Re:Ask HN: How do you go about finding a job?
by boingo on Monday July 15, 2024 @03:50AM
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Same age, same strategy, same results. The "searching and applying" time cost every morning is usually 1-2 hours the first few days, but ends up taking 20-30 minutes after you've tweaked the signal-to-noise ratio effectively with adjustments to your bookmarked "newest" job postings with filters applied.
You'll also have at the ready your "copy paste" document for those fields the application portals tend to screw up at scraping from your resume after upload. You will undoubtedly run across postings mentioning products or technology that you have not personally used. I take those opportunities to watch a quick YT video in my second monitor on the topic to gain a nugget of understanding while I continue my search.
I often walk away each morning having learned a little something new, and it doesn't feel like such a grind.
Re:Ask HN: How do you go about finding a job?
by delbronski on Monday July 15, 2024 @04:13AM
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This YT video thing sounds very familiar. I do the same thing whenever I run into a job application in an industry/niche market I never heard of. It does makes the whole process less of a grind for me.
Re:Ask HN: How do you go about finding a job?
by abdussamit on Monday July 15, 2024 @03:31AM
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That is crazy! Is it true that behind your 100% success rate, your portfolio looks great?
Re:Ask HN: How do you go about finding a job?
by delbronski on Monday July 15, 2024 @04:17AM
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I don't really have a portfolio. There is nothing impressive in my Github. I don't have my own website/blog. I do have a good track record in my previous companies and plenty of old colleagues willing to give a good reference if needed.
Where do you look for job postings? I figure this is very dependent on location.
Re:Ask HN: How do you go about finding a job?
by abdussamit on Monday July 15, 2024 @03:36AM
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True, dxuh. I'm in Asia, I won't get many replies from companies outside my country, for sure. So I can't afford to get picky.
Re:Ask HN: How do you go about finding a job?
by delbronski on Monday July 15, 2024 @04:18AM
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Yeah, I think that's a very valid point. I've worked half my career in the US and the other half in Northern Europe.
Re:Ask HN: How do you go about finding a job?
by johnnyanmac on Monday July 15, 2024 @04:44AM
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and perhaps industry/domain. Though these days it feels like all parts of tech are extending the interview process. It was already too long to begin with but it feels like every person in the company needs to slowly schedule an hour to talk every week for 3 months straight before considering you as a candidate.
Re:Ask HN: How do you go about finding a job?
by chadQuinlan on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @08:26AM
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Where do you even find the emails addresses? Or are you saying you add that to the application notes or whatever?
I'm quite selective about the jobs I apply to. I read job descriptions carefully to try and get a sense of the place. I know the kinds of environments I prefer to work in at this point.