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I don't share your experience and my guess is that you're not advertising your projects enough. If you have projects that you're proud of — mention them on you

I don't share your experience and my guess is that you're not advertising your projects enough. If you have projects that you're proud of — mention them on your website, on your Twitter's bio, on your LinkedIn profile, mention them everywhere. Even better, once per year go to a conference and talk about those projects in front of an audience, such that you can then have videos on YouTube too. We like building things and there's absolutely no shame in marketing ourselves or in talking about the things we've built.

eropple 9y ago
I think maybe there's a miscommunication here. Of course I've had conversations about my projects. Of course I've discussed them at length and in public spaces. Prospective employers have never asked. And, yes, it's clearly highlighted on my resume and my LinkedIn profile, with an entire section of my resume calling out interesting and high-quality projects. Employers do not care. Other people? Sure. Employers? No.
- GoToRO 9y ago
  There are also employers that downplay your achievements just to have a reason to offer you less money. The decision to hire you was already made and they advanced to salary negotiation but without telling you. You just have to know your real market value, how good are you compared to others.
  - eropple 9y ago
    Well, yeah. That's why, now, I run my own little consultancy. ;)
    - GoToRO 9y ago
      Thanks for mentioning this. I just finished a desktop app. They wanted to pay X but when the little app was done another colaborating company found out so I made 2.5 * X in total. Now the first company came back and they want another app for 4.5 * X. Is this how it all starts? :)
      - eropple 9y ago
        Pretty much. Making the coefficients go up to the point where you can hire other people is the name of the game.
        GoToRO 9y ago
        Thanks!
minimaxir 9y ago
I have put my GitHub + GitHub projects on my resume as individual items with clickable links, but very few employers (mostly nontechnical recruiters) acknowledged them.

eropple 9y ago

I think maybe there's a miscommunication here. Of course I've had conversations about my projects. Of course I've discussed them at length and in public spaces. Prospective employers have never asked. And, yes, it's clearly highlighted on my resume and my LinkedIn profile, with an entire section of my resume calling out interesting and high-quality projects. Employers do not care. Other people? Sure. Employers? No.

GoToRO 9y ago
There are also employers that downplay your achievements just to have a reason to offer you less money. The decision to hire you was already made and they advanced to salary negotiation but without telling you. You just have to know your real market value, how good are you compared to others.
- eropple 9y ago
  Well, yeah. That's why, now, I run my own little consultancy. ;)
  - GoToRO 9y ago
    Thanks for mentioning this. I just finished a desktop app. They wanted to pay X but when the little app was done another colaborating company found out so I made 2.5 * X in total. Now the first company came back and they want another app for 4.5 * X. Is this how it all starts? :)
    - eropple 9y ago
      Pretty much. Making the coefficients go up to the point where you can hire other people is the name of the game.
      - GoToRO 9y ago
        Thanks!

minimaxir 9y ago

I have put my GitHub + GitHub projects on my resume as individual items with clickable links, but very few employers (mostly nontechnical recruiters) acknowledged them.