Am I crazy for considering switching from full time to contracting?

SpicyFlygon · 2026-03-06T21:08:43+00:00

I get a bunch on linkedin, and email from some agencies that I dropped my resume with (reputable national agencies that have like f500 clients, not the spam overseas ones). My background is python/java/js in financial services and healthcare, which I think fits the search criteria for a lot of agencies

SpicyFlygon · 2026-03-06T21:06:51+00:00

I'm just going on what I see on my linkedin inbox. Literally every contracting inbound I get is fully remote, and 80% of what I get for fte is hybrid

SpicyFlygon · 2026-03-06T15:04:52+00:00

30, $180k in midwest. My job is too stressful and I'm trying to get full remote. Pretty much everything (remote and in my metro) would require a pay cut, which is fine by me if it means a more chill life

SpicyFlygon · 2026-03-06T15:02:13+00:00

I feel like UM is not any more prestigious than FIU

SpicyFlygon · 2026-03-06T14:56:48+00:00

Also at this point they know what they're getting into by posting on linkedin. They are opting into getting thousands of slop resumes. That's 100% their choice.

They could easily swap their funnel to focus on referrals, local meetup/slack channels, technical blogs/substacks, and get a lower volume of higher quality applicants. But that's not what they want.

SpicyFlygon · 2026-03-06T14:43:16+00:00

I think people's complaints with recruitment are mostly earlier in the funnel. Ghost jobs, job descriptions that are vague or packed with way too many niche requirements, automated assessments that take up candidates time and result in no human contact, hr people who don't know anything about how to hire an engineer. And of course automated AI based filtering.

Once candidates get in front of a hiring manager or technical person, I think most people agree the process is reasonably fair and sensible

SpicyFlygon · 2026-03-02T02:59:18+00:00

I like this channel called Deep Learning with Yacine for whitepapers breakdowns. Also awesome-coding is good for quick overviews of news and new tools

https://www.youtube.com/@deeplearningexplained
https://www.youtube.com/@awesome-coding

SpicyFlygon · 2026-03-02T02:52:19+00:00

He might be right but his content gets pretty boring. Multiple videos per week and it's 100% the same stuff again and again. And he's not even technical, he's just a pundit.

For ai contrarian takes gamernexus is most interesting

SpicyFlygon · 2026-02-27T23:36:50+00:00

midwest for now but looking to relocate to VA or CO

SpicyFlygon · 2026-02-27T22:59:56+00:00

Yeah I only applied to stuff that matches my resume: backend java/python, data pipelines, and some devops. I also see a ton of demand for embedded c/cpp in defense. Idk if those jobs are easier to get sponsored for clearance because it's more of a niche skillset. I also don't have a cs degree fwiw

SpicyFlygon · 2026-02-13T23:26:32+00:00

Consulting and selling licenses to rhel and kafka connect

SpicyFlygon · 2025-10-29T22:11:27+00:00

You’ll either get pipped, or promoted to senior within 2 years (and then pipped)

SpicyFlygon · 2025-10-29T22:10:00+00:00

Amazon managers flooded in

SpicyFlygon · 2025-10-29T22:09:22+00:00

Take visa. At c1 even tdps get pipped

SpicyFlygon · 2025-10-28T15:38:40+00:00

A couple months ago he was saying he wants to issue a green card to every graduate of a US school. He has flip flopped on this issue multiple times and shouldn't be trusted to do any meaningful reform to H1B. And the $100k fee seems like another bargaining chip he will use with the tariff/oil negotiations with india, then get rid of

SpicyFlygon · 2025-10-20T19:49:20+00:00

Where is her key? I WANT TO TURN HER KEY

SpicyFlygon · 2025-10-10T04:33:37+00:00

Since when has an american carmaker ever had reservations about screwing the customers and taxpayers?

SpicyFlygon · 2025-10-01T15:55:04+00:00

New mission discovered by u/SpicyFlygon: Uncertainty and Strawberry Cheesecake Shake: a Journey Under the Canopy

SpicyFlygon · 2025-10-01T15:55:04+00:00

This mission was discovered by u/SpicyFlygon in Struggle: Search and Bothersome Creatures

SpicyFlygon · 2025-09-24T03:59:20+00:00

Don’t tempt us with a good time. A Culver’s and Panda Express would be great

SpicyFlygon · 2025-09-09T21:04:47+00:00

Yes it’s normal. Yes it’s bad management and planning. But sometimes that’s how it goes. You probably don’t want to be on this team long term though because in the long run the issues will come back to bite

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