The US government shutdown has made my job a little less certain.
I work as a civilian contractor for the US Department of Defense. I'm employed by a company called Oteemo and they have the DOD contract that I'm on.
My contract was supposed to be until next May, but apparently, they can decide to just cancel the contract in the middle, and that's what they decided to do, because I'm a programmer and not a soldier.
I'm not out of a job. I'm still employed by Oteemo, and they'll put me on deck until they renew the contract. So I'm not currently in any financial trouble or anything.
But, if this drags on, Oteemo could decide they don't want me for a different contract and let me go. So, I'm looking for something new. I want to get ahead of this and not be out of work right now.
I'm a full-stack or back-end web developer with over twenty years of professional experience. I've mostly worked in go and PHP, but I'm also good in Python, and can learn anything else. I've also done some basic DevOps.
I've worked as a Team Lead and Senior Architect. In the last few years, my work has focused on microservices.
I'm looking for something based in the US, but remote. I'd be open to in office on the Southwest side of Houston, TX (Sugar Land would be better).
I might consider relocation to another country, but it would have to be a warm climate and a safe place for kids with access to an international school.
I have a résumé and a LinkedIn, and will update them both soon.
Please feel free to DM me, email, IM on Jabber, or just call/text if you have any leads. And I'd appreciate it if you'd boost this for visibility.
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Another day, another job rejection.
It's been almost three months since my layoff, and I keep getting close, and then losing out at the end.
This time, I had an interview with the hiring manager, two live coding challenges, and then another interview with upper management. In the end, they told me I didn't have enough front-end experience for the position. They had another candidate with more front-end experience than me. They wanted to bring me on anyway as another back-end developer, but the budget didn't warrant it.
So, I didn't do anything wrong, and they were impressed with my experience and talent, but still not enough to get the job.
This is frustrating, but also really getting scary. My savings is not going to last forever, and my insurance coverage ends at the end of August.
Anybody with any leads on jobs that maybe aren't posted yet, for a Senior or Staff developer in PHP or go (or some other language that I can learn), I would be forever grateful for them.
I need to vent a little bit.
I've been out of work for close to two months now. I know that many people have been looking for a lot longer than me. But, I had a really good prospect at a company that I respect, and felt that I was a great fit for what they were looking for.
After a bunch of interviews, all of which seemed very positive, I got word this morning that they wouldn't be making an offer.
This was so incredibly disheartening. I even have a friend who just started working there who was talking me up to them.
This is now the third time I've gotten far in the interview process, only for them not to make an offer.
I'm just feeling so frustrated now. The last time I lost a job (four and a half years ago) I had an offer at another company is less than two weeks.
Now, it's been nearly two months. I've sent out over 80 applications, gotten interviews at five or six companies, with three of them getting pretty far. But I can't get to the offer.
Anybody who I've ever worked with would tell you that I'm smart, talented, a hard worker, and a fast learner. But, none of that seems to be enough right now.
I've got an initial interview at another company on Tuesday. So I'm going to keep plugging away at this. But right now, man, I feel really demotivated.
In a couple months my severance is going to run out, and I have to have a new job before then.
If anybody knows any jobs for a senior PHP or golang developer, please let me know. This can't go on much longer.
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Yes, I am looking for work. My last day at my current job is this Friday.
I'm looking for a Senior or Principal Web Developer position, either Full-Stack or Back-End, and either a go or PHP stack.
My website is https://danielrayjones.com, and my LinkedIn is https://linkedin.com/in/danjones000
I've got about twenty years of experience, and excited to start my next job (current company is downsizing).
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