Re:Advice to my young self: forget side projects and focus o...
by user5994461 on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @07:32AM
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What year was it? I don't imagine a CV fresh out of high school passing a first HR filter in the current decade.
Re:Advice to my young self: forget side projects and focus o...
by nicoburns on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @10:47AM
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2012. I had been coding for ~5 years at that point, so I had a fair bit of coding experience. Just none of it was professional experience. I made a CV that went over my actual coding experience and skills in details, then I applied to small companies (<40 people). Many of those don't have much in the way of HR and have hiring managers dealing with CVs directly.
You don't need to know them personally. Most companies (small companies at least) post job advertisements on their website and you can apply via email or a simple application form that goes directly to the hiring manager.
I managed to get my first dev job with zero professional experience (and I mean zero, I'd literally never worked any job before), zero "networking" activity, and only high school qualifications using this method, and it's only gotten easier since then.