Getting a job is pretty straightforward. 1 - You need to be able to actually do the job 2 - You need to communicate well that you're able to do the job I'd print out your CV and read it carefully 5 or 10 times, then I'd rewrite it eliminating unnecessary words paying attention to easy mistakes like. > my career lifetime as a software engineer, I worked for five different companies in my career lifetime I'd then move…
Personal website:
This is something I don't have at the moment, though I don't quite agree it's truly necessary because the majority of programmers don't have/need one. So I could just aim to be like them. Since they "clock out" their mind after 5 every day not thinking about code and still be able to hold a career, then having a website seems irrelevant. They're able to hold a career by doing less than the recommended.
Projects:
I already have several on Github, some that have impressed bigger companies like Cloudflare and Coinbase and prompted them to give me an interview.
When I prepare for an interview I don't really do grinding for technical questions, or review things on a sheet of paper. I like to wing it and give it my honest try, because my mind is clearest when I don't have to consciously think of any body language or verbal cues over the phone.
Grabbing a coffee with people:
A lot of my colleagues live out of state right now so it'd be impossible for them. For others I'll see if I can actually balance my budget around it as silly as that sounds but like I said I have $48 and my next month's phone bill is going to use some of that.
I also regularly message/email my group of contacts asking about job openings, but they always say some form of "sorry, I don't know of anything right now." Every time. Maybe I have really bad luck and bad timing with talking to them.
I'm gonna try another side project but it's starting to get less motivating to do so when you want more instant gratification the more time passes by.
But it seems like nothing else matters to living on the grid if you can't grok one thing: job interviews. It's crazy to think one's entire livelihood revolves around that.