About This Project

The Story

As a CS new grad going through the job search, I noticed a lot of us are stressed, doubting ourselves, and wondering if our experience is normal.

You can scroll through reddit and see people posting about hundreds of applications with few responses, or find LinkedIn posts about tough interview experiences, but these are just scattered individual stories. There's no real dataset, no aggregated numbers to help us understand what's actually typical.

So I built this—a simple anonymous survey to collect real data. How many applications are people sending? What are the actual response rates? When do offers typically come? It's the resource I wished existed when I started searching.

Methodology

• 100% anonymous responses collected via our website
• Data collected from software engineering job seekers
• Filters available: major, school tier, sponsorship status, location, experience level
• Updated in real-time as new responses come in
• All data is public and transparent

Privacy

This survey is completely anonymous. We don't collect names, emails, or any personally identifiable information.

The goal is to help everyone understand what's normal in today's brutal job market - not to identify individuals.