11–20 of 82 posts
Also remove the $70K Salary Requirement.
If you are desperate for cash and have some skills, maybe try to pick up some ~$500-1000 jobs on:
Freelancer.com, Guru.com, Elance.com, Odesk, etc.
If you can't find any work as a junior web dev at any salary then you're possibly doing something wrong with your resume or interview. It's impossible to give feedback on that without more info.
"you're possibly doing something wrong with your resume or interview" i love this cult of personality viewpoint in favor of conformity.
You could remove the Certificate in Massage Therapy from your CV
Keep it objective. They don't care you think you are a kickass Rails developer and they will not react positively to what they can interpret as a big ego.
If you can't find any work as a junior web dev at any salary then you're possibly doing something wrong with your resume or interview. It's impossible to give feedback on that without more info.
"you're possibly doing something wrong with your resume or interview" i love this cult of personality viewpoint in favor of conformity.
There's a book to read "Winning Through Intimidation" by Rbert J. Ringer.
It is not a book about how to intimidate people, it's about not being intimidated by people.
One of the chapters addresses the issue of "promises".
We have an Algerian proverb that says "Ti9a fil wati9a". Meaning: Trust lies in the document. Which means: Make it clear, black on white, on a document.. Meaning: Get a lawyer. Meaning also: The only lawyer you have is the one you pay. (Don't assume the company lawyer is yours).
I was a kid when my brother had a company and built buildings based on word. Once he had a deal with some old man, very respectable and well known figure. I asked him why they didn't sign a contract and he said that the man is honorable, and I asked "What if he changes". He smiled to the child I was. He eventually got screwed by this very honorable man.
A lawyer also serves as a dissuasive measure taking out the sign on your forehead saying "I'm a pigeon".
Also, try oil or oil services companies. The pay is good (you're basically taken care of completely) and you don't need cutting edge tech. They also like to hire Junior people (they're like one of the few who actually massively hire people without experience because turnover is huge).
"Am I an expert? Nah - But I know where to get free access to developers, and devops, when I hit the inevitable brick wall(IRC CHAT) and I'm always focused on learning how things work."
Don't give people reasons not to hire you. Take that off, make the page about why you're awesome, not why I shouldn't hire you.
Also there are grammatical errors on the page, which don't look good. If you want I can proof read it for you. I'm (edit: not) the greatest at that, but I'll see if my wife can help. Also your resume... it looks cool but I found it super confusing to read. Recruiters often times are looking through massive piles of resumes, whatever you can do to make it easier to see why you're awesome you should do.
Finally if you are about to be homeless look into any emergency shelters in the area. I used to work in affordable housing it can be a wait sometimes to get into a shelter. I wish I could help more. Let me do some research tonight.
You could remove the Certificate in Massage Therapy from your CV
You should probably say where you live if you are looking for a job. Also, if they said they would give you a particular portion of some pile of money as compensation, you might consider suing them for wage theft. Also, why are you "evil"?