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What an encouraging comment - and thank you so much for looking at that RLC repo! It's riddled with mistakes, to be honest. I took it on as a learning project,

by aaron5 5y ago

What an encouraging comment - and thank you so much for looking at that RLC repo! It's riddled with mistakes, to be honest. I took it on as a learning project, speaking of which... > Instead I kept practicing and studying until I was good enough to hire for a mid-level position. May I ask how you demonstrated how good you were to the hirer? I mean, when you were studying were you producing side-projects, contributing to github repos, going through a course that gave you grades? I hope this question isn't rude. I'm not sure how to jump over the junior dev role without my resume being auto-filtered out because of lack of experience, if that makes sense. Anyways, congratulations! I hope you're liking your work in web development, because your story is really encouraging.

schwartzworld 5y ago
> May I ask how you demonstrated how good you were to the hirer? I had done some small personal projects and two websites, which I highlighted on my resume. I also had spoken at a few Meetups, so I had an "Appearances" section on my resume as well. Ultimately, the place that hired me was one of 4 actual interview I went on (with maybe 75 applications sent). They assigned me a takehome assignment. I later found out I was the only candidate who successfully completed it. > I hope you're liking your work in web development Yeah! It's fun using my brain to make a living, and most importantly, I work a lot less than I had to before, for a lot more money. They gave me a take home assignment and I did it. I later found out I was the only applicant who successfully completed it.
- aaron5 5y ago
  Got it! What's that old quote? "Half the work is showing up" or something like that. You just did what they asked and - boom - got the job. Well done! I'm tucking that one away under "life insights". Thank you for taking the time to answer that question. > Yeah! It's fun using my brain to make a living, and most importantly, I work a lot less than I had to before, for a lot more money. Congratulations, again!

by aaron5 5y ago

schwartzworld 5y ago

> May I ask how you demonstrated how good you were to the hirer? I had done some small personal projects and two websites, which I highlighted on my resume. I also had spoken at a few Meetups, so I had an "Appearances" section on my resume as well. Ultimately, the place that hired me was one of 4 actual interview I went on (with maybe 75 applications sent). They assigned me a takehome assignment. I later found out I was the only candidate who successfully completed it. > I hope you're liking your work in web development Yeah! It's fun using my brain to make a living, and most importantly, I work a lot less than I had to before, for a lot more money. They gave me a take home assignment and I did it. I later found out I was the only applicant who successfully completed it.

aaron5 5y ago
Got it! What's that old quote? "Half the work is showing up" or something like that. You just did what they asked and - boom - got the job. Well done! I'm tucking that one away under "life insights". Thank you for taking the time to answer that question. > Yeah! It's fun using my brain to make a living, and most importantly, I work a lot less than I had to before, for a lot more money. Congratulations, again!