>>106913792
It's worse than you think
Me 2021:
>1 year out of college
>Shit resume with clashing formatting and shit listed from high school
>Applied to four jobs I was kind of qualified for, wrote a cover letter for one and blew off the other one that required a cover letter
>Offered a job by all besides the one I wrote a cover letter for after 0-2 interviews

Me now:
>~100 ish applications
>5? cover letters
>5 months into seriously searching for a job
>Zero interviews save for two that changed the job description to something completely different
>One of them asked me to reply to a noreply email address and said the job was actually in person in an extremely expensive suburb despite being listed as remote
>Ghosted by recruiters I talked to in person
>80% of applications didn't even send rejection emails before august, now it's more like 60%
EE with 5YoE and niche skills that are allegedly in demand if job postings are to be believed btw