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bad_interivewee
5y ago
not trying to “fool” anyone, trying to get an opportunity. ive had to apply to hundreds of places to get a handful of replies. been learning and growing for 3 decades starting on a IIe but highlighting that part hasn’t worked so why not exp
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bad_interivewee
5y ago
the leetcode/algo question stuff is mentioned here on HN alot but I've never gotten to the point where a test was actually offered to me. will start practicing though and hopefully an opportunity pops up.
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bad_interivewee
5y ago
a few years ago i did manage to get a pm/ba type role at a small-medium size agency. giant mess of a place (norm for that industry i guess) but it was a meat grinder - all about billable hours (which were hard to come by since every pr
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bad_interivewee
5y ago
ive had a corp for a while but never called myself "senior engineer". maybe ill give that a shot.
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5y ago
i don't have any public facing repos, so i'll clean some up and try to emphasize that a bit more. in terms of interviewing, no opportunities so no experience. in the past ive had to apply to roughly 80 jobs to get one interview. r
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bad_interivewee
5y ago
Mid 30s, a couple corporate experiences (non sw) and the rest “freelance”. Usually raises suspicion (lack of continuity) or gets discounted as not meaningful/relevant. Do entry levels consider anyone other than new-grads? Haven’t gotte
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5y ago
how does one simply “get hired” while being mid career with no professional sw experience? asking for a friend.
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have had a few of these experiences one interviewer was watching their laptop and typing (slack?) and made almost no eye contact the entire time. it started with dead silence for a bit, then "what questions do you have for me". an