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Re:Ask HN: Moving from tiny websites to serious tech skills? by vmception on Sunday December 26, 2021 @10:04AM (#29692879)
incorporate your software company

list a couple clients if you can

point out that you’ve been working for that (your) software company for several years as a senior software engineer

pass bullshit brainteaser problems

viola

Re:Ask HN: Moving from tiny websites to serious tech skills? by ultrasounder on Sunday December 26, 2021 @05:29PM (#29696978)
Ha! I copy-pasted your response from last weeks thread above. What a great response. Ima try it in the new year myself. Already incorporated llc. Building my static site this week and off to the leet races I go.
Re:Ask HN: Moving from tiny websites to serious tech skills? by bad_interivewee on Sunday December 26, 2021 @11:37AM (#29693828)
ive had a corp for a while but never called myself "senior engineer". maybe ill give that a shot.
Re:Ask HN: Moving from tiny websites to serious tech skills? by camb416 on Sunday December 26, 2021 @02:04PM (#29695269)
As a Tech Director, I don’t like this. We’re not fooled by this kind of thing. I’d rather see someone dedicated to learning and growing, but that’s just me maybe.
Re:Ask HN: Moving from tiny websites to serious tech skills? by vmception on Sunday December 26, 2021 @10:00PM (#29698648)
As a tech director, you get to evaluate that holistically because the recruiter called them back at all, when they otherwise would have been bounced before your discretion came into play
Re:Ask HN: Moving from tiny websites to serious tech skills? by bad_interivewee on Sunday December 26, 2021 @02:38PM (#29695565)
not trying to “fool” anyone, trying to get an opportunity. ive had to apply to hundreds of places to get a handful of replies.

been learning and growing for 3 decades starting on a IIe but highlighting that part hasn’t worked so why not experiment with my approach?

Re:Ask HN: Moving from tiny websites to serious tech skills? by 6510 on Sunday December 26, 2021 @10:24PM (#29698784)
List additional clients when work for previous clients is done.