achicagodevdude

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by achicagodevdude 9y ago
I'm newish to HN so I don't know if I can DM you through here. Do you mean another website, such as LinkedIn?
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by achicagodevdude 9y ago
As far as experience goes, I call myself experienced only in the sense that I held a few paid jobs in this career. It would be splitting hairs to redefine "experienced" in some other way. The oldest job in my resume was indeed a h
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by achicagodevdude 9y ago
Regarding interviews I hardly get any algorithm questions that are found in CTCI. Most of the technical interviews ask me practical knowledge on languages or tools, like how would I write a query for some problem, build a simple splash page
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by achicagodevdude 9y ago
Besides Upwork, what places do you suggest for freelance work? And the freelance work wasn't on an online marketplace. It was from an ex-boss that gave me side projects that his employees didn't want/have the time to work on.
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by achicagodevdude 9y ago
It's usually pretty generic stuff. I wasn't a good fit, or they found someone else that's a better candidate, etc. Liability reasons cause them to withhold details. Many people consider all interviews practice, but practice o
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by achicagodevdude 9y ago
Here's my resume (with most names redacted): https://www.dropbox.com/s/6290viuyjbr09jc/web_resume_swe.pdf... I have also a short freelance job that at least shortens the gap of time.
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by achicagodevdude 9y ago
Finally, I can show my resume (with most names redacted) https://www.dropbox.com/s/6290viuyjbr09jc/web_resume_swe.pdf...
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by achicagodevdude 9y ago
I do send my resumes with a list of projects in them, with Github links. Only a few have said anything about them. If you want to take a look, it's here: github.com/ccajas If I have to be considered as a junior to be on boarded an
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by achicagodevdude 9y ago
I've had a Github profile for a couple of years, usually filled with some graphics programming or game projects, coded in C#. That's one of the languages I'd be interested in finding a job in. In 3 years went from learning wh
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by achicagodevdude 9y ago
I don't alter my resume on a per-application basis, but I have a web development focused resume for web dev jobs, and a more general software engineering one for non web jobs. I make changes to both of them every month or two. I apply
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by achicagodevdude 9y ago
>Have you actually found positions you're interested in? Yes. >Have you been applying, but not getting interviews? about 1000 applications since late 2014, and about 20 interviews >Have you been getting interviews but not succ
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by achicagodevdude 9y ago
By the way, I've been with countless recruiters in the past. They haven't been very helpful. I've been to their offices a few times, have been on many phone calls and get moved around from job opening to job opening but I nev
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by achicagodevdude 9y ago
Well, I started in 2007 so your projected statistic wouldn't have been very relevant. In 2007 I should have been able to get a full-time job more easily, yeah? Yet even in 2007-13 I only have gotten cheap contractor offers. I'm no
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by achicagodevdude 9y ago
I've already tried. None of the recruiting firms have been able to lead me to job offers. I got a few interviews, but that's it. There's a lot of detail in my original post, so you would need to provide more detailed, persona
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Ask HN: Unemployed for 2 years, looking to find a steady programming job
15 points by achicagodevdude 9y ago|36 comments