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Why I won't get hired or my skills used?

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Re: Why I won't get hired or my skills used?

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Post by flukus »

jstewartmobile wrote: post #10

Web development tech is like singing. Everyone can do it. Few can do it well. When you do it well, it sells itself. Think of something cool to do, do it to the best of your ability, keep improving it, and before you know it they will come to you. You should never run out of things to improve. If you think you have something that is "perfect," it means you either need better feedback or you need to read more or both,…

> Web development tech is like singing. Everyone can do it. Few can do it well. When you do it well, it sells itself.

I don't know where your working but I run across plenty of people that can't do it well that still manage to be employed.

Re: Why I won't get hired or my skills used?

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Post by jstewartmobile »

flukus wrote: post #11
jstewartmobile wrote: post #10

Web development tech is like singing. Everyone can do it. Few can do it well. When you do it well, it sells itself. Think of something cool to do, do it to the best of your ability, keep improving it, and before you know it they will come to you. You should never run out of things to improve. If you think you have something that is "perfect," it means you either need better feedback or you need to read more or both,…

> Web development tech is like singing. Everyone can do it. Few can do it well. When you do it well, it sells itself. I don't know where your working but I run across plenty of people that can't do it well that still manage to be employed.

If you do it well, you don't have to be an employee.

Of course corporateland is an entirely different game. If that's the game he wants to play, why even waste time with something practical? Getting an MBA, having meetings all day, and looking out for #1 would be a much straighter path to the goal.

Re: Why I won't get hired or my skills used?

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Post by flukus »

jstewartmobile wrote: post #12
flukus wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Web development tech is like singing. Everyone can do it. Few can do it well. When you do it well, it sells itself. I don't know where your working but I run across plenty of people that can't do it well that still manage to be employed.

If you do it well, you don't have to be an employee. Of course corporateland is an entirely different game. If that's the game he wants to play, why even waste time with something practical? Getting an MBA, having meetings all day, and looking out for #1 would be a much straighter path to the goal.

> If you do it well, you don't have to be an employee.

Well, you have to do a bunch of things well, most of which are unrelated to programming.

Re: Why I won't get hired or my skills used?

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Post by FullMtlAlcoholc »

You're going to have a difficult time finding a remote job as your first gig. Hiring someone to work remotely involves a high level of trust:Trust that you have a high level of comoetency (which, given yiur description, you dont) and trust that you will be honest about the time that you put in(which doesnt really matter if you complete projects before their deadlines.)

You would gave better luck starting out as a freelancer and finding something in your personal network. No one is going to hire you for remote work without a portfolio

Re: Why I won't get hired or my skills used?

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Post by jetti »

Others have stated that remote work for people with no experience is going to be hard to come by. One thing that I will add is that since the work is remote the companies aren't restricted to a certain market when looking for developers. If there is a company in Chicago, for instance, then they will typically be limited in having to find developers in the Chicago area. Companies that are remote won't have this problem. You are competing with people that may have portfolios or side projects for the same position, which will make it hard for you to actually get a position when you have no/little experience in a given technology.

Re: Why I won't get hired or my skills used?

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Post by GFischer »

Why does it have to be remote? Try asking to be an intern at a local startup or small company? If you don't know any, ask at the local university.

As many said, finding a remote job as a first gig is very hard. Heck, it's very hard for established people - I've worked for 15 years and I only had one remote gig.

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