Build and Learn

Getting hired as a developer

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  • Sourcing where you want to apply 
    • Make a list of the tools/apps/companies you like to use
    • Outbound (Make a top 10 list)
    • Inbound (review inbound recruiter outreach from the past 3 months or more)
    • Networking (who do you know, try to do some coffee chats to see if they like their company and team)
    • Cold outreach is tough (numbers game)
    • Timing - interviewing such that offers come in around the same time
  • Resume & cover letter & LinkedIn & Social 
    • Have these reviewed by your peers and iterate on feedback
    • Make sure you communicate the things you’ve done that add value, ideally how much value you’ve added. Situation Behavior Impact (SBI) is a good framework for bullets
    • Omit anything unrelated to the job you’re going for (hot take?)
    • Clean up social
  • Preparing for Interviews 
    • Practice Interviews with friends/mentors 
      • Pairing
    • Research the company
    • Algorithms 
      • HackerRank
      • LeetCode
      • Exercism
  • Communities 
    • Rands Leadership Slack
    • Reverse Job Boards 
      • https://railsdevs.com/
    • RemoteOK.com
    • WeWorkRemotely.com
    • HN Who’s Hiring - first of each month
  • Resources 
    • interview cake https://www.interviewcake.com/
    • Cracking the coding interview by Gayle Laakmann McDowell https://www.crackingthecodinginterview.com/
    • Atomic Habits - James Clear https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits
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Build and LearnBy CJ Avilla, Colin Loretz
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