Re:Ask HN: 6 months of trying to get a job with no luck, sho...
by stevoo on Tuesday May 28, 2013 @09:39AM
(#5779925)
Try and moving the actual programming to the top.
Lets say in this order :
HTML/CSS
PHP/MYsql (plus the other for tweaking or modifying. It shows inexperience and weakness. That you have never written anything from scratch)
Adobe
SEO
SEM
Social Media
Linux
Outsourcing ( i am not sure this is neccesary )
You also write that you have done a lot but give no creditable work done.
Either post some links to your work, or create a personal website to display all that you have done.
If you are an HTML person you should have a few to display your work.
Create a small paragraph for your personal information why should someone hire you and your objective. No more than 5- 7 lines
Interests go to the bottom. That is not the second thing that i want to read.
Also ... learn a couple more languages. Someone with no degree should know more. This is a must. I wont hire you with no degree and only php even if it is a php guy that i am looking for. This shows me that you dont have what it takes to learn something. I need you to show me that you can learn even if you dont have a college degree.
Plenty of web languages to go around ! Very important !!!
You also write that you have done a lot but give no creditable work done. Either post some links to your work, or create a personal website to display all that you have done.
If you are an HTML person you should have a few to display your work.
Create a small paragraph for your personal information why should someone hire you and your objective. No more than 5- 7 lines
Interests go to the bottom. That is not the second thing that i want to read.
Also ... learn a couple more languages. Someone with no degree should know more. This is a must. I wont hire you with no degree and only php even if it is a php guy that i am looking for. This shows me that you dont have what it takes to learn something. I need you to show me that you can learn even if you dont have a college degree. Plenty of web languages to go around ! Very important !!!