Two devs. Same stack. Same years in. One gets three on-sites a week; the other gets ghosted. The difference isn’t talent—it’s process. We audit your job hunt like production: inputs & controls, bottlenecks, scripts that actually get replies, and the one KPI (MC/W) that predicts interviews.SITE https://www.programmingpodcast.com/Stay in Touch:📧 Have ideas or questions for the show? Or are you a business that wants to talk business?Email us at [email protected]!Danny Thompsonhttps://x.com/DThompsonDevhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/DThompsonDevwww.DThompsonDev.comLeon Noelhttps://x.com/leonnoelhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/leonnoel/https://100devs.org/📧 Have ideas or questions for the show? Or are you a business that wants to talk business?Email us at [email protected]!What you’ll learn:- Build a targeted, local-first company list (even if there’s no open req)- Warm outreach that prints: one-to-many LinkedIn, comments → DMs, “6-minute call” & 11:02 invites- Remove bottlenecks: Resume → Recruiter, Phone screen → Behavioral (STAR/CAR), Recruiter → Manager- The THRIVE framework to turn interrogations into conversations- Why proof vs promises (and why you shouldn’t sign exclusive recruiter agreements)- The audit loop: track MC/W, notes, weekly reviews, tiny improvements- If this helped, drop MC/W in the comments so others find it. 👇Chapters00:00 Two devs, same stack—process beats talent02:13 Act I: Inputs & Control (ideal companies, local-first, research, coffee chat prep)05:15 Activity vs quality (don’t just click apply)08:00 Burnout fix: focus on controllables09:35 Don’t sign exclusive recruiter agreements10:48 Warm vs cold outreach; break the pattern14:02 One-to-many on LinkedIn (comments that warm leads)15:54 DM makeovers that get replies17:58 Pattern breakers: 6-minute call, 11:02 invite21:03 Comment → DM handoff without bait-and-switch22:41 Great question → instant referral story24:54 Anti-DMs to avoid (“pick your brain?”, resume dump)27:34 Act II: Bottlenecks in your pipeline28:44 Resume → Recruiter (lead with outcomes, not fluff)33:03 Cut jargon the recruiter can’t repeat34:22 Phone screen → Behavioral (STAR/CAR)37:28 Recruiter → Manager (narrative + “tell me about yourself”)40:32 Act III: The Metric—MC/W (meaningful conversations per week)43:32 Networking beats blind applying45:10 Act IV: Playbook & Audit (THRIVE recap)47:26 Practice w/ AI voice role-play (recruiter, EM, meetup)50:27 Small improvements compound51:04 Tracking system: spreadsheet, notes, weekly reviews53:02 Systems vs motivation (James Clear callback)55:38 Listener Q: “The Chosen One” progress explained1:02:01 Technical skills ≠ job-getting skills1:04:13 Wrap

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