- Get an open source project on there, preferably a big name one. even if u can just fix some issues for someone. (or release some code!) - Try to get a job at

- Get an open source project on there, preferably a big name one. even if u can just fix some issues for someone. (or release some code!) - Try to get a job at a company that also has a big name, people will hire ex-Microsoft than ex- tinycorp employees - (I heard this worked for one guy) used the name Joe instead of Jose and had a lot more luck getting interviews - #1 tip: be an expert in one thing, the first 4 jobs i got it was because i was an expert at PHP or Jquery (they needed really only one skill). - so even if your a PHP expert and php is old there will still be php jobs. There's still fortran and cobol jobs, even though those languages are 1970s or earlier.. - with no experience you need some projects or open source or demos or portfolios or be really charming. if you have projects you can use the following tip. - if you just have some side projects or fix some open source you can put it on the resume and lines like this are great: - worked on open source used by N users, project was popular - optimized X for a speedup of N% - fixed bug that was causing X for N,000 number of users - in the future, try to highlight a win you got for your employer/projects: - say stuff like: company made $x with my product. customer happyness went up 200% with my work. (stats are good too) gl!