Extremely insightful bepster.
The job market on the East coast is something I still don’t fully understand. Here in the midwest it seems everything is about what you’ve done and how vocal you are about it. There are so many civil, electrical, and mechanical engineers that everything is a battle. I was starting to feel that it was much of the same out on the East Coast but its not.
I’m still wrapping my head around the fact that NY seems to be more about the upfront conceptualizing and less about ‘is it functional’.
Is it acceptable out there to call up the companies and ask to speak with HR reps? That’s a big NO-NO here and is sure to lose you any chance you might have had.