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I was using Phil Schroeder's Job Search Stack in Claude Code to apply to around 10 jobs every day, send follow-up emails, keep track of interviews, write cover letters, interview prep briefs... the whole gambit. Code Metal must have been kind of a no-name company because not that…

About two months ago, I started my job search for a Product Manager/Owner role. Last week, I received an offer I’m super happy to accept—and I'm still waiting on a few final case study responses over the next couple of weeks. Quick Background: 3+ years of PM experience in the Mar…

Last November, I got fed up with the crap culture at Boeing and decided to up my game plan for interviews. Now, I have 2 offers. Previous Role: Senior Product Manager, Boeing Commercial Airplanes  \* Background: Aerospace Engineering, MBA  \* Experience: 9 YOE (Years of…

This came in the midst of my Google loop. I was still waiting on their feedback when a Microsoft recruiter reached out. The timing was challenging since it coincided with suuuuper heavy sprint cycles at work, but I managed to carve out the necessary time. The recruiter call was a…

Thought I'd share some positive news! Just accepted an offer for a Senior Product Designer, and here are some things that I learned, in hopes that it might help other folks in the job market: Total search: 6 months From application → offer: 50 days Total Applications: 32 (15 refe…

Based in Dublin, Ireland. Left Facebook for Microsoft in December 2020. I had a friend refer me to Amazon, applied to MS and Bloomberg myself. Applied to a bunch of places around end of August/ early September: \- Microsoft (offer) \- Amazon (offer) \- Bloomberg (offer) \- Google…

I was working at a small kids tech smartphone startup after being at another agency and I was tired of the incredibly low salary, virtually no parental leave, and bad company culture. Many coworkers were nice and good to work with but leadership was a bit of a nightmare like many…

I actually applied for another role in the company. It was a senior product manager role which was switched to just product manager. I decided to continue pursuing it. It was a payments role - an area I don't know much about. So I did a ton of interview research and spoke to peop…