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BlameKaneda on Nov 7, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: It costs $1,800 to get an engineering job offer

"Based on some rough calculations (which are detailed below) it costs the average software engineer $1,814 and 1.7 vacation days to get one job offer."

That is, unless you're currently unemployed.

justingreet on Nov 7, 2019 [–]

Fair enough. In that case, it still takes time but I imagine the opportunity cost isn't quite as high.

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