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While there is more room at the bottom, the downside to that is that there is more skills saturation at the bottom. So I'm looking for advice that is more suppo
by ccdev 9y ago
While there is more room at the bottom, the downside to that is that there is more skills saturation at the bottom. So I'm looking for advice that is more supportive of my goals to be a more competitive programmer and in-demand by more reputable software companies. I would love to work at a company like NVidia or Intel. I'd be in a better position to find work even if I get laid off from Intel vs. getting laid off at a mom & pop web company. My resume would look better.
I'm also not interested in starting my own business. The typical "startup scene" outcome for a typical person is to be in your 30's with 5 short-term jobs and zero net worth. I don't feel like I make a big impact in small companies either.
- PaulHoule 9y agoAre you sending out resumes and not getting interviews or are you getting interviews but no job? If you want a big name company, look at AMZN, many of the people I know hear from AMZN recruiters more than once a month.
- ccdev 9y agoI went through the hiring process with AMZN in March and didn't pass the first tech interview so I've been studying for improving on that. I then submitted my resumes to Microsoft and NVidia and didn't get a reply from them. For now I'll have to wait until October if I want to re-apply to AMZN, and there are no local companies (I'm from Chicago) that have hiring practices similar to them. I get tons of resume rejects locally.