Hey there,

Due to budget cuts at my current company, I got laid off, so I'm on the market once again. Due to various reasons, I had to switch jobs rather frequently. Only one switch was intentional; the rest were layoffs (only one layoff I can consider as avoidable)

Obviously, switching jobs that frequently is a red flag for recruiters. Even though I can always explain what happened, I believe this doesn't even allow me to get past the first screening, especially at midsize/large companies

Another issue I've noticed is that my professional background is quite diverse. In my last job, I was maintaining a Flutter application and doing a bit of backend development. Before that, I worked as a full-stack developer at a YC-backed startup. Prior to that, I worked in fintech, specifically payment processing

I actually started my career as a computer vision researcher, but switched to backend development after about 1.5 years.…