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How many apps did you submit? I'm curious on those numbers myself, not that I'm a Dutch CS grad (American epidemiology, actually), but it'd still be interesting

How many apps did you submit? I'm curious on those numbers myself, not that I'm a Dutch CS grad (American epidemiology, actually), but it'd still be interesting to see that.

melvinroest 7y ago
Sorry, submit where? I don't get what you mean by submitting, you mean on HN? Doodledocs is the only one. Apps I've made over my lifetime are a lot less than I'd wanted to but here they are: 1. an ios app called Wordpin (I made it for a person who really wanted it) 2. an ios app called SIVT (psychology research thingy, it was a lot of fun) 3. A computer graphics engine (2012, still one of my best memories, Doodledocs is a close second): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH6-dLvZEiA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH6-dLvZEiA -- it was for a course but I spent a lot of time in it 4. Unfinished things like: https://melvinroest.github.io/Interactive-Neural-Networks/ https://melvinroest.github.io/Interactive-Neural-Networks/ 5. Way too many scrapers (I like data), the most fun one was a scraper that scraped a website in order to get a restaurant reservation (it was really tough getting in and I knew a foodie who really wanted a reservation there and I wanted to try out Selenium for any excuse imaginable) 6. Some games: one in Unity3D, one in GameMaker (with the scripting engine obviously) and one in Game Salad 7. A lot of websites, small websites most of the time but they add up. I remember I made a CRUD app that tracked all hackathons in The Netherlands. I liked making the app more than tracking all the hackathons. I suppose that's about it. Oh, 8. Doodledocs.com
- Droobfest 7y ago
  I think he meant job applications ;)
  - melvinroest 7y ago
    Haha, whoops :D 30 EU 20 US I have no illusions about the US, but I try anyway.
    - WhompingWindows 7y ago
      Haha, thanks for those list of apps, nice job on those. You seem like a very hard-working and thoughtful person. Keep on keeping on, you'll get there, Melvin!!! FWIW, I'm 30 now, but I probably sent 150-200 failed job applications in my 20's, across 3 different job searches. I remember when I was your age, I just got a Biological Research undergrad degree, it was 2011 and the job market was still very poor...I simply could NOT find any work, I applied to over 50 research jobs and I only got 2 interviews, both of which I was passed over for more "experienced" candidates. It sucks, it really does, just set a daily or weekly "job app quota" for yourself...mine was low but I decided 1 job app per day, with customized cover letter and customized resume. I had a huge resume with ALL of my stuff on it, then for each job I'd trim out the least relevant stuff, then I'd throw that rezzie and a custom-written cover letter into a folder, so I'd then have those if a very similar-sounding job came up later.

How many apps did you submit? I'm curious on those numbers myself, not that I'm a Dutch CS grad (American epidemiology, actually), but it'd still be interesting to see that.

melvinroest 7y ago

Sorry, submit where? I don't get what you mean by submitting, you mean on HN? Doodledocs is the only one. Apps I've made over my lifetime are a lot less than I'd wanted to but here they are: 1. an ios app called Wordpin (I made it for a person who really wanted it) 2. an ios app called SIVT (psychology research thingy, it was a lot of fun) 3. A computer graphics engine (2012, still one of my best memories, Doodledocs is a close second): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH6-dLvZEiA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH6-dLvZEiA -- it was for a course but I spent a lot of time in it 4. Unfinished things like: https://melvinroest.github.io/Interactive-Neural-Networks/ https://melvinroest.github.io/Interactive-Neural-Networks/ 5. Way too many scrapers (I like data), the most fun one was a scraper that scraped a website in order to get a restaurant reservation (it was really tough getting in and I knew a foodie who really wanted a reservation there and I wanted to try out Selenium for any excuse imaginable) 6. Some games: one in Unity3D, one in GameMaker (with the scripting engine obviously) and one in Game Salad 7. A lot of websites, small websites most of the time but they add up. I remember I made a CRUD app that tracked all hackathons in The Netherlands. I liked making the app more than tracking all the hackathons. I suppose that's about it. Oh, 8. Doodledocs.com

Droobfest 7y ago
I think he meant job applications ;)
- melvinroest 7y ago
  Haha, whoops :D 30 EU 20 US I have no illusions about the US, but I try anyway.
  - WhompingWindows 7y ago
    Haha, thanks for those list of apps, nice job on those. You seem like a very hard-working and thoughtful person. Keep on keeping on, you'll get there, Melvin!!! FWIW, I'm 30 now, but I probably sent 150-200 failed job applications in my 20's, across 3 different job searches. I remember when I was your age, I just got a Biological Research undergrad degree, it was 2011 and the job market was still very poor...I simply could NOT find any work, I applied to over 50 research jobs and I only got 2 interviews, both of which I was passed over for more "experienced" candidates. It sucks, it really does, just set a daily or weekly "job app quota" for yourself...mine was low but I decided 1 job app per day, with customized cover letter and customized resume. I had a huge resume with ALL of my stuff on it, then for each job I'd trim out the least relevant stuff, then I'd throw that rezzie and a custom-written cover letter into a folder, so I'd then have those if a very similar-sounding job came up later.