Whoever this person is, they need to find a niche they are strong at and apply for jobs in that niche. Their resume needs to be tailored to focus on that.
The current market is bad for engineers perceived as generalists (despite very few of them actually being generalists), but if you can show you are good at some in demand skill, you should get cold messages every week, including the odd FAANG recruiter.
This may sound contradictory because everyone is expected to solve some generic leetcode challenge. Most hiring processes in the industry have little to do with what the company wants you to be good at. But hiring processes will be more lenient if those companies actually need you.
The current market is bad for engineers perceived as generalists (despite very few of them actually being generalists), but if you can show you are good at some in demand skill, you should get cold messages every week, including the odd FAANG recruiter.
This may sound contradictory because everyone is expected to solve some generic leetcode challenge. Most hiring processes in the industry have little to do with what the company wants you to be good at. But hiring processes will be more lenient if those companies actually need you.