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If you are targeting start-ups, I would place a more specific skills description on your web site. Not picking-up, but: Postgres - what exactly can you do? Set

If you are targeting start-ups, I would place a more specific skills description on your web site. Not picking-up, but: Postgres - what exactly can you do? Set-up master-slave replication? Set pgbouncer, else? Do it on AWS? Using RAID? xfs FS? What did your projects handle? 100 uniqs, 10'000 uniqs, more? nginx - one server, 10 nodes cluster, 100 nodes cluster? Your LinkedIn has too much marketing speak [that's OK on LinkedIn], but instead of -Rackous Rackous was founded as a streaming media website aimed at eliminating the fragmentation consumers face as ........ vices ensured a wide-range of compatibility. Rackous' stack inlcuded MongoDB, Amazon Cloudfront and S3, Django, and Flowplayer or an optional HTML5 Player for devices without Flash. I would put, for example: Can implement[ed] complete web solution for media upload, encoding/decoding, storage and streaming using [Red5, Flash, else] in 2 weeks. or Can implement[ed] video chat/web conference/etc using ... in .. days. with emphasis on execution - what you did, therefore can do. Also, there was HN Hiring people post a week ago. And there was great post of the guy who started freelancing a couple of months ago. Also he had excellent recap of skills. Did not keep the link, web site in bluish colors. May be other guys can recall?

caw 14y ago
Regarding the post, was it this one? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4214767 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4214767
- daemon13 14y ago
  No. Sorry, don't recall more details. The OP had bluish web site, where he listed what he achieved during 1 or 2 mths of freelancing and his skills, very understandable and nicely formatted.
  - marcus_512 14y ago
    I'm late to this, but I'm betting it was this one: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4101355 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4101355
padobson 14y ago
It seems like your advice is to go through my various Job seeking profiles (GitHub, LinkedIn, Indeed.com, Monster, Dice.com) and re-word them with metrics to show what I can do in a more quantitative way. In my case, none of the startups I've worked for have gotten much traction. They handled maybe 100 uniqs. Is there some way I could prove I could build an application that can handle 10,000 uniques without actually building one? Maybe building a simple app, and then using BrowserMob or Blitz.io to show what kind of load I can support? Do you think that taking those steps will lead to me getting a gig in August? I'm trying to optimize the job-finding process. I know I'll be working in August, what I'm trying to figure out is how I can optimize my income.
- daemon13 14y ago
  re 1 par -> No. My advice is: 1. focus on 3 places - your web site, GitHub and LinkedIn. I wouldn't bother about others. 2. Your web site - add button for Resume/About me on front page; add clear readable resume-like description of your skills; make it technical enough, so that visitors understand what you can do. Not sure how to explain this, but when I was hiring for IT/finance jobs, after 30-50 resumes I could easily separate good folks based on the way how they described their achivements. 3. GitHub - if I would be a recruiter, I would expect to see more stuff [prior projects], unless those were proprietary. 4. LinkedIn - too many buzzwords and marketing speak for my liking, but may be OK for suits, don't know. >> Is there some way I could prove I could build an application that can handle 10,000 uniques without actually building one? Sure there is. Without building - no. Should not be difficult - get 3-5 VMs on AWS, set-up three tier (1 nginx -> 2-3 uwsgi/gunicorns -> 1 postgres) - yes, either blitz.io or [this is a tricky one] - post challenge on HN. I recall someone did this with WP. Just one example. Can be somth else. The key is - your achivements shall be aligned with your strengths/skills shall be aligned with your representation [website, LI, GH] shall be aligned with which gigs you target/want. The above will not guarantee a gig [it is Step 1], but imrove your success probability. My view.....
  - padobson 14y ago
    This is the most applicable advice I've gotten. I really appreciate it.

caw 14y ago

Regarding the post, was it this one? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4214767 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4214767

daemon13 14y ago
No. Sorry, don't recall more details. The OP had bluish web site, where he listed what he achieved during 1 or 2 mths of freelancing and his skills, very understandable and nicely formatted.
- marcus_512 14y ago
  I'm late to this, but I'm betting it was this one: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4101355 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4101355

padobson 14y ago

It seems like your advice is to go through my various Job seeking profiles (GitHub, LinkedIn, Indeed.com, Monster, Dice.com) and re-word them with metrics to show what I can do in a more quantitative way. In my case, none of the startups I've worked for have gotten much traction. They handled maybe 100 uniqs. Is there some way I could prove I could build an application that can handle 10,000 uniques without actually building one? Maybe building a simple app, and then using BrowserMob or Blitz.io to show what kind of load I can support? Do you think that taking those steps will lead to me getting a gig in August? I'm trying to optimize the job-finding process. I know I'll be working in August, what I'm trying to figure out is how I can optimize my income.

daemon13 14y ago
re 1 par -> No. My advice is: 1. focus on 3 places - your web site, GitHub and LinkedIn. I wouldn't bother about others. 2. Your web site - add button for Resume/About me on front page; add clear readable resume-like description of your skills; make it technical enough, so that visitors understand what you can do. Not sure how to explain this, but when I was hiring for IT/finance jobs, after 30-50 resumes I could easily separate good folks based on the way how they described their achivements. 3. GitHub - if I would be a recruiter, I would expect to see more stuff [prior projects], unless those were proprietary. 4. LinkedIn - too many buzzwords and marketing speak for my liking, but may be OK for suits, don't know. >> Is there some way I could prove I could build an application that can handle 10,000 uniques without actually building one? Sure there is. Without building - no. Should not be difficult - get 3-5 VMs on AWS, set-up three tier (1 nginx -> 2-3 uwsgi/gunicorns -> 1 postgres) - yes, either blitz.io or [this is a tricky one] - post challenge on HN. I recall someone did this with WP. Just one example. Can be somth else. The key is - your achivements shall be aligned with your strengths/skills shall be aligned with your representation [website, LI, GH] shall be aligned with which gigs you target/want. The above will not guarantee a gig [it is Step 1], but imrove your success probability. My view.....
- padobson 14y ago
  This is the most applicable advice I've gotten. I really appreciate it.