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Re:Advice to my young self: forget side projects and focus o... by chris11 on Monday October 12, 2020 @10:40PM (#24761708)
Working at a good company can also help out. MS/Facebook/Amazon/Google all have reputations for a decent hiring bar and need to recruit a lot of engineers. There are other companies that have decent reputations and are less selective about interviewing.
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Re:Advice to my young self: forget side projects and focus o... by Cthulhu_ on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @04:28AM (#24763479)
Honestly, if you have a FAANG on your CV you're pretty much set, especially outside of SF (e.g. every other tech hub in Europe). Senior developer / CTO will be the kind of job offers you'll get, and recruiters will be all over you.

Disclaimer: I don't have a FAANG on my CV.

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