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This seems strange to me. The market for engineers is really, really competitive right now. I know we're struggling for applicants - to the point where we've

This seems strange to me. The market for engineers is really, really competitive right now. I know we're struggling for applicants - to the point where we've started reaching out to people rather than expecting people to come to us. We're certainly not going to immediately pass on someone who applies with solid experience, especially if they have multiple personal projects that demonstrate skill. It makes me wonder if there's something else going on here. Are you applying to positions that aren't a good fit for your experience or skills? Like only applying to senior positions when you've only had a few years in the industry or only applying to positions in languages you've never worked in (but want to) ? I really struggle to believe that sharing code from personal game projects or music tools would hurt (rather than help) your application. (Unless, as mentioned in my other comment, you really cut corners in those personal projects.) Edit: I see, reading your other comments I see you mention that you're in a receptionist job right now and I think that resolves my confusion. If you don't have any actual work experience, yeah, getting that first job can still be really hard. Everyone wants senior engineers, no one wants to hire juniors. Which fucking sucks, because we have to hire juniors for their to be seniors. But, again, putting good code you've written - even games and music tools - should help not hurt you. So I would examine the code you've written for those tools and make sure it is good, solid code. If not, take some time to clean it up and then try again. (If you can find that time.)

beepbooptheory 5y ago
Ok well thank you that makes me feel better. I am constantly coding and making things, I think I am getting better (I am halfway through SICP!), so there is always something new to try out in the resume. But yes, as far as any initial screening goes, I am pretty disadvantaged because I have nothing on paper but my repos.
thaumasiotes 5y ago
> The market for engineers is really, really competitive right now. I know we're struggling for applicants > Are you applying to positions that aren't a good fit for your experience or skills? I just applied to Google. Specifically, I applied for their lowest-level position, L3. I "passed" the algorithmic interviews and was told to expect a round of lower-pressure "team fit" interviews the following week. Instead, after multiple weeks of zero interviews, they let me know they were rejecting me instead. So I somehow managed to fail a round of interviews I wasn't even given. This is what a competitive hiring market looks like?
- 999900000999 5y ago
  Most of us will never work in FAANG. Getting an interview with a normal company is pretty easy though
  - thaumasiotes 5y ago
    > Most of us will never work in FAANG. What's the relevance? Most people won't work there, so the hiring market is competitive? Isn't competitive? If you meant to talk about me personally, that statement already doesn't apply to me.
    - popcube 5y ago
      this mean that is just too difficult for most of people

beepbooptheory 5y ago

Ok well thank you that makes me feel better. I am constantly coding and making things, I think I am getting better (I am halfway through SICP!), so there is always something new to try out in the resume. But yes, as far as any initial screening goes, I am pretty disadvantaged because I have nothing on paper but my repos.

thaumasiotes 5y ago

> The market for engineers is really, really competitive right now. I know we're struggling for applicants > Are you applying to positions that aren't a good fit for your experience or skills? I just applied to Google. Specifically, I applied for their lowest-level position, L3. I "passed" the algorithmic interviews and was told to expect a round of lower-pressure "team fit" interviews the following week. Instead, after multiple weeks of zero interviews, they let me know they were rejecting me instead. So I somehow managed to fail a round of interviews I wasn't even given. This is what a competitive hiring market looks like?

999900000999 5y ago
Most of us will never work in FAANG. Getting an interview with a normal company is pretty easy though
- thaumasiotes 5y ago
  > Most of us will never work in FAANG. What's the relevance? Most people won't work there, so the hiring market is competitive? Isn't competitive? If you meant to talk about me personally, that statement already doesn't apply to me.
  - popcube 5y ago
    this mean that is just too difficult for most of people