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>Not just that! Don't forget about attending a dozen conferences a year, doing talks, and local meetups You don't really need any of that. Ultimately, you jus
by heedlessly2 9y ago
>Not just that! Don't forget about attending a dozen conferences a year, doing talks, and local meetups
You don't really need any of that.
Ultimately, you just need to pass the interview.
Sure conferences and tech talks might help give your resume some more visibility and likeliness of getting hired. Similar to having a couple toy projects, but many top tier companies adhere to a set of standards in their hiring process where they won't let you bypass their DS&A interview because you gave a tech talk.
- Caveman_Coder 9y agoAgreed. I don't have a Github, contribute to open source projects, go to conferences or meetups or any of that stuff on my off-time. When asked about it in interviews I tell them about the kind of projects I've done, and that's pretty much it. Its a straight forward agreement, I'll give my time and expertise (C/C++) and you'll pay me a fair amount. I'm not going to act like my life is all about programming because that would be a totally sad life in my opinion.