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I'm in Northern Europe and experience the opposite thing: I spent seven years of studying (I have two undergraduate and two graduate STEM degrees), but it doesn

by meuk 8y ago

I'm in Northern Europe and experience the opposite thing: I spent seven years of studying (I have two undergraduate and two graduate STEM degrees), but it doesn't really help me in the hunt for a job. I have never had an algorithmic question in a job interview. I saw you commenting on one of my posts yesterday, and I checked out your projects. They look very good, and I can't really put my finger on the problem. Maybe you should put more emphasis on your projects on your resume? If I remember correctly you're in Canada and looking for a job in the US. It might just be the added overhead of finding a job in another country. It's also a possibility to market your products more. If you have friends who would be good at this, they can help you. You have quite a fancy product, and I bet many people would love to start a journey to build something with you. Find someone with more experience in looking for investors and you might have something on your hands (and you wouldn't even need to do an interview). I think the tech job market is a hard one because there are so many niches. That said, have you tried an interview training? It is hard for people to point out the problem via the internet. No offense, but maybe there is a simple thing you're doing wrong. I know I have a tendency to undersell myself, and I don't always share my excitement with others, which might come across as a lack of enthusiasm. Last but not least: It can't hurt to study some academic subjects. Anyway, I wish you the best of luck. Your projects look cool, and I don't understand why you're having a hard time finding a job.

biscottigelato 8y ago
Thanks for the kind words. I am proud of my projects, but it takes a lot more than a good looking product to create a financially sustainable startup. I am pretty confident in my ability to build products. But the skill that's really needed is to identify the opportunity vs cost of an idea, to sell a vision, to motivate others to product good quality contribution to your vision, and a crazy amount of luck... That's why I'm putting startup projects in the back burner for now. In terms of the job hunt process, I don't get it either. FAANGs do have a huge supply/demand imbalance when it comes to tech positions. I guess I just need to be more aggressive in concentrate on more smaller companies.
- meuk 8y ago
  > I am proud of my projects, but it takes a lot more than a good looking product to create a financially sustainable startup. I know, that's why I mentioned teaming up with one or more people! > I guess I just need to be more aggressive in concentrate on more smaller companies. I think that would be a good idea. I think building a complete product will be more valued in smaller companies (especially startups, where you can actually work with a 'greenfield' project).

by meuk 8y ago

biscottigelato 8y ago

Thanks for the kind words. I am proud of my projects, but it takes a lot more than a good looking product to create a financially sustainable startup. I am pretty confident in my ability to build products. But the skill that's really needed is to identify the opportunity vs cost of an idea, to sell a vision, to motivate others to product good quality contribution to your vision, and a crazy amount of luck... That's why I'm putting startup projects in the back burner for now. In terms of the job hunt process, I don't get it either. FAANGs do have a huge supply/demand imbalance when it comes to tech positions. I guess I just need to be more aggressive in concentrate on more smaller companies.

meuk 8y ago
> I am proud of my projects, but it takes a lot more than a good looking product to create a financially sustainable startup. I know, that's why I mentioned teaming up with one or more people! > I guess I just need to be more aggressive in concentrate on more smaller companies. I think that would be a good idea. I think building a complete product will be more valued in smaller companies (especially startups, where you can actually work with a 'greenfield' project).