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"I’ve worked in the internet industry for almost 10 years... After almost 6 months of startup job fairs, Silicon Alley newsletters, digital DUMBO drinks and 2-3
by mbenjaminsmith 14y ago
"I’ve worked in the internet industry for almost 10 years... After almost 6 months of startup job fairs, Silicon Alley newsletters, digital DUMBO drinks and 2-3 applications per week I had yet to receive a single invitation to an interview."
Can any NYC tech people comment on why that might be the case? She mentions something vague about her experience being UX and it sounds like she doesn't design or do programming. Is her skill set too nebulous to get her an interview?
- creamyhorror 14y agoConsidering that she didn't get a single interview, maybe the tech job scene in NYC is really just that moribund. I mean, it must be pretty bad for her to be willing to take an unpaid internship in the first place. It sounds like her fellow interns didn't have hard skills either. They'd probably do better teaching themselves web skills or undergoing a Dev Bootcamp-like program and then applying to SV.