small class of highly-sought-after engineers, in a couple of very short-lived time periods of frothy hiring. The vast majority of us still have to get out there and pound the pavement like everyone else, and it's not overnight.
>This, is what gets me. It's stuff like this that makes me feel like the longer I stay in software [...]
I can assure you that this is not the general job hunting scenario for software people. This may be the case for a particular engineer, or small class of highly-sought-after engineers, in a couple of very short-lived time periods of frothy hiring. The vast majority of us still have to get out there and pound the pavement like everyone else, and it's not overnight.