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I have applied to consulting firms, although just sparingly in the past. Didn't put a hard focus on them. Several months ago, I sent cold applications to two software developer pos…

I need to find a recruiter that is really hands-on with their candidates as you say though it takes effort. Most recruiters I've met just want to fill the role regardless of who it…

Over the years I have myself a set of software development skills and usually don't face much difficulty in learning new skills on the job. But, My ability to get new SWE jobs has …

For me it sort of fell on my lap as I wasn't really going out of my way to find a remote job. I was just in need of more work. It was 2013 and was still using Craigslist for job hu…

My first job working remote was in 2013- that's 9 years ago and 7 before COVID- and all my further jobs have been 100% remote since. Outside from the occasional few-times-a-year me…

Presumably a Masters (but not PhD) might be suitable as a "booster" for an ailing career, on top of being a career-changer. But I also see OP doesn't seem to doing terrible on thei…

How do you find discipline without structured education? Especially when you lack anyone else to keep you accountable for your work?

Like the author of this article, I have a bad sleep schedule. It's something that came about from over 2 years of unemployment (and still job searching). I kept a log of my job app…

Location: Chicago Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes (conditional) Technologies: JavaScript, Node, PHP, MVC frameworks, Ruby, .NET, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Git, Docker (basic), Apache…

I will never learn anything for free or paying money for it again because it has become ineffective from my own experience. Now, I require a binding guarantee that something has to…

Web design agencies and software body shops like WITCH are also tech companies. They may not 100% own their own software work, foster a poor software development culture and probab…

About 2 years ago I joined a fairly well-known prep program for software engineers on job interviews. At the time I had been one year without a job and with some 8 years of experie…

It's especially worse when they are required by TOS to not engage in communication with bidders/clients outside the platform. This would be like, for example, if you set up a job i…

It does happen a lot in physical collectible markets. It is what happened with WATA Games and the lawsuit against their employees for market manipulation through auctions. Or the N…

I tend to look at bi-modal as two bell curves that are close at a few parts, but not quite merging together, and tri-modal as three curves. Wouldn't it be more sensible to treat ea…

Hmm... A little over a year ago I enrolled in an interview prep program that was open to all levels of experience. I don't have as many as 17 years, but around 8 years which is sti…

Location: Chicago Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes (conditional) Technologies: JavaScript, Node, PHP, MVC frameworks, Ruby, .NET, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Git, Docker (basic), Apache…

Does this exempt Amazon as well? I heard from an ex Amazon employee saying that 50-60 hour work-weeks is the norm there, and they work you to the bone, but he also didn't specify i…

However, if you can't get far, there should be some way outside of work to build up your broad skills. "A" you can build up on free time, but it's also mostly isolating. "C" is har…

I'm unemployed and having trouble getting a full-time developer job. My job history is dominated by freelance work. My time as a freelancer and working on personal projects is more…

Whether or not 10 applications is inadequate, I found it to be very subjective and dependent on their resume and performance factors. For me, just like you conclude, 10 is indeed v…

It is a strange problem indeed. I'm in a similar job seeking position as OP having difficulty convincing some companies that my lack of certain concrete knowledge should be a non-i…

Location: Chicago Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes (conditional) Technologies: JavaScript, Node, PHP, MVC frameworks, Ruby, .NET, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Git, Docker (basic), Apache…