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Re: Ask HN: I got laid off and I want to showcase my skills, any suggestion?

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Post by maury91 »

mmarian wrote: post #28
maury91 wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately I already applied to literally all of them

How many jobs have you applied so far to? Have you done everything you could when it comes to applying to those jobs? (eg virtual coffees with potential colleagues, contacting the hiring manager, etc)

I did apply to around 30 job openings, and the market at the moment is 31 job openings. I did not try to contact people working in the companies I applied for, I have the bad feeling it would make things worst

Re: Ask HN: I got laid off and I want to showcase my skills, any suggestion?

#32

Post by mmarian »

maury91 wrote: post #31
mmarian wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How many jobs have you applied so far to? Have you done everything you could when it comes to applying to those jobs? (eg virtual coffees with potential colleagues, contacting the hiring manager, etc)

I did apply to around 30 job openings, and the market at the moment is 31 job openings. I did not try to contact people working in the companies I applied for, I have the bad feeling it would make things worst

Why would it? They'd gain trust that you are who you say you are. It's one way to stand out from the flood of applicants.

Re: Ask HN: I got laid off and I want to showcase my skills, any suggestion?

#33

Post by maury91 »

mmarian wrote: post #32
maury91 wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I did apply to around 30 job openings, and the market at the moment is 31 job openings. I did not try to contact people working in the companies I applied for, I have the bad feeling it would make things worst

Why would it? They'd gain trust that you are who you say you are. It's one way to stand out from the flood of applicants.

I don't feel Lithuanians are the type of people that would like cold messaging

Re: Ask HN: I got laid off and I want to showcase my skills, any suggestion?

#34

Post by mmarian »

maury91 wrote: post #33
mmarian wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would it? They'd gain trust that you are who you say you are. It's one way to stand out from the flood of applicants.

I don't feel Lithuanians are the type of people that would like cold messaging

I'm Romanian and I see nothing wrong with that, I've been on the sending and receiving end quite a few times. But it's up to you of course.

Re: Ask HN: I got laid off and I want to showcase my skills, any suggestion?

#35

Post by csomar »

Why are you doing this? No interviewer is going to look at this or maybe even understand it. After 11 years (assuming you are around 35), you'll probably be interviewed with someone younger.

I didn't find Github helpful either in the last 2-3 years. Culture has shifted and now it's about jumping leetcode like platforms and scoring highly on them. Then bullshitting your way into the interview.

If you are strictly tied to front-end, you may want to look out for different options. The front-end market is by far the worst struck and is super tight. I also, most importantly, don't think it's going to be better anytime soon and it's going to get much worse from here.

Re: Ask HN: I got laid off and I want to showcase my skills, any suggestion?

#36

Post by Tronickle »

maury91 wrote: post #33
mmarian wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would it? They'd gain trust that you are who you say you are. It's one way to stand out from the flood of applicants.

I don't feel Lithuanians are the type of people that would like cold messaging

Why don't you like to apply for companies in other EU counties or US? It seems that you are proficient with English
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