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> and there is not a serious place on earth that would let me touch their codebase. If you have already a CS degree and you spend a couple months refreshing yo
by mrwoggle 6y ago
> and there is not a serious place on earth that would let me touch their codebase.
If you have already a CS degree and you spend a couple months refreshing your memory, you would be amazed what codebases you can touch.
- mettamage 6y agoThey won't let you touch it. I've sent out more than 100 resumes and got in at only two despite having a bachelor + master in CS. The one company that I got in severely underpaid me. This is in NL and I might be an outlier, but I'm beginning to see a problem. I also applied (in secret) when I got the job, my odds didn't improve.
- WrtCdEvrydy 6y agoSend me a copy of your resume, check the profile. Although NL might be a place where there isn't a lot of programming market, I'd be willing to bet the resume needs a bit of work.
- M5x7wI3CmbEem10 6y agoNL? Natural Language?
- boring_twenties 6y agoNetherlands, I'd assume
- mettamage 6y agoNetherlands
- vntok 6y agoMost probably there's something else very wrong with your resume. The job being in high demand, your foot-in-the-door rate should be much higher.