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I think your CV is fine. My advice is to just make yourself more visible. It's been a long time since I got a job by applying for it; these days you're in the b
by MalcolmDiggs 12y ago
I think your CV is fine. My advice is to just make yourself more visible. It's been a long time since I got a job by applying for it; these days you're in the best bargaining position if they approach you, not the other way around.
My top 5 strategies are:
1. Be active on LinkedIn, make sure your specialties/skillsets are all filled out. Comment in the group-forums regularly.
2. Be active on Angellist, fill out a hiring profile completely.
3. Make as many of your Github repos public as you can. Add more projects in your spare time.
4. Be active on stackoverflow (and careers.stackoverflow)
5. Be active here! (HN). You'd be surprised who is reading these threads.
No actual 'applying to jobs' should be necessary. Just being visible should be enough; you'll be beating them off with a stick in no time.
Normally 'attending meetups' would be near the top of my list, but I have no idea if there is an active meetup community in your locale. If there is, go to as many as you can stomach!
- bespoke_engnr 12y agoThanks for the advice! I just showed LinkedIn some love last week; I'll go over it again and make sure it's complete and contains all the relevant keywords. I've never posted in a group; I guess I'll start doing that. No meetups here, I checked when I moved. I miss Vienna, they had a great hacklab scene full of smart people doing interesting things. Anyway, I'll implement the rest of your list in the next few days. Thank you!