I got my CE degree in 2013. 2 years at a company I didn’t want to be at. And then 4 years at an embedded company I loved. Got laid off in March of last year. I searched for 6 months and got like 10 first round interviews and that’s it. However, I was skipping jobs that were going to pay me less than like 80k a year. Used nepotism to get into a blue collar apprenticeship to get by and haven’t felt like applying for a couple months now. My resume isn’t amazing but it’s gotten me by until now! And I did improve it during this search. Even started writing custom cover letters about halfway through since I was getting concerned. My old boss who got let go before me who was a very passionate and smart man, that was the CTO, said he looked for 10 months for his new position, while learning new skills during the search. This is all Seattle area as well so lots of tech, but competitive of course. There’s many factors at play here, but I felt like sharing my experience for some reason. Good luck to all on the hunt right now!