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The moment a job posts, hundreds of people hit the same door. If the hiring manager already knows your name from a post, a talk, or a project, you're not in that line. The time to become visible is before someone needs a developer like you.
Developers are upset about the job market, but hiring managers are drowning in hundreds of AI-written resumes and would rather interview someone they already know. Become known before the job opens.
If an interview comes down to how many LeetCode problems you ground through beforehand, it's testing the wrong thing. I want to see how you tackle a problem, and the questions you ask are the answer.
Dozens of developers in three weeks told me they're considering leaving the industry, not for a new calling but because they think there's no room left. The resume game is broken. Go around it.