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First YOE in software – what to expect at the end?

I'm coming up on my first year of employment salaried full time doing back end development, and I am wondering what I should be expecting in terms of a fair compensation increase. I don't really know what is normal, but I have often heard that people have to job hop particularly in tech to get paid what they are worth, and I want to be ahead of that meeting when it happens. I think I am...

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Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2023) on Monday January 02, 2023 @12:47PM (#34221005)
Location: Alberta, Canada

Remote: Either remote or in person is fine

Willing to relocate: Yes, prefer to stay in Canada

Technologies: Python, Lua, Javascript, ASP.NET. SQL, HTML5/CSS, C, Java, Git, Bash/Linux, Windows

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanner-loeppky-600524243/

https://github.com/TannerShmoog/Resume/blob/main/Resume2022T...

Email: [email protected]

Hi HN, I graduated a year ago with a B.Sc. in Computer Science, and since then have taken on a couple freelance projects on my own. I'm now looking for a more permanent position in the software industry, and while being relatively new developer, I believe I have strong fundamentals and a focus on delivering readable, maintainable code. Looking forward to hearing from some of you!

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2022) on Monday August 01, 2022 @07:16PM (#32313343)
Location: Alberta, Canada

Remote: Either is fine

Willing to relocate: Yes, prefer to stay in Canada/USA Technologies: Python, Lua, Java, HTML5/CSS, Javascript, ASP.NET, VB, C, Assembly, SQL, Xquery, Bash/Linux

Résumé/CV: https://github.com/TannerShmoog/Resume/blob/main/Resume2022T...

Email: [email protected]

Hi, I'm a recent graduate with a B.Sc. in Computer Science looking for my first junior position to break into the industry, my strongest skills are Python and relational database concepts, but I am confident and willing to pick up whatever tools are needed for the right opportunity. Looking forward to honing my skills as a developer.

Re:Ask HN: Reasonable scope for a beginner web dev? on Friday June 17, 2022 @06:55PM (#31785516)
I can use shopify, is that what you would recommend? The goal is just to get something that looks nice and works for minimal cost for the client, and to learn some professionally applicable skills for me.
Re:Ask HN: Reasonable scope for a beginner web dev? on Friday June 17, 2022 @03:12AM (#31775033)
This is helpful. I guess it makes sense that there is no single answer to edge case handling, and it probably is more than I can handle to set up a payment processor on my own.

As to the career path, I've had a lot of trouble getting my foot in the door anywhere. I have a bit of an employment gap for the last couple years of my university, and while I do have some I.T. and soft development experience this doesnt seem to be enough.

The client is aware that I have no experience and my rate is adjusted according to the risk, even so I dont want to waste their time. That said, would you consider setting up an app with the shopify API to be using SaaS? This would still let me build out some of the front end with react rather than letting squarespace do everything, but from what I understand they handle a lot of the payment edge cases like chargebacks.

Re:Ask HN: Reasonable scope for a beginner web dev? on Friday June 17, 2022 @12:50AM (#31774245)
Yea the edge cases are what I am referring to when I say I've found it difficult to research. If you know of any resources on this I'd love to read them. I'm not opposed to letting some platforms do some of the work for me, but clicking and dragging on squarespace isnt a marketable skill, so I'd rather avoid that.
Re:Ask HN: Reasonable scope for a beginner web dev? on Friday June 17, 2022 @12:46AM (#31774223)
The client's requirements are pretty relaxed. Looking at pricing for shopify and stripe, they take the same transaction fees and shopify just adds a 29$/month charge, since the buisness is small enough I assume they would buy the basic plan.

The client is likely fine with either option, what I'm most interested in is getting a working result without getting stuck, while still learning as much as I can from this. I've had a lot of trouble finding a job so I am trying some solo projects to try to get my feet wet in the industry.

Ask HN: Reasonable scope for a beginner web dev?

Hi, I'm a fresh graduate with a BSc in Comp sci, and I am wondering how reasonable the project I'm considering taking on as a commission is. I'm a relatively experienced programmer, but newish to web development.The project is a simple ecommerce site:-A couple of static pages-A product listing, and the ability to add to a cart with various custom options/dropdowns-Ability to edit cart-Ability...

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Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2022) on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @11:04PM (#31590836)
Location: Alberta, Canada

Remote: Either way is fine

Willing to relocate: Yes, prefer to stay in Canada

Technologies: Python, C, Lua, Java, HTML5, CSS, Javascript, ASP.NET, SQL, XML, Assembly programming, Windows/Linux Operating systems, Bash, Android Studio, currently learning Django and React

Resume/CV: https://github.com/TannerShmoog/Resume

Email: [email protected]

Hi, I'm a recent B.Sc. Computer Science graduate looking for an opportunity to get my feet wet and prove I can excel in this industry! I'm passionate about writing clean, readable code and open to mostly any new experience I can get as I am eager to learn. I have some experience in the I.T. industry and a variety of pet projects that I continue to expand. Feel free to contact me about positions that require technologies not listed as I am able to learn quickly and pick up new tools without much trouble. Please reach out via email or phone if interested!