> That leaves a field of 40 more-or-less qualified people who have at this point all committed a significant amount of time doing unpaid labor for a company to manage the company’s risk and hiring costs.

Ahh yes, the "significant amount of time doing unpaid labor" of sending my resume via email, which took me all of 5 minutes.

Lets say you're someone who has changed careers alot, it means finding and applying is your full-time job for months on end. Despite people who have changed careers, succesfully, are often the best kind of people you'd want to hire.

I wonder if there is some atonement ritual that those of us who have strayed from the career path can go through to be accepted back,.. like bathing in the Living Waters beneath an amazon data center..

My dad's friend emailed over 400 companies looking for a job. The response rate is atrocious

> significant amount of time doing unpaid labor for a company

That’s such a strange way to look at it… if a company advertises, are they doing “unpaid labour to help me manage my purchasing”?