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Re:Ask HN: I'm an unemployed programmer in SF that will work... by stcredzero on Sunday March 06, 2011 @10:42AM (#2294326)
One thing I found, when I was in a similar situation, is that people with "nontraditional" CV's are rebuffed in a somewhat rougher manner than usual applicants. This can be pretty discouraging. This was decades ago for me, so I was doing a lot of phone calls as a part of my job search. It can be a bit brutal.
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Re:Ask HN: I'm an unemployed programmer in SF that will work... by paul9290 on Sunday March 06, 2011 @03:41PM (#2294977)
oh ... well doing the whole Facebook thing - finding a mutual connection between me and the employer really helped a lot. Within a few days after using this method I landed interviews and a few different offers. Also, I did have a portfolio of different designs I built for my start-up as well two other sites I built.
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