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Good luck. If you use your side project, it's worth it. If you learned new skills, the project taught you better than any textbook. Marketing is hard. If you a

Good luck. If you use your side project, it's worth it. If you learned new skills, the project taught you better than any textbook. Marketing is hard. If you ask people what they want, they don't know what they didn't imagine. (Insert quote by Henry Ford about a faster horse, or the St Pancras train station champagne bar, etc). It's better to build something first, and if people like it, continue developing it. I've made several Show HN, and occasionally even been offered jobs that way. I need a job now, and I've tried some more projects with that purpose, sadly without success. I think it shows motivation and initiative far better than a résumé, though, and attracts like-minded new friends.

pdimitar 8y ago
Landing a job you deem [almost] perfect for you is, as many other things, a matter of luck beyond many other factors. Very uncomfortable truth and something I had to gradually accept over being unemployed for 6 months (in fairness, I had enough money reserves to live very comfortably for 4 of them). I am not gonna bore you with my story but the bottom line is -- keep trying. As you said, marketing is hard. But very, VERY essential, including in how do you present yourself in interviews. In the end what landed me the job was an injection of optimism I got from a really good massage by my wife and then 8 hours of tight sleep -- I used that optimism to send out several more job applications to leads I deemed highly unlikely to even get a response from. And lo and behold, 3 days later I successfully moved through all phases of the interview process of one of the companies, and I am starting in several days. Don't let a bad period get to your head, no matter how long it may be. Persistence is basically your #1 advantage. Good luck to you!

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Good luck. If you use your side project, it's worth it. If you learned new skills, the project taught you better than any textbook. Marketing is hard. If you a

by peterburkimsher 8y ago

pdimitar 8y ago
Landing a job you deem [almost] perfect for you is, as many other things, a matter of luck beyond many other factors. Very uncomfortable truth and something I had to gradually accept over being unemployed for 6 months (in fairness, I had enough money reserves to live very comfortably for 4 of them). I am not gonna bore you with my story but the bottom line is -- keep trying. As you said, marketing is hard. But very, VERY essential, including in how do you present yourself in interviews. In the end what landed me the job was an injection of optimism I got from a really good massage by my wife and then 8 hours of tight sleep -- I used that optimism to send out several more job applications to leads I deemed highly unlikely to even get a response from. And lo and behold, 3 days later I successfully moved through all phases of the interview process of one of the companies, and I am starting in several days. Don't let a bad period get to your head, no matter how long it may be. Persistence is basically your #1 advantage. Good luck to you!