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We get lots of CVs from people who have graduated from 6-month tech boot camp programs. For the most part, we can't hire them.
Either they have a shallow set of web design fundamentals or zero projects to show; no personal site, no GitHub profile. 1/
Either they have a shallow set of web design fundamentals or zero projects to show; no personal site, no GitHub profile. 1/
In the enterprise space, you're rarely coding a complex web application from scratch using Today's Cool Frameworks™, you're interfacing with code that might be 20-30+ years old, invented in-house, it's all fragile spaghetti.
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If you're a recent grad and want to be more hireable:
* Get to know C++. It's everywhere.
* Demonstrate an ability to learn on the job.
* Put together a personal portfolio site. Learn to write well about your projects. Have someone proofread it.
* Double check URLs.
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* Get to know C++. It's everywhere.
* Demonstrate an ability to learn on the job.
* Put together a personal portfolio site. Learn to write well about your projects. Have someone proofread it.
* Double check URLs.
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If you're self-taught, show us what you know. We'd prefer to see a strong, reasonably wide-ranging GitHub portfolio than academic credentials and no real work.
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(And it doesn't have to be GitHub. CodePen or Glitch or your own hosted environment is fine.)
Lastly, show us you understand how to be a good human, working with other humans, who all have egos, fears, different experiences, needs. Think about who will read your code in 5 years.
Lastly, show us you understand how to be a good human, working with other humans, who all have egos, fears, different experiences, needs. Think about who will read your code in 5 years.
