How do you break the cycle of needing experience to find a developer job?

Re:How do you break the cycle of needing experience to find ... by tlack on Saturday February 03, 2018 @11:33PM (#16301360)

one approach i've seen and used to make hiring decisions:

do a great open source project to show you have the skills w/o the experience. ideally something relevant to potential employer.

what they really want to know is if you know the shit, not how long you sat in a desk. people lie about such things so years in a job is a proxy for truth

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Re:How do you break the cycle of needing experience to find ... by innoprenuer on Sunday February 04, 2018 @08:02AM (#16302580)

or alternative to working on OSS is to create a product and try to sell it. If it sells you dont need a job at all and yout are sitting on a money making startup. And if it doesnt then you can use this product to show case your skills to the potential employer.

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Re:How do you break the cycle of needing experience to find ... by tlack on Sunday February 04, 2018 @07:23PM (#16305745)

YES! Great point! And having known the business inside and out, plus the tech, plus showing what a hard worker you are - you'll be a triple threat!

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Re:How do you break the cycle of needing experience to find ... by raquo on Sunday February 04, 2018 @04:30AM (#16302051)

Yep. That worked more than once for people I know.

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