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Maybe you need some bling in your CV? I think that the secret ingredients are this: - Open source projects (the more GitHub stars, the better). - Tech blog (
by jondubois 9y ago
Maybe you need some bling in your CV?
I think that the secret ingredients are this:
- Open source projects (the more GitHub stars, the better).
- Tech blog (the more followers, the better).
- Experience working for at least one hot Silicon Valley startup.
- Experience working for at least one large corporation.
- Momentum: Proof that your career has been going upwards recently, not downwards or stagnating.
If you're older, they may also want:
- Proof that you're adaptable and open to criticism.
Unfortunately, it's extremely competitive and companies are obsessed with getting "The best" and they will not admit to themselves that they don't actually know what that means.
- pc86 9y agoThere is absolutely zero correlation between GitHub stars and employability. None.
- gaius 9y ago- Open source projects (the more GitHub stars, the better). - Tech blog (the more followers, the better). What other professions do this? Do accountants need to do pro-bono work in their spare time to be hireable? Do lawyers just sue people for fun and blog about it?
- literallycancer 9y agoMost photographers and other artists probably have a portfolio of some sort. The point of open source here is just that it makes it easy to see what your code looks like (e.g. you can show off parts of a tool/product that you are selling, and use a license that makes it practically useless to competing businesses).
- pleasecalllater 9y agoYey. What a great list... OK, not great. I have almost all of that in my CV. Does it help? I'm not so sure.