Ask HN: Any advice for a developer wanting to work in SF?

Posted by enfoiro on Thursday May 12, 2011 @08:50AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Hi to the HN community.

I'm a french engineer willing to work in SF because i love to travel, explore new cultures and meeting people and above all i love to code and work on exciting projects that challenges me every single day and from which i can learn, and i think SF might be a good place to stop by.

So I'm soliciting your help for finding the best position/project/company I can work for.

And for that I asks you if you have any advice on how to prepare myself applying for jobs. I heard that resumes companies wants are not the same than Europeans ones.

This is a link to my resume I've made in English http://www.scribd.com/doc/55254341/CYResume , what do you think of it ?

And do you think that open source projects are a requirement for most companies ? A blog ?

Do i have to meet all these requirements before applying ?

Thanks in advance

Ps: If some of you are interested by my profile, don't hesitate to contact me.

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Re:Ask HN: Any advice for a developer wanting to work in SF? by mindfulbee on Thursday May 12, 2011 @09:11AM (#2540444)

I would recommend checking out some other start ups that may be of interest to you. You should try attending one of the tech meet ups: http://www.meetup.com/sfnewtech/

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Re:Ask HN: Any advice for a developer wanting to work in SF? by enfoiro on Thursday May 12, 2011 @09:34AM (#2540504)

The only problem is that I'm currently working in France, so it will be hard for me to go to SF before 2 months, but it's one idea to keep in mind, my plan was to apply from here, maybe doing some skype conferences, and spending 1 or 2 weeks to do some interviews.

Thanks for the idea.

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Re:Ask HN: Any advice for a developer wanting to work in SF? by mindfulbee on Thursday May 12, 2011 @04:04PM (#2542097)

I see! What type of companies are you looking for? Or are you looking for startups?

good luck =)

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Re:Ask HN: Any advice for a developer wanting to work in SF? by petervandijck on Thursday May 12, 2011 @08:13PM (#2542912)

Open source projects and a blog are very helpful. As are personal projects and such.

Your resume:

1. the English is bad ("I want to work in a placewhere I am able to put into practice my knowledge"). Improve. You can't have bad English in your resume. The French "accent" isn't helping, it'll just make people wince.

2. Introductory paragraph: you talk about YOU, but who cares what you want? You should talk about how you can help a company. What kind of company do you want to work in?

3. Your latest job looks interesting, put more interesting details about it in your resume.

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Re:Ask HN: Any advice for a developer wanting to work in SF? by pclark on Thursday May 12, 2011 @09:29AM (#2540493)

If you have a degree, millions of startups will hire you.

NowMov are looking for engineers and willing to do H1B transfer, for example.

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Re:Ask HN: Any advice for a developer wanting to work in SF? by enfoiro on Thursday May 12, 2011 @09:41AM (#2540524)

Actually, i have one. It's good news for me :) Thanks, I will look for NowMov, but I have no H1b already, I have to find a company being able to sponsor my visa.

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Re:Ask HN: Any advice for a developer wanting to work in SF? by pclark on Thursday May 12, 2011 @09:43AM (#2540530)

NowMov have said in the past they will sponsor H1B. My friend Fahd works for them: https://twitter.com/#!/fahdoo

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Re:Ask HN: Any advice for a developer wanting to work in SF? by mickeyben on Thursday May 12, 2011 @09:15AM (#2540455)

I've worked with Chris at two positions in the past, I totally recommend him, he's a great guy and a good ruby developer.

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Re:Ask HN: Any advice for a developer wanting to work in SF? by StuffMaster on Thursday May 12, 2011 @09:23AM (#2540471)

I'm no expert, but your resume looks fine to me. Skills and experience are the most important things.

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Re:Ask HN: Any advice for a developer wanting to work in SF? by enfoiro on Thursday May 12, 2011 @09:35AM (#2540509)

Thanks, it's reassuring.

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Re:Ask HN: Any advice for a developer wanting to work in SF? by enfoiro on Thursday May 12, 2011 @08:56AM (#2540391)

clickable link for my resume

http://www.scribd.com/doc/55254341/CYResume

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Re:Ask HN: Any advice for a developer wanting to work in SF? by joeconway on Thursday May 12, 2011 @10:39AM (#2540702)

It looks like you've used latex for this, would you mind sharing the template? It looks fantastic!

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Re:Ask HN: Any advice for a developer wanting to work in SF? by enfoiro on Thursday May 12, 2011 @10:55AM (#2540749)

Actually I've used and modified a friend's template ( mickeyben ), so I think he should take all the credits for it.

He will publish it on Github this weekend, I will share you the link as soon as he publish it.

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Re:Ask HN: Any advice for a developer wanting to work in SF? by joeconway on Thursday May 12, 2011 @11:26AM (#2540873)

merci :)

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Re:Ask HN: Any advice for a developer wanting to work in SF? by xutopia on Thursday May 12, 2011 @09:24AM (#2540473)

Where is your Github profile?

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Re:Ask HN: Any advice for a developer wanting to work in SF? by enfoiro on Thursday May 12, 2011 @09:28AM (#2540492)

https://github.com/enfoiro

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