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by djellybeans 2y ago
That's not very good resume material. And this is the only top level reply. Interesting.
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Ask HN: Developers working at marketing agencies: what is our value add?
1 points by djellybeans 2y ago|2 comments
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by djellybeans 3y ago
Question for everyone else- how have tech related meetups recovered in your city? In Chicago I find they're still sparse, still nowhere near the level they used to be since the lockdowns threw everything off.
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Ask HN: Was the UK tech scene in the 80s anything like Silicon Valley today?
3 points by djellybeans 3y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: Choosing the right returnship?
2 points by djellybeans 3y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: How to self-teach while unemployed, without feeling like unpaid work?
1 points by djellybeans 3y ago|4 comments
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by djellybeans 3y ago
Some of the oldest web forums (circa '98) I've been to use the nested comment format you see on Reddit or on here. The flat timeline format because much more popular from what I've seen. Reddit style forums are not great for
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Ask HN: Why the dichotomy of “small” and “large” scale dev dev?
1 points by djellybeans 3y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: Any digital agencies that care about outcomes and not just deliverables?
4 points by djellybeans 3y ago|2 comments
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by djellybeans 3y ago
It's more than a concept. They already exist right now. Amazon has a returnship program for example. "Return to Work" is another name given to them. I'm interested in how to find them more easily, and from smaller compan
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by djellybeans 3y ago
I stumbled into it by accident as a junior software engineer. They offered me a 3-month contract-to-hire job, but instead it became a 2-year independent contractor job for the company. Most jobs that followed have been cold applying to star
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Ask HN: Best single resource you use for tech returnships?
1 points by djellybeans 3y ago|2 comments
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by djellybeans 4y ago
No detailed plans for retirement. I'd need a new job first, to start saving again and I'll cross the bridge when I get there. But, it is true that I did not take my career seriously for a long time. I treated it more as just work,
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by djellybeans 4y ago
Am confused by your second paragraph. You refer to "easy times" of 5 years ago, but also say "one of the hottest tech job markets" in the past 18 months. Not sure if this is meant to say that today is as good as it was 5
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by djellybeans 4y ago
Sunken costs. I've had my resume re-done several times, and took the aforementioned interview prep. Applied to almost a thousand jobs last year alone. It has not made me more employed. And yes, I do want a job handed to me because the
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by djellybeans 4y ago
I've had this happen early in my career- worked permatemp as a junior and finding out what I'm allowed to do as a 1099, so I decided to set my own hours. Co-founder of the company wasn't happy about it. He hired me as a contr
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Tell HN: Falling into “shitty FIRE”, or involuntary sabbatical with few savings
4 points by djellybeans 4y ago|9 comments
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Ask HN: Is the role of the interviewer being reduced/automated away?
1 points by djellybeans 4y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: Why are internships important for students, inaccessible to self-taught?
1 points by djellybeans 4y ago|0 comments
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by djellybeans 4y ago
I think your advice comes from the mistaken assumption that I haven't already looked beyond FAANG companies and startups. Thereby making some of your intentions hard to follow.
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Ask HN: Tech career-building/rehab program that I can join while I have no job?
1 points by djellybeans 4y ago|3 comments
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Ask HN: What should I know returning to dev teams for the first time in 7 yrs?
3 points by djellybeans 4y ago|1 comments
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by djellybeans 4y ago
I've actually had a tough time since 2016.
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Ask HN: Impostor syndrome that comes from being “rejected” by the industry?
7 points by djellybeans 4y ago|3 comments
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Ask HN: Digital nomad without leaving the US, why does it feel overlooked?
30 points by djellybeans 4y ago|52 comments
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by djellybeans 4y ago
I suppose it has more to do with developers dealing more with logical systems than with physical and legal systems that have more direct and immediate consequences. In the case with doctors and lawyers, a bad process will have a more visibl
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by djellybeans 4y ago
The crux of the matter really is, repetition. Formal credentialing generally means you demonstrate "I can do this", in a very drawn-out, thorough manner. It's gatekeeping more, but there's a much larger guarantee for you
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by djellybeans 4y ago
Before I started working remote, and when I had something resembling a normal 9-5 office job, I would have lunch with several of my co-workers almost every day. I do it more as a formality and because I'm already in the office with the
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by djellybeans 4y ago
Sounds exhausting to me. But, I'm not looking for advice on how to make friends at work. Moreso looking for avenues where being very close with colleagues is not a big necessity to have a good steady career.
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Ask HN: Having a good career without meaningful work relationships?
4 points by djellybeans 4y ago|7 comments

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