Ask HN: Advice for finding an entry-level remote job?
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Re: Ask HN: Advice for finding an entry-level remote job?
#152Since you mention Linux, you might be interested in paid internships in open source:
https://github.com/fossjobs/fossjobs/wiki/Resources#internsh...
Re: Ask HN: Advice for finding an entry-level remote job?
#153I am sorry about the position you're in. For the last several years I have been balancing taking care of my terminally ill wife who recently passed away, all while working remotely in the web hosting industry. It's hard to balance. Harder than you think. Setting boundaries will be vital to being successful in any WFH role. Now that that's out of the way: You need to focus. You've described your abilities and that's f…
>Make multiple resumes, each with a focus on one thing. Use the resume that's best for the job. I recently saw somebody who must have had 20 different resumes to match the jobs they were applying for. It worked. I'd like to second this methodology. It is a very effective approach. I've worked across multiple specialties within technology and I always tailor my CV to the job I am applying for. I highlight the most rel…
This seems extremely helpful. 20 resumes, as GP mentioned, should be an excellent source. I've always seen multiple cover letters, and maybe 2-3 resumes, but never 20. While 20 is fairly high, I think it's also the right amount in being able to have a resume for almost every position that is "just right."
Re: Ask HN: Advice for finding an entry-level remote job?
#154Please listen to me. I was in a similar position to you. I chose wrong. I chose my family. Let me tell you why: by choosing my family, I reduced my ability to become stronger. You need to spend the next 10 years becoming the strongest person you can. Then the next 60 years of your life as well as your sister will be great. Yes, your family's life will suck in the meantime. DO NOT DEVIATE FROM THE GOAL. The goal is to…
This really is unsolicited advice. You really cannot assume your situation and circumstance is identical to OPs. He may well love his family dearly and already feel resolute its right for him to care for them. To walk away from family (unless you have another valid reason, such as its a dysfunctional situation) can haunt for the rest of one's life.
Did you read what i said or are you just reading what you want to read? I CHOSE FAMILY. IT WAS THE WRONG DECISION.
Look at the callous response of the other poster when he said citation needed. This is how he can expect the world to treat him if he doesn't work on becoming the strongest version of himself that he can.
And if his family figures out how to move on without him, you better believe they may do so.
I am the only one on this thread with the exact experience and yet FAANG boys are providing their expert interview and resume advice. Hopefully it works, there is some good advice there.
Re: Ask HN: Advice for finding an entry-level remote job?
#155Look into Salesforce consulting. You can get trained for free or low $ and make many times the minimum wage WFH. I know people making ~$100/hr and they have more inbound than they can handle.
There's a big gap between demand and supply and it's only growing.
Re: Ask HN: Advice for finding an entry-level remote job?
#156One more angle since I haven’t seen anyone mention it. Instructions on how to bootstrap a software portfolio: Pick a language (sounds like you chose JS which would be my pick as well), buy a copy of cracking the coding interview, make a leetcode.com account, make a codepen.io account, and get to work. If you’re smart and dedicated you can teach yourself this stuff and these are the best tools to help you in my opinio…
What annoys me is that demos are not really solid proof. You may write something functional but full of yet to find bugs and bad style, perf issues.. where do you stop, how polished and solid should a portfolio be ? I'm on the perfectionnist / obsessive kind and its really difficult for me to balance that.
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#157As a self taught graduate in an unrelated major, in a rural area, I was fortunate to get an entry level job and then a fully remote job this past year. If you can do any contract work or part time work in the field to start with, that would help. Welfare helps. Then I would try to make sure not to target FAANG types of jobs or any markets where every job posting gets 300 bootcamp applicants. Some concrete advice belo…
What were the things that surprised you the most coming from outside IT ? what were the hard part ?
Re: Ask HN: Advice for finding an entry-level remote job?
#158What about teaching English online or becoming a sales rep for a non-US company, being a native speaker is a big plus and there is plenty of business outside US. QA might also be a possibility with your resume - learn how to use Insomnia/Postman + Selenium + some more fancy tooling to impress, like https://github.com/elixir-wallaby/wallaby + being well organized should help.
Re: Ask HN: Advice for finding an entry-level remote job?
#159I am sorry about the position you're in. For the last several years I have been balancing taking care of my terminally ill wife who recently passed away, all while working remotely in the web hosting industry. It's hard to balance. Harder than you think. Setting boundaries will be vital to being successful in any WFH role. Now that that's out of the way: You need to focus. You've described your abilities and that's f…
>Make multiple resumes, each with a focus on one thing. Use the resume that's best for the job. I recently saw somebody who must have had 20 different resumes to match the jobs they were applying for. It worked. I'd like to second this methodology. It is a very effective approach. I've worked across multiple specialties within technology and I always tailor my CV to the job I am applying for. I highlight the most rel…
Question: how do you deal with gaps in your resume?
Let's suppose you were a machine learning engineer for 2 years, a web developer for another 2 and a product owner for 3 years.
I presume that some experiences would almost make it seem that you're not dedicated to the role you're applying for if you leave them in. So you have to leave them out.
How do you deal with that?
Re: Ask HN: Advice for finding an entry-level remote job?
#160If you are comfortable with command line, DevOp and system admin would be a good place to look. Since you are comforable with mac(freebsd)/linux There is always need for cloud engineer, SRE. Did you also look at the startup company from Ycombinator.