Re:How do you break the cycle of needing experience to find ...
by lmilcin on Monday February 05, 2018 @09:34AM
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There are always positions open for less experienced developers. Any employer will want you to show that you are able to contribute.
I got my first job ever as an IT administrator. I was previously administering network in my dorm. My new employer was very large, very known company. The had a test prepared to evaluate their candidates, about 50 closed questions. I have aced the test and got invited for discussion and based on that I was hired as a junior admin/helpdesk guy.
My first programming job I got after few years of administering critical systems at large companies. I was writing some scripts and even small apps to automate things, integrate systems, etc. I got hired as a senior admin for a company to admin an application that was still in development. The problem was, the application development team were missing deadlines. Since they did not have the application ready I got notified they will have to fire me for lack of job. I proposed I can try and help them to develop the application faster, and that's how I got my first development gig.
I got my first job ever as an IT administrator. I was previously administering network in my dorm. My new employer was very large, very known company. The had a test prepared to evaluate their candidates, about 50 closed questions. I have aced the test and got invited for discussion and based on that I was hired as a junior admin/helpdesk guy.
My first programming job I got after few years of administering critical systems at large companies. I was writing some scripts and even small apps to automate things, integrate systems, etc. I got hired as a senior admin for a company to admin an application that was still in development. The problem was, the application development team were missing deadlines. Since they did not have the application ready I got notified they will have to fire me for lack of job. I proposed I can try and help them to develop the application faster, and that's how I got my first development gig.