"... a significant uptick in the number of parties, hot girls roaming bars trying to chat with any guy that looks like he might be an engineer and looking for a job..."
Is anyone else noticing this phenomenon? Apparently I'm not invited to the right parties...
Even if you aren't noticing it, you're not missing out.
To reuse a great Mel Brooks line, the girls have an opening they're looking for you to fill, but it's not the interesting kind: at best a Sr Software Engineer at some massive company writing Java on a team that "is just like a small startup in a big company".
That's my favorite line. It lets me know to run the other way. Often, when people use that line on me, I ask about the equity I'll get as part of the deal. Usually, it turns out that they want founder-level enthusiasm without the pay.
Is anyone else noticing this phenomenon? Apparently I'm not invited to the right parties...