This is definitely why I am thinking about leaving the industry, if and when current gig ends. Even with a resume tailored exactly to requirements, crickets.

This is definitely why I am thinking about leaving the industry, if and when current gig ends. Even with a resume tailored exactly to requirements, crickets. Some copium going around - "it's just interest rates", "thinks will pick up soon". Nope. This is what the end of the industry looks like, at least for a great many developers.