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> does having projects on GitHub help? yes. My advice ( valid in the pre-covid era ) - Check the local tech meetups ( https://www.meetup.com https://www.meet

by pella 5y ago

> does having projects on GitHub help? yes. My advice ( valid in the pre-covid era ) - Check the local tech meetups ( https://www.meetup.com https://www.meetup.com ) - Give a presentation. - In the last side .. add some indirect info about your job search. - go with an after party - and make a personal connections.. ( and ask advice )

lbriner 5y ago
I echo this. As a hiring manager, depending on how many applications I get, I need someone to stand out. Most of the time, I am not sure about someone so anything that helps me to feel like you would fit well is a good thing. Things that github projects tell me: You are interested in the industry You have have to work with other people You know how to code (or not, depending on the code!) You have already learned various things about the industry that you mostly don't learn in college. Don't do stuff for the sake of it, like fake projects or whatever but find something interesting and get stuck in. Someone who blogs or attends the local events etc. are all things that say that you are interesting. Next, you should generally come across well in the interview and this can be hard because it will depend on the industry/company as to what they are looking for so be confident but don't be fake. Don't think we are not interested because you are a new graduate, if we cared about that, we wouldn't be talking. Think about what you are interested in, what has gone well, what hasn't. Why do you want to work here? What are your unique selling points over the possibly hundreds of other applicants?
ravenstine 5y ago
This is such an underrated way of getting jobs, but it's understandable given that this field is appealing to introverts and shy individuals. If you can network the old fashioned way, then you have a really powerful tool in your arsenal that can potentially blow away all the hours you'd spend finding jobs the online/millennial way. What it's all about is social proof. Merely showing up to some sort of technical meetup gives you more social proof than otherwise because it means you are at least interested in the work beyond the money making level. Give a presentation, no matter how shitty, and you are even more passionate than average. Talk to people and bring up "war stories", and you are relatable and you may even come off as smarter than you really are. If you can hang out with attendees afterwards at an after party or at a bar, people can know you're cool to be around at a personal level. Right now this will still hard to pull off properly because of the disease and all the mask wearing, but I foresee this strategy making a big comeback in the near future. It's not that you can't do it now, but I think there will be a hunger for this kind of interaction, and that's going to lead to the judgment of people in charge of hiring being compromised (in a good way). The "metaverse" and Zoom calls don't cut it in the face of the sort of one-on-one interactions you get with real networking.

by pella 5y ago

lbriner 5y ago

I echo this. As a hiring manager, depending on how many applications I get, I need someone to stand out. Most of the time, I am not sure about someone so anything that helps me to feel like you would fit well is a good thing. Things that github projects tell me: You are interested in the industry You have have to work with other people You know how to code (or not, depending on the code!) You have already learned various things about the industry that you mostly don't learn in college. Don't do stuff for the sake of it, like fake projects or whatever but find something interesting and get stuck in. Someone who blogs or attends the local events etc. are all things that say that you are interesting. Next, you should generally come across well in the interview and this can be hard because it will depend on the industry/company as to what they are looking for so be confident but don't be fake. Don't think we are not interested because you are a new graduate, if we cared about that, we wouldn't be talking. Think about what you are interested in, what has gone well, what hasn't. Why do you want to work here? What are your unique selling points over the possibly hundreds of other applicants?

ravenstine 5y ago

This is such an underrated way of getting jobs, but it's understandable given that this field is appealing to introverts and shy individuals. If you can network the old fashioned way, then you have a really powerful tool in your arsenal that can potentially blow away all the hours you'd spend finding jobs the online/millennial way. What it's all about is social proof. Merely showing up to some sort of technical meetup gives you more social proof than otherwise because it means you are at least interested in the work beyond the money making level. Give a presentation, no matter how shitty, and you are even more passionate than average. Talk to people and bring up "war stories", and you are relatable and you may even come off as smarter than you really are. If you can hang out with attendees afterwards at an after party or at a bar, people can know you're cool to be around at a personal level. Right now this will still hard to pull off properly because of the disease and all the mask wearing, but I foresee this strategy making a big comeback in the near future. It's not that you can't do it now, but I think there will be a hunger for this kind of interaction, and that's going to lead to the judgment of people in charge of hiring being compromised (in a good way). The "metaverse" and Zoom calls don't cut it in the face of the sort of one-on-one interactions you get with real networking.