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Re:Ask HN: What was your greatest accomplishment in 2016? by danielhooper on Tuesday December 27, 2016 @10:38PM (#13268261)
I landed a great job as an iOS developer at a great startup in Toronto.

I accomplished this by building a unique iOS game that uses animated gifs for jigsaw puzzles. I wrote the app several times, and after giving it enough time, I was able to incorporate functional and generic programming concepts to reduce my code down to less than 1,000 lines.

I also ditched my resume because I didn't have substantial previous experience developing software (just 3 months) nor a degree of any sort. I just took videos of all my apps and put them up on a dead simple github pages site: https://danielhhooper.github.io

I interviewed and accepted an offer the following week.

Re:Ask HN: What was your greatest accomplishment in 2016? by frostbytes on Thursday December 29, 2016 @01:10AM (#13275928)
Hey I really need some help I am in a similar situation and was wondering if I can get some advice on getting a job. I just have questions regarding what to put on my portfolio page like you did, and also what was the interview like? What sort of questions did they ask.
Re:Ask HN: What was your greatest accomplishment in 2016? by danielhooper on Thursday December 29, 2016 @08:38AM (#13277162)
Hey! Email me at danielhhooper @ gmail dot com I would be glad to help you.