The problem isn't your CV or you. It's that the job your credentials seem to command isn't the type of gig any company is willing to risk hiring a fresh out of college guy to do. your academic creds, while wonderful, are simply NOT real world experience.
Your PHD leads recruiters to think you'll demand 6 figures and a SR position. But your experience doesn't show you could actually do the role you'd be expected to. If a hiring manger puts their signature of the offer letter and it turns out you suck, it looks BAD on them, REALLY bad.
I've done enough hiring of SR folks to form the opinion that the problem isn't lack of talent, it's lack of provable talent. As a hiring manager, in most companies, it's better to leave a role open than hire someone that sucks or a chance of sucking.
The fix on your side is the path almost everyone I know that's in a high level position has taken, startups and small companies. You slog it out in an underpaid gig for a few years, think of it as a residency. Then start looking for a real gig.
Senior. Basically an engineer you can handle a project(1month to 1 year time frame) to and they'll take it from there calling in resources when necessary.
Your PHD leads recruiters to think you'll demand 6 figures and a SR position. But your experience doesn't show you could actually do the role you'd be expected to. If a hiring manger puts their signature of the offer letter and it turns out you suck, it looks BAD on them, REALLY bad.
I've done enough hiring of SR folks to form the opinion that the problem isn't lack of talent, it's lack of provable talent. As a hiring manager, in most companies, it's better to leave a role open than hire someone that sucks or a chance of sucking.
The fix on your side is the path almost everyone I know that's in a high level position has taken, startups and small companies. You slog it out in an underpaid gig for a few years, think of it as a residency. Then start looking for a real gig.