Don't Call Yourself a Programmer, and Other Career Advice (2011)

Re:Don't Call Yourself a Programmer, and Other Career Advice... by dominotw on Sunday October 20, 2019 @11:23AM (#21304695)

> write to key people at these places telling in ONE paragraph what you can do for their business.

Do you have an example of this? What can you possibly do for their business?

Do key people respond to random solicitations for a job. Don't you still have to go though their original Leetcode interview process. I am really not seeing what the advantage of this approach.

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Re:Don't Call Yourself a Programmer, and Other Career Advice... by milquetoastaf on Sunday October 20, 2019 @01:12PM (#21305464)

Maybe for small stage startups or deliberately tiny, private ventures. Otherwise, yeah, might as well just apply via the normal channels since the employees will forward your request to HR/hiring anyway.

OP's advice is wishful thinking. I highly doubt they themselves took that approach

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