When you are happy with your work, which I was at Indeed, you don’t have to talk to people anymore. And when you have the title of “Software Engineer” again, you get more interesting companies talking to you. I am just going to list the various companies that contacted me in 2016 and 2017. This does NOT include the dozens of recruiters that hit me up for contract positions doing IOS development, QA, BPM, or random things I am not qualified for, like C++ or .NET.

2016

• Amazon – Austin, TX
• Amazon – Herndon, VA
• Amazon Automation – Seattle
• Amazon Web Services
• Audible
• Google – Seattle or California
• Nike
• Red Bull TV
• Sail Point
• TriNet Cloud
• Visa
• VMWare

2017

• Abilitie
• Amazon – eleven times
• Amazon Mechanical Turk
• Amazon Web Services
• Boku
• Facebook
• Gigster
• Google
• LinkedIn
• iPlace USA
• Overtime
• SecureWorks
• TVG Network/Betfair
• Two Sigma
• VMWare

Nice to be recruited for real jobs.