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Are you sure startups in NYC are struggling to hire? A years ago, I was in the states under a F1 visa. I was looking forward to do an internship in NYC. I coul
by pdelgallego 16y ago
Are you sure startups in NYC are struggling to hire?
A years ago, I was in the states under a F1 visa. I was looking forward to do an internship in NYC. I couldn't even get an interview. I spoke with at least twenty recruiters.
I was at that time an active OS contributor, I had commit access in projects like Rubinius or in Sputnik Tests (Google conformance test suite to test V8). I had also two years of commercial java programming experience, and personal projects in rails, sinatra and django. This was just after I finished a internship at Google.
What compensation was I asking for? Enough money two rent a room and buy food.
- mikecane 16y agoOh god, recruiters. They will kill your dreams every time. They have zero ability to judge skill. They are basically car salesmen. If your resume doesn't fit their template, you will never, ever get work, and you could be a damned genius with recommendations from others too.