Oh nice fainlly a place to test my sandbox escapes... get ready to pwn!
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I was rejected by Codecademy three times, so I built my own
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Re: I was rejected by Codecademy three times, so I built my own
#132>My favorite part of the photographic process was watching prints come to life. I loved starting with a blank sheet of paper and applying various photographic methods to bring the image to life. >I found that building websites was similarly satisfying. For example, click the "Reveal Image" button to watch an image fade in to the blank canvas! I think a lot about why I went into computer science and this is the same c…
Reminds me of my first programming experience as a 10 year old kid. My dad showed me the QBASIC IDE. He typed one line of code:
PRINT "Ach leck mich doch am Buerzel"
I broke out in laughter, realizing I can make real grey-on-black DOS programs just like that. It blew my mind and started my programming career.
Re: I was rejected by Codecademy three times, so I built my own
#133I'll be honest, this is a great start and a good app that not a lot of people would achieve and deliver. Hopefully this feedback can be constructive.
It does not feel like a modern "professional" app though, the design is extremely lacking and not something you'd see from an intermediate+ frontend dev.
The "New lesson" part doesn't work because it's behind an auth check, but there's no error message and it's displayed as an unauth'd user.
There's a bunch of console errors everywhere for undefined objects.
It's basically a reskinned version of this https://riju.codes/, so nothing of major complexity was done here.
That said, delivering this is impressive, especially for a more junior developer. This is major step towards building up your career and I'm looking forward to see more!
Re: I was rejected by Codecademy three times, so I built my own
#134hug of death?
Re: I was rejected by Codecademy three times, so I built my own
#135Way to be! It's silly how often employers overlook the "I just really want to be part of/build this" factor. People with that make for excellent teammates.
> People with that make for excellent teammates.
I agree, sort of. All things being equal, you want someone who has that sparkle, that enthusiasm.
But things often aren't equal and people are really prone to hiring who they like, over who will get the job done and it's a real problem.
It's tough, really. There are many highly disagreeable software developers I've met who are good at their job, but you just want to get away from, and then there are starry eyed social people who are fun but terrible at their job.
A software dev that's good and still has some sparkle in them after being in the industry for a decade is like a unicorn in my experience. I don't know what it means but it does make me sad.
Re: I was rejected by Codecademy three times, so I built my own
#136I'll be honest, this is a great start and a good app that not a lot of people would achieve and deliver. Hopefully this feedback can be constructive. It does not feel like a modern "professional" app though, the design is extremely lacking and not something you'd see from an intermediate+ frontend dev. The "New lesson" part doesn't work because it's behind an auth check, but there's no error message and it's displaye…
Appreciate the feedback and I don't disagree! I definitely would love to work more on the design and general "smooth-ness" of the app. I've been focused on functionality and driving towards something that works. Time to tighten some screws!
PS, did you interview me last year at Codecademy? ;)
Re: I was rejected by Codecademy three times, so I built my own
#137I'll be honest, this is a great start and a good app that not a lot of people would achieve and deliver. Hopefully this feedback can be constructive. It does not feel like a modern "professional" app though, the design is extremely lacking and not something you'd see from an intermediate+ frontend dev. The "New lesson" part doesn't work because it's behind an auth check, but there's no error message and it's displaye…
The design is fine, it’s totally functional, perfect for a developer focused site and quite refreshing actually.
Great that you’ve pointed out a couple of bugs but I’ve seen “senior” developers who couldn’t conceive of, build and deploy anything close to this.
There’s enough here to build a SaaS business out, and the OP can be CEO, CTO or whatever title they want
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#138Re: I was rejected by Codecademy three times, so I built my own
#139Earlier quoted context omitted.
That works if they are willing to treat you as a contractor (external provider as you say), but if they're hiring remote employees it won't fly. The company generally has to have a presence in the jurisdiction where the employee lives, and that adds overhead.
That is my experience also. As a freelance dev, I am hired as a foreign contractor. Being hired as a foreign contractor makes tax and regulations issues easier. If you are growing rapidly, You can open an LLC in America then operate as a US contractor. You can work with larger and established companies that way. It would be easier if you have a business partner in America. Hiring contractor has its pros and cons for…
I was always curious about this: Is there any reason why you need LLC in America to work with larger and established companies? Is there any law or limitation why they wouldn't like to work with e.g. European Self-Employed or LTD companies? Many of recruiters I talked to and they offered perm roles they won't consider changing to contractors.
Always thought that generally contractors are a better deal for companies (less tax burden, no paid holidays, easier to hire/fire, etc). Unless maybe when people here word 'contractor' they assume they will have to pay 2x more and that's why they prefer perm-employees? Or is there are any law in US that make it harder for companies to work this way?
Re: I was rejected by Codecademy three times, so I built my own
#140Earlier quoted context omitted.
Have you hired anyone? Asking because your comment make it sounds like there's science to it. I don't like the committee hiring as well but team or manager level hiring can segment the company culture. Also individuals can be biased and hire based on vibes or who is like them etc. - committee brings a check to that, that's why it's common. The truth is - you'll miss some great candidates because they simply interview…
Hiring is hard. We, as an industry, simply cannot interview. We don't know how to accurately gauge a candidates experience, personality or knowledge. We can only make them perform monkey-see-monkey-do on a whiteboard or through stupid, asinine puzzles and leetcode style exercises. To make matters worse, we often place our most senior software developers on interview circuits. For better or for worse, engineers trend…
it’s “crapshoot” as in the game of craps, meaning “it’s a gamble” but crap-chute is pretty good too. just not for this sentence