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Re:Ask HN: I'm not a rockstar coder. Do I have a place in SV? by ninja_to_be on Thursday July 30, 2015 @04:40PM (#9977891)
I have started doing this now. However, isn't this something which eats into the personal-time of a person? Why should software eat my world?

Assuming I do get a good job now, I would be writing code for them, which most likely would be closed source. If I ever want to switch companies after a few years, should I start writing such code samples again?

The thing which irks me most is when companies do not even bother to look at my profile without open-source contributions.

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Re:Ask HN: I'm not a rockstar coder. Do I have a place in SV? by rue on Thursday July 30, 2015 @07:27PM (#9978954)
Is there something you want to work on? A gps tracker for hiking, maybe?

Something simple that’s useful to you. Then stick it up on Github.

(Or maybe even better yet, find a project already doing something you want and help.)

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Re:Ask HN: I'm not a rockstar coder. Do I have a place in SV? by blake_himself on Thursday July 30, 2015 @05:49PM (#9978442)
It's a competitive region.
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