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I posted my project on Reddit and received 9 job offers
- yomkippur 4y agowell it's awfully slow maybe its getting a ton of traffic?
- dxxvi 4y agoCongratulations!
- atulsnj 4y agoDefinitely a really cool project and totally makes sense especially since cloud PC has become a thing.
- speps 4y agoThe project: https://puter.com https://puter.com HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31611016 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31611016
- woojoo666 4y agoSome more details from the thread: > They were mostly along the lines of "this is great, would like to hire you..." some had specific salary/position info in the message and 2 were straight-up "we'd hire you right away". I'm really sorry if this sounds braggy but I'm trying to reflect the tone. ... > The highest offer I received was from a Bay Area company with a salary range of 180-250. It needed relocation too. I didn't pursue the conversation, so I'm not sure what the entire package would look like. Pretty impressive
- mandeepj 4y agoThere are many similar projects, but that does not matter. A sleek, well-crafted, live portfolio is a running demonstration of your skills. I'm glad to know few employers used their conscience and decided to hire him, instead of wasting his time with leetcode
- t_mann 4y agoGood job, and congrats on the offer! Recently someone posted a link to someone's personal website that was also a Windows-style desktop environment (built using WASM, I believe). I believe it was under an Ask thread "show your favourite website designs". Does anyone remember the link?
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- em-bee 4y agocreating a portfolio of projects still is one of the better ways to attract attention in getting a job. the problem is that it is unfair to those who don't have time for side projects or who are paid to work on projects that can't be made public. on the other hand if you are unemployed then this is the best use of your time.
- intellix 4y agoThat's like saying Einstein wouldn't have been discovered if he couldn't communicate
- em-bee 4y agowell, the big difference in academia is that almost all research is public already, so they don't have that problem that people are at a disadvantage because they can't make their work public.
- tl_donson 4y agoeven if you are employed and can’t make your work public, just a few small projects will improve your chances. i’ve spent the last 6 or so months interviewing applicants for senior programmer/analyst roles and the number of otherwise qualified candidates who have _literally zero_ public repos or projects or code samples is astounding.