Re:Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job?
by chrisvalleybay on Friday April 16, 2021 @03:48AM
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You definitely came in from Reddit, that's for sure.
Re:Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job?
by aeoleonn on Friday April 16, 2021 @01:31PM
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LOL do I sound liberal?
What part of my comment do you dislike?
To be fair, I don't expect everyone on HN to appreciate my perspective. The tech world seems to be majority snowflake, or pretend snowflake (go along to get along, in that case).
I'm not a politically correct type of person-- I tell people what I actually think and prefer brutal honesty to sugar coated messaging.
STOP CALLING YOURSELF UNHIREABLE.
STOP WITH THE SELF-PITY--
Why?
You can't simultaneously focus on two things: such as focusing pitying yourself while simultaneously focusing on building & completing your strategy.
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WHATS THAT YOU SAY OP?!, you say you want to CONQUER THE ROMAN EMPIRE, but you only have a dozen pals WITH NERF GUNS? Yeah, guess how that'll work out :P Doesn't sound like a reasonable strategy, does it?
Yes, you failed because YOU LACKED A REASONABLE STRATEGY.
ANYONE WILL FAIL when they LACK A REASONABLE STRATEGY REGARDING ANYTHING in life, that should be obvious.
The solution? Develop a reasonable strategy and fulfill the work involved in the strategy.
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Now for the rest of my intended comment:
This.
PragmaticPulp is speaking about STRATEGY.
You need a reasonable strategy, OP.
Check out my recent comments for my lengthier reply of advice, but here I'll summarize:
* Make small pivots. Don't try to jump to the top, as Pragmatic mentions
* Market yourself. Want to be a programmer? Show the world you're a programmer then! How? You need to build an open source project with in-demand programming languages & frameworks. You need a Web Portfolio to show off your projects. A LinkedIn presence. And, put your resume up on job sites. This is basic marketing strategy, OP.
Want a dev job? Well, how do you show the world you're a dev? Again, click my name to read my recent replies if you can't find 'em here on the first page of 300+ replies.
So, focus on crafting your strategy and then completing the strategy.
Keep your head up. Stay positive. Find motivational music & speeches on spotify & youtube-- that helped me get through 4 months of building my full stack app (no one paid me to make it, I simply built it b/c I knew I needed to show the world I had the skills)