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You are lucky software development is not your passion — see the post about BS jobs. I still code because I am passionate about coding. I am also passionate abo

You are lucky software development is not your passion — see the post about BS jobs. I still code because I am passionate about coding. I am also passionate about sailing. I once asked a fellow sailor (who was really amazing at sailing) why they didn't sail for a living? They said working at it for money would totally ruin their passion for sailing. "How do you make sure that a celebrity's tweet reaches all of her followers in less than 3 seconds?" I really don't care, and neither should you — that's a bad gig, but I really liked reading the stories about your interview experiences. Bring a humble piece of your CRUD code to the interview, and wow them. If you still like software development, keep doing it as long as it is a good gig.

sage76 6y ago
> Bring a humble piece of your CRUD code to the interview Nobody ever looks at my github. I don't know why this myth is running around that you need to have an active github. I put all my work that I did on my startup there. It was 99% me since I was the only engineer. I frequently invite interviewers to look it up esp if they are looking for someone who has worked in that tech stack. Never has anyone looked at it, asked me anything about it. The people I have actually seen get jobs were those who 1) Applied in a spray and pray fashion. Mass spamming. 100+ applications a day. 2) Ground leetcode like their life depended on it. All those guys with amazing projects and great github profiles struggled more than those who simply did leetcode all day.