I don’t think I will be completely cutting myself off... but I’m not going to send it without having already built connections at the company.
I know I’m not the best and I also know that if I try to just be the same as everyone else I can’t win. I’ve been applying to jobs on and off for the past 6 months. Tried to update the style and things on my resume constantly, and been interviewed only a handful of times.
From now on, I’m planning to simply dedicate myself to project work which pays our bills, and open source, as a way to market myself and become a better developer.
Since I'm a manager, and I'm hiring (and have recently re-written our job description etc)... and I'm responsible for reviewing incoming applications...
Feel free to use my LinkedIn (visible from my Dev profile) to get direct, private contact with me.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but this sounds more like a confidence / current Covid related job market situation than anything else. We might not be in the same technical stack etc, and given (by the currencies) that you're in the US, I probably wouldn't be hiring you, unless you wanted to relocate to the UK...
But as one random human on the internet to another, please feel free to send me what you have & I'll give you an honest feedback & pointers etc. I'm also happy to ask friendly recruiters for their feedback (with your permission of course).
If it comes down to it, feel free to hit me up on Skype.
The only thing I can promise you though, is that I won't be paying you for your time ;) (but I also won't charge you for mine).
Dave, you are awesome. Thank you so much! Yes I will definitely connect with you on LinkedIn.
About payment. that was kind of a throw in when I was writing it and I shouldn’t even have said that. Reading it again it sounded really conceited. I’m very thankful for your input.
Don't worry, my humour is often a little hit & miss.
Ultimately, to each their own... but after the 2020 that we've all had, if I can at all brighten even one person's day, feel free to spell out what you need etc (here, LinkedIn, Skype, carrier pigeon, all good).
Wow thank you Dave. The main thing for me is to be a part of a great team where I can grow as a software developer and feel like I’m contributing to building something good for the world. Other than that I don’t have a lot of expectations.
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I don’t think I will be completely cutting myself off... but I’m not going to send it without having already built connections at the company.
I know I’m not the best and I also know that if I try to just be the same as everyone else I can’t win. I’ve been applying to jobs on and off for the past 6 months. Tried to update the style and things on my resume constantly, and been interviewed only a handful of times.
From now on, I’m planning to simply dedicate myself to project work which pays our bills, and open source, as a way to market myself and become a better developer.
Since I'm a manager, and I'm hiring (and have recently re-written our job description etc)... and I'm responsible for reviewing incoming applications...
Feel free to use my LinkedIn (visible from my Dev profile) to get direct, private contact with me.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but this sounds more like a confidence / current Covid related job market situation than anything else. We might not be in the same technical stack etc, and given (by the currencies) that you're in the US, I probably wouldn't be hiring you, unless you wanted to relocate to the UK...
But as one random human on the internet to another, please feel free to send me what you have & I'll give you an honest feedback & pointers etc. I'm also happy to ask friendly recruiters for their feedback (with your permission of course).
If it comes down to it, feel free to hit me up on Skype.
The only thing I can promise you though, is that I won't be paying you for your time ;) (but I also won't charge you for mine).
Dave, you are awesome. Thank you so much! Yes I will definitely connect with you on LinkedIn.
About payment. that was kind of a throw in when I was writing it and I shouldn’t even have said that. Reading it again it sounded really conceited. I’m very thankful for your input.
Don't worry, my humour is often a little hit & miss.
Ultimately, to each their own... but after the 2020 that we've all had, if I can at all brighten even one person's day, feel free to spell out what you need etc (here, LinkedIn, Skype, carrier pigeon, all good).
Wow thank you Dave. The main thing for me is to be a part of a great team where I can grow as a software developer and feel like I’m contributing to building something good for the world. Other than that I don’t have a lot of expectations.