Re:Ask HN: What side projects landed you a job?
by rikafurude21 on Sunday December 03, 2023 @07:08PM
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Interesting projection, but to respond to your point: anyone could just put in a decade at Averagecorp inc. or even just hop around and throw together a decent resume. If a random OSS side project lands you an offer from apple thats gotta be jackpot level luck.
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Re:Ask HN: What side projects landed you a job?
by bifurcations on Sunday December 03, 2023 @08:38PM
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I'm now with the sibling commenter in that I can't tell if this a troll account.
In case it's not, there's an extension of Cunningham's law. If you're wrong and disagreeable to a sufficiently high degree, people will just ignore or quietly ridicule you rather than try and correct you.
Re:Ask HN: What side projects landed you a job?
by red-iron-pine on Monday December 04, 2023 @01:45PM
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apple has the best marketing bots in the world.
Re:Ask HN: What side projects landed you a job?
by Retric on Sunday December 03, 2023 @08:06PM
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Getting a developer job at Apple or other big Tech company isn’t a particularly difficult hurdle. If that’s a personal goal of yours treat it like trying to get into a specific college and set yourself up for success. You may not have great odds applying today, but there’s many options for improving your chances with some effort.
Re:Ask HN: What side projects landed you a job?
by saagarjha on Monday December 04, 2023 @02:03AM
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Not really. I have someone reach out every couple months because they saw something I worked on that relates to the technology that team is using. If you take a framework and do something cool with it, and the people who work on it find out about it (say, because someone spotted it on social media) they will often look to see if they can hire you. If you want to improve your chances, pick a technology few people are using and make something cool with that: there’s a lot of people who are experts on UIKit but very few who understand how AirPlay works. To get scouted for the former you have to be really, really interesting.
Re:Ask HN: What side projects landed you a job?
by wiseowise on Monday December 04, 2023 @02:56AM
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Not if Averagecorp inc. pays as much, if not more, than Apple or has better working conditions.
Do you seriously think someone cares if you work at FAANG outside of those student groups on Reddit?