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How to get hired at a startup when you don't know anyone

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Post by invaliddata »

gravypod wrote: post #144
tropo wrote: post #118

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When you say "low-level", might that mean assembly code? If so, got a resume?

Not assembly. Stuff like embedded systems. I know a little, but like every college student: I still have a lot to learn. If you would like, I would be happy to email you my resume and talk with you via email. My email is my username @ my username .com.

I worked in embedded development for much of my career. There is a pretty small supply of people who are interested and capable in the field, relative to the jobs available, especially for more junior positions. What Ive seen happen is companies will hire java developers to do C development because they have few other options (it often doesn't work out well). Just apply and you are likely to get people who will talk to you.

Re: How to get hired at a startup when you don't know anyone

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Post by gravypod »

invaliddata wrote: post #161
gravypod wrote: post #144

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Not assembly. Stuff like embedded systems. I know a little, but like every college student: I still have a lot to learn. If you would like, I would be happy to email you my resume and talk with you via email. My email is my username @ my username .com.

I worked in embedded development for much of my career. There is a pretty small supply of people who are interested and capable in the field, relative to the jobs available, especially for more junior positions. What Ive seen happen is companies will hire java developers to do C development because they have few other options (it often doesn't work out well). Just apply and you are likely to get people who will talk…

I can imaging the kind of spaghetti a Java programmer would make if told to write C with no prior experience. That's how I got my start. I didn't even understand the difference of passing a pointer from the heap and passing a pointer from the stack.

I will be the first person to admit I don't know it all. Will the senior devs be willing to tell me when I mess up and what I can do/read to get better at my job?

I still have a lot to learn. Right now I'm trying to learn as much as I can about the i368 architecture since it is one of the last few processors that, from what I have been told, "a single person can have a working understanding of every part of the architecture and computer."

In any event, I'm basically looking for a summer job or a part time job for next semester, so I think I definitely have given myself enough time to search.

Re: How to get hired at a startup when you don't know anyone

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Post by Kluny »

leeleelee wrote: post #149
amyjess wrote: post #139

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Bingo. There was only one bathroom on our floor, and we shared the floor with another company, some busybody at the other company complained, so the building manager banned me from using the women's restroom. That's illegal in Dallas.

So you are biologically a male, you identify as a female, and you wanted to use the female bathroom? I think that if, as a society, we decide that gender access to restrooms is not based on physical gender but instead based on how you self-identify -- then as society we should completely eliminate the separation of bathrooms for males and females. Agree or disagree?

Yes. Though in practice, I still feel more comfortable with gender segregated bathrooms, and I (female) would rather just share with female-identified persons than with males.

Interestingly, a local university (Uvic) has gender non-specific public washrooms. The kind with 4-5 stalls and sinks. Everyone welcome.

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Post by gizi »

waterlesscloud wrote: post #68
cscharenberg wrote: post #66

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At most companies if you changed careers near 30, you will never get a chance to talk with someone and show your potential. The HR filters are so tight that unless you know someone on the inside of a company who can pull strings, you'll never get asked in for an interview. I'm watching my wife - a lawyer with math degree and programming experience - struggle to even get responses for junior QA positions. I think the…

Remember, though, America has a critical shortage of programmers and we desperately need to allow more to immigrate!!!

Virtual teams do not need to deal with immigration. So, what's next? Immigration offices on the backbones of the internet?

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Post by vedaprodarte »

amyjess wrote: post #121
LunaSea wrote: post #106

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That's awesome, but please be careful. I was in the same situation as you but I was 19, hired as the first engineer (second employee) in a company of 5 people and I quit after almost 3 years. Even though it's still fresh, when I look back, I really think I should've quit earlier. When I joined I wanted to reward the company by showing that I was a hard worker but this resulted in just increasing the expectations with…

I was in a similar situation. I was suffering from long-term unemployment after a layoff, and my experience was so specialized that no company really wanted me (and if a company didn't want experience, why not just hire someone fresh out of college?). I wound up somehow managing to land a job at a year-old startup that was still in early stages. I was making barely more than what I made at my last job in pure cash ($…

Thank you very much for your sharing! I am planning for my career path and I find your experience is inspiring.
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