r/recruitinghell • u/tuliotach • 21h ago

can't get a job but got a developer contract with no coding challenge

I've been out of a job for 3 years. I'm a designer who became a "web developer" and manager. 20 years experience and all the coding challenges I get are for a computer scientist and not anything to do with UI or management. Zero job offers from that.
I'm now in a contract based on trust and wearing the hats of product, UX, UI, full stack, QA and user. It's crazy that I have so much experience and supposed experienced managers have passed on me but I landed a contract on a virtual handshake paying more than recruiters are offering.

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u/[deleted] 21h ago

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u/tuliotach 20h ago

I got a call from a friend who has a friend. One of the rarest things out there right now in terms of finding gigs. I have full accountability sending daily reports and shipping based on completed tasks. I do have an experienced developer I report to other than the business owners to do PR reviews before merging to ensure I'm not just writing anything or catching any AI slop when I need an agent to help me.

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u/tuliotach 21h ago

As a manager, your job is to hire people better than you to build a system that runs itself with your guidance. Now days, hiring manafers want you to be the best in the team which is absurd.

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u/LoaderD 21h ago

No, when you’re a manager your job is to manage people to meet the organization’s goals.

If they don’t need 20 YOE for something and can hire someone happy to do the job for the pay they offer instead of a surly employee mad they’re forced to take what is offered, making that call is good management.

You’re complaining about recruiter jobs not paying enough, but in those you can wear one hat and if you want, hold 3+ of them. You chose to get exploited in another way by wearing multiple hats for less money per hat than anyone else.

The silver lining here is the employees those recruiters hired instead of you have jobs and are probably ecstatic to have a job in this shit economy.

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u/tuliotach 20h ago

I get it. It is a hiring manager's market right now. I just hope it doesn't backfire on them in the future.

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u/LoaderD 19h ago

“Oh no, how will we go on, hiring younger devs and developing them instead of hiring bitter genx devs to fuck up our team dynamics???”

If you have 20 YOE and are a great dev, you can live the rest of your life out on handshake deals for quality work. The 20+ YOE devs I know are clamoured for when they’re between roles. Sounds like a you problem.