blind

One big problem with blind is that it trends very junior. Much of what’s on there is of little used to people who are older. I actually find most of the comments to be less informed than, say, fuckedcompany.com was back in the day.

That may be true, but I think the internal company forums are generally not very junior.

Maybe for yours. For mine it is excessively junior. Almost exclusively.

Can't you only post to blind if you created your account while still employed?

IIRC, I was able to create some kind of limited account after I was laid off, but I couldn't fully participate.

You could set up a custom domain if you don't have one already and forward the email for $8/yr. https://cloudflareapps.com/apps/email-forwarding

Email forwarding is free and built into CloudFlare.

https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-email-routing/

yes, it might be challenging to gain access once you are unemployed, in that case try Reddit?

r/cscareerquestions is pretty good even if most people there are the leetcode griding new college grads.

I've found https://www.levels.fyi/community to be a bit less abrasive than blind.

Also, I believe you can sign up without being currently employed.