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@Bodhi, love to see it, seriously! I'll reach out if I'm in Denver for recommendations, if for nothing else, since I've never been.

[Postscript on mine, since I never followed up. I ended up getting an offer in early October last year and starting November 11th and am thriving in my not-quite-new role. Through applying AI as you and I described, I made a ton of progress but it ended up being old-fashioned networking. I contacted an old classmate of mine, who put me in touch with a well-connected friend of his, who put me in touch with the General Counsel of where I work now. They'd been looking to fill the role for almost a year but were being picky, as was I with my interviews, and it worked out. I should have also added that my ex-wife and I had a tacit understanding that we were getting divorced after I went back to work and we could walk away alimony/child support free on both sides, so the pressure was there, too.]

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I've been out of work for a few months

I'm a reservoir/A&D engineer. Oil company sold in May, got a package. Have been targeting banking and PE technical roles, but also have applied to O&G companies when the roles make sense. Probably have averaged at least a screener interview a week. Have gotten to the final interview several times, and am waiting to hear back from one of them, but it's been a few weeks. 

I'd like to add more irons to the fire since this thing is starting to really drag on, and I need a job before amazon delivers burn through my severance. If any of you have anything that doesn't show up on LinkedIn (which I've already seen), or have a really good connection somewhere, and are willing to help out, please DM me 

Thanks

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Whew... new role starts 10/27. Upgrade in title, pay, bonus, and equity. Thanks to everyone who helped!

Send me a DM if you want to connect on LinkedIn; I'm happy to broker any introductions that may help your search.

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On 9/2/2025 at 7:36 PM, Bodhi said:

Bumping this thread to share my job search journey. TL;DR - AI was key.


It was a game changer.  Everything I produced was sharper and better informed, and it all took a fraction of the time. Over the next 15–18 applications, I got four interview requests.  Today, I was extended an offer for a role I’m genuinely excited about.  Just wanted to bump this thread to thank the folks who shared their advice and to share some of my own.

@choripan I owe you some drinks if you are ever in Denver

Which AI models/wrappers were most helpful to you and what did your prompts look like?

I'm in DFW but searching the Denver metro area as an exit-from-Texas opportunity.  Seems the whole front range offers 1/4 of the volume of opportunities I see in DFW, but this could be a welcome change for me.  And I'll have to find a furnished, midterm rental if I do find a new employer to start with in Denver.

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On 10/15/2025 at 5:59 PM, Gravy Train said:

Which AI models/wrappers were most helpful to you and what did your prompts look like?

I'm in DFW but searching the Denver metro area as an exit-from-Texas opportunity.  Seems the whole front range offers 1/4 of the volume of opportunities I see in DFW, but this could be a welcome change for me.  And I'll have to find a furnished, midterm rental if I do find a new employer to start with in Denver.

I used ChatGPT a bunch for prep work. For each job I would start a separate conversation so when an interview came up I could find everything pretty easily.

By the end, my resume was pretty on point for all of the job reqs to which I applied.

For interviews, I would write down my versions of the ai output in a notebook so I wouldn't be scrolling around or typing during an interview.

Some sample prompts off the top of my head:

Company Research: (I was pretty much exclusively applying to B2B SaaS/Tech companies)

"Tell me about [Company Name]"

"Who owns..."

"Clarify the product lines"

"Who are the key competitors"

"What are the ARR estimates by product line."

"Where does the product land in Gartner Magic Quadrant"

Resume tweaking:

"Look at this job req: [paste req] and let me know how to best format my resume to match: [paste resume text]"

"Is this resume ATS optimized: [paste resume]"

Interview Prep:

"Give me 5 good questions for [HR/Hiring Manager Title/X-functional partner title]"

"Give me 5 softball questions..."

"What questions do you expect from..."

"Give me 5 relevant STAR stories for..."

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Consistently getting interviews with probably a new company popping up every 1.5 weeks, and here or there making the final formal level of interviews. Think I finished second for one role, and I'm currently in the middle of one where I think I'm on the short list of finalists. Currently have eight irons in the fire at various levels, maybe four of those feel real. Would be nice for one of these to finally hit. 

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10 minutes ago, thunderlounge said:

At least you’re getting callbacks. 

I’ve been looking for close to 8 weeks, and crickets. Not a good time to be Sr in tech.

Yeah I think I'm lucky enough to be right in the range that companies are looking for (10-15 years of experience), although the market is flooded with competition due to layoffs from mergers/acquisitions or just general layoffs. An issue I think is someone coming from a major O&G company will have a more impressive resume than me 

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33 minutes ago, Fud said:

An issue I think is someone coming from a major O&G company will have a more impressive resume than me 

 

This is the problem I’m running into, but with tech. Tech likes to see big names in your past, and gloss over the rest.

And being 50 with 25 years doing it, some of the early-on “wow factor” stuff really isn’t a consideration now as it’s all common place these days.

Honestly considering getting out of it, but then you have a whole new set of problems. 

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43 minutes ago, Fud said:

Yeah I think I'm lucky enough to be right in the range that companies are looking for (10-15 years of experience), although the market is flooded with competition due to layoffs from mergers/acquisitions or just general layoffs. An issue I think is someone coming from a major O&G company will have a more impressive resume than me 

Where are you located?

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5 minutes ago, orange dream said:

Where are you located?

Houston

If this current round is a whiff, I'll start looking at relocations 

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2 hours ago, thunderlounge said:

At least you’re getting callbacks. 

I’ve been looking for close to 8 weeks, and crickets. Not a good time to be Sr in tech.

What's your skillset? 

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13 minutes ago, Vegas64 said:

What's your skillset? 

 

Sitting in my corner coding, being left alone? 🤣

 

Main focus as of late has been SaaS apps, your typical php/db/ui type stack, with various frameworks, and some c/python when it’s been needed.

Plus network/server admin stuff. 

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24 minutes ago, thunderlounge said:

 

Sitting in my corner coding, being left alone? 🤣

 

Main focus as of late has been SaaS apps, your typical php/db/ui type stack, with various frameworks, and some c/python when it’s been needed.

Plus network/server admin stuff. 

Gotcha, not the baliwick I was thinking/had some inroads to, but will keep an ear out for ya!

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