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Re: Ask HN: I can't find a job. What do I do?

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Post by meiraleal »

pythonb3sss wrote: post #42
elmerfud wrote: post #4

You say you're from India but don't say where you're at now. Since you used term CV instead of resume, maybe still in India or maybe a European country? If the job market where you're at is largely expecting a University degree regardless of experience level then I would say at 27 go back and get your University degree. It is not a step backwards to get the University degree it will teach you valuable things that you…

Still in India. And I will not learn a single new thing if I go back to university, unless it's a good one, and I'll have to compete with more than 1 million students to get into one of those and there are maybe 15-30k vacancies per year. In the rest of them, the lecturers just dictate what you need to cram into your brain and vomit it out on the answer sheet and that's it. Lecture done.

What kind of magic advice you want then? You gotta at least put more effort than the rest getting the job you want.

Re: Ask HN: I can't find a job. What do I do?

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Post by coolThingsFirst »

corethree wrote: post #16
hipadev23 wrote: post #12

Just say you have a degree, especially from India, nobody will validate.

This. I'm close friends with someone who is extensively dishonest in his resume. Most places just don't verify things.

How do you lie for experience though? Defunct company? What if they ask for reference?

Re: Ask HN: I can't find a job. What do I do?

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Post by hipadev23 »

coolThingsFirst wrote: post #75
corethree wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This. I'm close friends with someone who is extensively dishonest in his resume. Most places just don't verify things.

How do you lie for experience though? Defunct company? What if they ask for reference?

I can't speak for that person in particular, but my point was lie about degree because it doesn't matter if you're a good coder and able to deliver results. If you have no skills then lying will be a problem on your first day of work.

Re: Ask HN: I can't find a job. What do I do?

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Post by rossdavidh »

milesskorpen wrote: post #40
dharmab wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In the US, the only information required to be given by a previous employer is time of employment, role, and whether the person is eligible for rehire. Reputable companies will ask and provide strictly this information only, to reduce their liability.

This is not accurate across the board. References (inc. back channel references) are common for companies that take hiring very seriously.

Many organizations forbid providing references, but then this policy is hard to enforce. It is weird to be asked for a reference from your current employer, though.

Re: Ask HN: I can't find a job. What do I do?

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Post by [deleted] »

jacquesm wrote: post #9

You may want to try going the self-employed/freelancer route. Just try to get at least one paying side job where you can charge a reasonable hourly rate and take it from there. If it doesn't work out you can fall back on what you have and if it does then you can try to expand it. Relatively little risk, and if it works you're free from the gatekeeping because in my experience for self-employed people credentials matt…

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Re: Ask HN: I can't find a job. What do I do?

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Post by jacknews »

jacquesm wrote: post #9

You may want to try going the self-employed/freelancer route. Just try to get at least one paying side job where you can charge a reasonable hourly rate and take it from there. If it doesn't work out you can fall back on what you have and if it does then you can try to expand it. Relatively little risk, and if it works you're free from the gatekeeping because in my experience for self-employed people credentials matt…

"Just try to get at least one paying side job where you can charge a reasonable hourly rate"

Ay, there's the rub.

Re: Ask HN: I can't find a job. What do I do?

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Post by jacquesm »

jacknews wrote: post #79
jacquesm wrote: post #9

You may want to try going the self-employed/freelancer route. Just try to get at least one paying side job where you can charge a reasonable hourly rate and take it from there. If it doesn't work out you can fall back on what you have and if it does then you can try to expand it. Relatively little risk, and if it works you're free from the gatekeeping because in my experience for self-employed people credentials matt…

"Just try to get at least one paying side job where you can charge a reasonable hourly rate" Ay, there's the rub.

Not an employment, just a freelancer arrangement.
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