Re:Ask HN: How to lead a stable, happy career as a bad inter...
by mixtrola on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @10:30AM
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Located in Chicago. On occasion I apply to companies in other cities, but I have a preference to live in the Chicago area unless I can find an offer in another major city.
Re:Ask HN: How to lead a stable, happy career as a bad inter...
by quickthrower2 on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @06:55PM
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I am not from the US, but I imagine Chicago has more than enough opportunities for software devs.
Also get your CV looked at by people who know what to look for. It might need a spruce up. Make sure it sells you well.
Get a good cv, get to a good city and apply for every good job you can see. You need a good system then of qualification, deciding which leads to prioritise, bullshit detection, dealing with recruiters etc, so come up with one and continually improve it. Use any waiting time to learn standard interview answers both technical and behaviourial and coding puzzles.
In your situation you must be seen as super keen on every job regardless of what you feel. Get offers. If they say is it ok that you work 60h a week the answer is yes. You can reject them later but get offers. Really think of it as a sales job to get the coding job.