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Take me to Silicon Valley: 19 year old designer seeking opportunity

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Re: Take me to Silicon Valley: 19 year old designer seeking opportunity

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Post by FilipSanta »

jc4p wrote: post #27
milesskorpen wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Filip went to high school in Washington state, so I think he might actually be a US citizen. Would be good to mention somewhere on the page though.

He says for half a year. It was most likely a study-abroad program else he should've definitely stated that. I'm an eleven-year permanent resident currently waiting on my citizenship paperwork so I'd be sad if he was already a US citizen and I wasn't ;)

yes it was foreign exchange program, but when i look back, this half a year in US was really life-changing.. i'm citizen of Slovakia of course :)

Re: Take me to Silicon Valley: 19 year old designer seeking opportunity

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devs1010 wrote: post #14
moocow01 wrote: post #12

"I would love to join to your team in Palo Alto, California" You may want to broaden that statement - Palo Alto is a very small piece of the Silicon Valley pie

Yep, I was just thinking the same thing. A lot of the "hot" startups are actually in San Francisco itself so may want to take that into account. Beyond Silicon Valley proper there are companies scattered throughout the Bay Area region also.

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Re: Take me to Silicon Valley: 19 year old designer seeking opportunity

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Post by FilipSanta »

moocow01 wrote: post #12

"I would love to join to your team in Palo Alto, California" You may want to broaden that statement - Palo Alto is a very small piece of the Silicon Valley pie

this site was originally designed for one startup from Palo Alto.. but since it's here on HN, I'm really opened for everything in Bay Area :).. i've got some first offers already which is awesome :)

Re: Take me to Silicon Valley: 19 year old designer seeking opportunity

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Post by justjimmy »

reinhardt wrote: post #31
benwerd wrote: post #22

He lost me at "hello guys" and a picture of cleavage. Great design otherwise though.

Wow, I didn't even pay enough attention to the picture to notice it's a cleavage.

Haha me too… After being told there's cleavage, I went back to take a look at it again – and noticed the 2 massive balls (circle) right below it. This is too much!

Re: Take me to Silicon Valley: 19 year old designer seeking opportunity

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Post by FilipSanta »

cozykozy wrote: post #26
benwerd wrote: post #22

He lost me at "hello guys" and a picture of cleavage. Great design otherwise though.

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. I was wondering if the person was making a play on words with 'silicon,' but considering his grasp of English, that might be giving too much credit.

yes it was like like a wordplay with "silicon" & "valley" that why u see silicon boobs in the header :).. i was thinking about putting Pamela Anderson there sayin' "I know a lot about silicon & I think Filip would definitely fit there" but i didn't have time to put it in, couse I had to start studyin' for exam (which I screwed of course, because I spend most of time between christmas & new years eve working on this :)

Re: Take me to Silicon Valley: 19 year old designer seeking opportunity

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Post by FilipSanta »

alexholehouse wrote: post #20

For what it's worth, and there's a lot of feedback here relating to technical issues/lifestyle choices etc, but considering you're applying to be a designer I thought the site looked and felt awesome . Totally engaging, easy to read and follow, and I read right to the end. Great pitch.

thanks! i really appreciate it

Re: Take me to Silicon Valley: 19 year old designer seeking opportunity

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Post by FilipSanta »

metachris wrote: post #23
alexholehouse wrote: post #20

For what it's worth, and there's a lot of feedback here relating to technical issues/lifestyle choices etc, but considering you're applying to be a designer I thought the site looked and felt awesome . Totally engaging, easy to read and follow, and I read right to the end. Great pitch.

Absolutely agree. The only faux pa i've seen is that the call to action button on the bottom only starts loading when hovering over it, becoming invisible for a short moment.

thanks.. this should really be just about design, my friend've done coding as quickly as it was possible so i know it's not css/html masterpiece

Re: Take me to Silicon Valley: 19 year old designer seeking opportunity

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Post by FilipSanta »

kylelibra wrote: post #8
aaront wrote: post #7

Looks great, just a few little things: * "I am Filip Santa, 19 years old designer from Slovakia" sounds a little strange. Maybe something like "I am Filip Santa, a 19 year old designer from Slovakia" * In your timeline, instead of "Learning what is layer", maybe "Learning about layers" * Also in the timeline: "Trying first webs & posters", maybe "Designing first web sites & posters" And, here's my OCD peeking through…

It bugged me as well, but I assumed English wasn't his first language, so it is forgivable in my book.

sorry, it's been already years since I've returned from US, so English may not be perfect

Re: Take me to Silicon Valley: 19 year old designer seeking opportunity

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Post by jc4p »

FilipSanta wrote: post #50
jc4p wrote: post #21

Is the entire thing just a Photoshop Save for Web document with some jQuery attached? Also the "LET MY DREAM COME TRUE" image's hover state not being preloaded made me sad. Okay to actually be constructive: It's a good time to be trying this because it's the beginning of a new year so H-1B visas are available. As another self taught young developer who's extremely eager to leave his full-time job and go to school nex…

this is about design, forget the code.. i've originally designed this for one startup from Palo Alto, which's been looking for pure Graphic designer, i couln't image this up on HackerNews.. i can finish college anytime, but offers from Silicon Valley are not coming everyday :)

Have you actively contacted companies you're interested in and asked for interviews? It's much harder to wait for someone to contact you than it is to send a personalized e-mail / resume to each company you're interested in.

I'm also a tad worried that you skipped the portion of my post regarding looking for pure graphic designers. It may just be my experience from companies I've been in but the last two graphic designers I helped hire were combo packages.

It's nice to see another 19 year old excited about startups and technology though :)

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