I recently changed jobs, I also had a co-worker with similar length of experience start looking for a job before I did. He said he has put in over 200 resumes, and has only gotten a couple of callbacks, and no interviews. I asked to look at his resume, and even though I knew what his skill set was, you couldn't tell from the resume. It had a lot of experience, but in unassociated things. It had some UI/UX experience, some moderate programming experience, and some digital photography experience. I asked him what he was applying for, and he said "I don't know, anything to pay the bills".
On the other hand, I'm strictly a programmer. I wouldn't say I'm an expert at any one thing, but I have enough experience over the years to be able to pick something up and contribute in a short amount of time. Embedded systems, desktop, backend, front end and everything in between. I made it clear that I was a "Full stack software developer with 25+ years of experience in multiple programming environments." I enabled the "Looking for Work" option on LinkedIn. I had around 10 recruiters call or message me on there, and within 2 weeks I had 3 interviews. I went to 2 interviews, the second place offered me a position, and I took it, and had to call the 3rd one back and cancel. It's not a FAANG company (which frankly I'm sick and tired of hearing about on here and Reddit), but it's a big public company with 7 offices and over 600 employees. I got a 25% raise, better benefits, and better flexibility so I have more time to do the things outside of work that I want to do.
On the other hand, I'm strictly a programmer. I wouldn't say I'm an expert at any one thing, but I have enough experience over the years to be able to pick something up and contribute in a short amount of time. Embedded systems, desktop, backend, front end and everything in between. I made it clear that I was a "Full stack software developer with 25+ years of experience in multiple programming environments." I enabled the "Looking for Work" option on LinkedIn. I had around 10 recruiters call or message me on there, and within 2 weeks I had 3 interviews. I went to 2 interviews, the second place offered me a position, and I took it, and had to call the 3rd one back and cancel. It's not a FAANG company (which frankly I'm sick and tired of hearing about on here and Reddit), but it's a big public company with 7 offices and over 600 employees. I got a 25% raise, better benefits, and better flexibility so I have more time to do the things outside of work that I want to do.
And no, I don't have a public GitHub repo.