Sending out 100 CVs just to get a soulless copy-paste rejection email? Dive into the latest Reddit drama on how developers are surviving this toxic hiring market.
Is the job market just absolute trash right now, or is it just me? You blast out 100 resumes, hear back from exactly zero, and when you finally get a ping, it’s a generic copy-paste rejection that makes you want to throw your monitor out the window.
So there's this thread blowing up on Reddit where a poor soul posted the textbook definition of a soulless rejection email. It’s the classic HR bullshit sandwich: "We received a metric ton of amazing applications... and yeah, yours wasn't one of them." Ouch.
No context, no feedback on whether your tech stack was lacking, your salary expectation was too high, or if the hiring manager just had a bad morning. Just a cold, hard, automated middle finger straight to your inbox.
The post went viral instantly, and fellow devs swarmed the comments to trauma-dump about their own miserable job-hunting experiences.
The "Wait, you guys get replies?" squad: User Puntoffeltierchen hit right in the feels with: "You guys are getting answers?". Another dude chimed in: "Sometimes I get emails from places I never applied to... only to realize it's a damn MLM scheme."
The "Tell me my bug so I can fix it" crew: GiantmetalLink vented: "I hate when they don’t tell you why you weren’t chosen. How am I supposed to fix a mistake I don’t know about?" A cynical wizard (jenova56) immediately dropped a reality check: "You're not. Either you give them the exact type of sloppy reacharound they insist they need, or they'll find someone in the resume pile who will."
The "Existential Dread" gang: Some folks are just straight-up questioning reality. thecrazedsidee stated: "I live in a world where 'unrealistic' dreams seem more probable than getting a regular job." Meanwhile, Holmes02 is fully convinced he's shadowbanned from employment: "At this point I feel like I’m blacklisted."
Look, let's play devil's advocate for a sec. If you're an HR rep dealing with 5,000 resumes a day, writing a personalized rejection for every single dev is impossible. But sending an automated email that reads like a slap in the face? That’s just lazy and disrespectful.
What’s the survival tactic here? Stop treating job hunting like debugging. In code, if it fails, there's a logical reason. In recruiting, it's a crapshoot. You might get rejected not because your code is garbage, but because you didn't "fit the culture", the company ran out of budget, or the CEO's nephew just needed a job.
Pro tip: Fire and forget. Send your CV out and immediately wipe it from your memory. Don't sit around overanalyzing your worth based on an automated AI rejection letter. Just keep grinding, keep your tech stack sharp, and move on. No one should shed a tear over a template bot email.
Source: Reddit - Yet another one
