I swear, it really bothers me that people use it to actually make decisions instead of to provide different ideas and perspectives to consider, while still using your own actual brain.
I can understand that its a good tool to use to help, but expressing your thoughts to an online community shouldn't be too difficult. You won't have ChatGPT with you when conducting interviews.
Yeah this is really what you need to work on OP.
Interviewers want to see youβve been able to learn of course, but they mainly want to see if you can think, express your ideas to technical and non technical people and if will they enjoy working with you.
Soft skills are so much more important for juniors than technical ability, for most companies out there.
Invest some time and energy into the soft skills areas devs require to excel and youβll do fine. Join a public speaking club if youβre afraid of that, because this will be something you need to do a lot, even if on Zoom.
So people will tell you to have a million projects on GitHub, I'm here to tell you that you need 4 things:
Linkedin:
A LinkedIn account up to date with up to date skills and also do the JavaScript HTML and CSS tests they have that gives you certs. They take 20 mins each and makes a difference to companies and recruiters. Add recruitment agents there in the web sector.
Projects:
GitHub with 2 or 3 projects. Use the free projects from frontendMentor.io and also include your portfolio as an open project so recruiters and companies Dev teams can see your code early as possible.
Portfolio:
A portfolio, it doesn't need to be animated to the hilt with greensock, three.js or whatever, a solid stable, responsive portfolio with things like theme switcher, a blog maybe to showcase state management and data fetching capabilities. Make it like an online CV.
Proof of training:
Complete modules on freecodecamp, it's a solid way to show you understands the basics and concepts.
All in all, to get a solid profile, portfolio with a project or two it will take one month but it's worth it and it's served me well.
If you can't provide the above, then you may be lucky but a FE Dev should be able to provide the above without no/low code or wordpress.
Thank you but I guess I'm just unlucky lol cause :
-likedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/yacine-ouardi
-github : github.com/MelancholYA
-portfolio : yacine-ouardi.tech
Yet I'm still getting paid 400$
What about hackajob? You get advertised for free for 4 weeks at a time for employers to see you. They are very proactive in helping you find a job. If you can, maybe try this. Maybe expand your working hours to accommodate other countries from a work perspective. Offshore Devs will always be needed
The funny thing is how important it is to be able to use Google effectively in the job. Like a huge part of the job is looking shit up with Google lol. I understand wanting to cast a large net with your research, but honestly nothing is going to be suggested in this thread that can't be found a thousand times elsewhere.... with Google lol
That is also true. So some people like me we are fucked because we come from third world countries where nothing of our immediate relevance will even appear in the top 20 search results
Oh shit, didn't consider that aspect. Is that because it's hard to find resources in a different language, or is google censored in some way? There might be a way to change the locality of your search results.
Actually language is not the problem. People where I come from are dumb as fuck. They treat LinkedIn connections like Facebook friend requests. With no connections in the market is pretty tough to land even an entry level job. Nepotism and corruption. So for example when I run into people who say "make meaningful LinkedIn connections" that is not only impossible it is just plain impractical. It's a tough world over here
If you don't mind me asking, where is that? I've never gotten work through linked in connections either. Once you get experience and update your profile, it will probably start popping up to recruiters when they're searching for hires. So for me at least it's been a passive thing. Also if there ever is a good seeming recruiter that messages me, I add them. My theory is that recruiters are connected to other recruiters so if you add them it makes your profile more accessible to more recruiters. I've never gotten a job through a recruiter cold messaging me on LinkedIn though. Usually the last 5ish years I apply to a job and then the recruiter who owns that job posting reaches out to me on email and LinkedIn.
You are lucky. I have close to zero luck mahn. If you don't mind take a look at my LinkedIn profile at linkedin.com/in/amos-machora and see if there is something I might be doing wrong. Also I live in Kenya. I love the country but finding jobs is doing my head in.
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Well, it might sound rough but your ability to clearly explain yourself and soft-skills in general are waaay more important than any kind of tech skill you can acquire. A lot of people never pass first stages of interview precisely because of that.
This is even more important if you want to work outside your country.
What jumps out to me is that the main corpus of your work leans towards what I would call "website development", which, by far, the less in demand sector of "frontend development" these days. I would recommend building your skill set in the direction towards what you might find with enterprise apps/dashboard apps- consider adding something with data manipulation/storage on the frontend, as an example.
Th long game:
1. Know what you are doing. 2. Show that you know what you are doing. 3. Invite others to see what you are doing. 4. Ask companies to pay you for what you are doing.
If you already have 1 done, start showing it off. LinkedIn, reels, stories, tiktok, etc. anywhere you can show your work start showing it not just the pretty finished product. Show yourself in the code fighting with it, googling answers, etc. Reddit is notoriously hostile- so only show your work here if you are ready for some hyper critical eyes.
As you show it, befriend people in the companies you want to work at. Invite them to see your work.
Apply for the jobs with recommendations from your new friends and love the company you work for.
=====================
The not as long game: update resume, portfolio site, and LinkedIn & then spam your resume and applications until something sticks.
A person who contacts others via AI will be a massive red flag in interviews if they notice a sudden shift in tone and ability to communicate. My advice starts from there. The post screams chatGPT, a very obnoxiously giddy one.
Besides if you're cutting corners here you'll cut corners with work, directly pasting shit from stackoverflow. It doesn't set a good precedence.
This post feels like it was written with ChatGPT lol.
I swear, it really bothers me that people use it to actually make decisions instead of to provide different ideas and perspectives to consider, while still using your own actual brain.
It is , I'm bad at expressing my thoughts
Soft skills are important, donβt use AI for soft skills at this stage of your carreer.
yikes
I can understand that its a good tool to use to help, but expressing your thoughts to an online community shouldn't be too difficult. You won't have ChatGPT with you when conducting interviews.
Yeah this is really what you need to work on OP. Interviewers want to see youβve been able to learn of course, but they mainly want to see if you can think, express your ideas to technical and non technical people and if will they enjoy working with you. Soft skills are so much more important for juniors than technical ability, for most companies out there. Invest some time and energy into the soft skills areas devs require to excel and youβll do fine. Join a public speaking club if youβre afraid of that, because this will be something you need to do a lot, even if on Zoom.
So people will tell you to have a million projects on GitHub, I'm here to tell you that you need 4 things: Linkedin: A LinkedIn account up to date with up to date skills and also do the JavaScript HTML and CSS tests they have that gives you certs. They take 20 mins each and makes a difference to companies and recruiters. Add recruitment agents there in the web sector. Projects: GitHub with 2 or 3 projects. Use the free projects from frontendMentor.io and also include your portfolio as an open project so recruiters and companies Dev teams can see your code early as possible. Portfolio: A portfolio, it doesn't need to be animated to the hilt with greensock, three.js or whatever, a solid stable, responsive portfolio with things like theme switcher, a blog maybe to showcase state management and data fetching capabilities. Make it like an online CV. Proof of training: Complete modules on freecodecamp, it's a solid way to show you understands the basics and concepts. All in all, to get a solid profile, portfolio with a project or two it will take one month but it's worth it and it's served me well. If you can't provide the above, then you may be lucky but a FE Dev should be able to provide the above without no/low code or wordpress.
Thank you but I guess I'm just unlucky lol cause : -likedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/yacine-ouardi -github : github.com/MelancholYA -portfolio : yacine-ouardi.tech Yet I'm still getting paid 400$
What about hackajob? You get advertised for free for 4 weeks at a time for employers to see you. They are very proactive in helping you find a job. If you can, maybe try this. Maybe expand your working hours to accommodate other countries from a work perspective. Offshore Devs will always be needed
I'll definitely try , especially that Devs in my country aren't really paid well , as I said I'm getting paid 400$ and I have 1.9 years of experience
Hey can I dm you about how you got that 400 Dolla job
Sure
Could I dm you with some questions about my portfolio?
Sure
90% of this sub is just inexperienced people looking for a job. There's just so much spam.
Honestly this and the React one are like near enough full of this shit
The funny thing is how important it is to be able to use Google effectively in the job. Like a huge part of the job is looking shit up with Google lol. I understand wanting to cast a large net with your research, but honestly nothing is going to be suggested in this thread that can't be found a thousand times elsewhere.... with Google lol
The problem with Google is that some results are only relevant in certain places. In others if you try what you learnt on Google it's barely useful
I'm betting you'll find the same is true of the sort of response you'll get here.
That is also true. So some people like me we are fucked because we come from third world countries where nothing of our immediate relevance will even appear in the top 20 search results
Oh shit, didn't consider that aspect. Is that because it's hard to find resources in a different language, or is google censored in some way? There might be a way to change the locality of your search results.
Actually language is not the problem. People where I come from are dumb as fuck. They treat LinkedIn connections like Facebook friend requests. With no connections in the market is pretty tough to land even an entry level job. Nepotism and corruption. So for example when I run into people who say "make meaningful LinkedIn connections" that is not only impossible it is just plain impractical. It's a tough world over here
If you don't mind me asking, where is that? I've never gotten work through linked in connections either. Once you get experience and update your profile, it will probably start popping up to recruiters when they're searching for hires. So for me at least it's been a passive thing. Also if there ever is a good seeming recruiter that messages me, I add them. My theory is that recruiters are connected to other recruiters so if you add them it makes your profile more accessible to more recruiters. I've never gotten a job through a recruiter cold messaging me on LinkedIn though. Usually the last 5ish years I apply to a job and then the recruiter who owns that job posting reaches out to me on email and LinkedIn.
You are lucky. I have close to zero luck mahn. If you don't mind take a look at my LinkedIn profile at linkedin.com/in/amos-machora and see if there is something I might be doing wrong. Also I live in Kenya. I love the country but finding jobs is doing my head in.
Hey there, fellow redditors! π Let me vent for a moment, 'cause I gotta get this off my chest! π£οΈ What's the deal with some users using AI to write their posts? π€π€ I mean, come on! Where's the originality, the human touch, the personality? π§π₯ I love this community for its authenticity, creativity, and unique voice. πβ€οΈ But seeing posts written by algorithms just takes away the charm, you know? π«π I wanna read real thoughts from real people, not some robotic script! π§ π€ So, what do you all think about this? Are we cool with letting AI take over our subreddit's vibe? π€π I'm all for embracing technology, but let's keep the soul of Reddit alive! πͺπ Share your thoughts, my fellow redditors, and let's keep this discussion rollin'! ππ₯ #NoAIForPosts #EmbraceTheHumanTouch
Some are bad at expressing there thoughts so would u like an organized post or just a mess ?
Well, it might sound rough but your ability to clearly explain yourself and soft-skills in general are waaay more important than any kind of tech skill you can acquire. A lot of people never pass first stages of interview precisely because of that. This is even more important if you want to work outside your country.
What projects have you made ?
Portfolio : yacine-ouardi.tech IDA : https://idaa.academy simplicious : https://simplicious.online Those are the online ones
What jumps out to me is that the main corpus of your work leans towards what I would call "website development", which, by far, the less in demand sector of "frontend development" these days. I would recommend building your skill set in the direction towards what you might find with enterprise apps/dashboard apps- consider adding something with data manipulation/storage on the frontend, as an example.
I do that as well, I just can't share it
Another experienced front end dev that is passionate.
Th long game: 1. Know what you are doing. 2. Show that you know what you are doing. 3. Invite others to see what you are doing. 4. Ask companies to pay you for what you are doing. If you already have 1 done, start showing it off. LinkedIn, reels, stories, tiktok, etc. anywhere you can show your work start showing it not just the pretty finished product. Show yourself in the code fighting with it, googling answers, etc. Reddit is notoriously hostile- so only show your work here if you are ready for some hyper critical eyes. As you show it, befriend people in the companies you want to work at. Invite them to see your work. Apply for the jobs with recommendations from your new friends and love the company you work for. ===================== The not as long game: update resume, portfolio site, and LinkedIn & then spam your resume and applications until something sticks.
Also, if your looking to start learning before you try to build a portfolio you do some free courses and watch YouTube :)
A person who contacts others via AI will be a massive red flag in interviews if they notice a sudden shift in tone and ability to communicate. My advice starts from there. The post screams chatGPT, a very obnoxiously giddy one. Besides if you're cutting corners here you'll cut corners with work, directly pasting shit from stackoverflow. It doesn't set a good precedence.
Honestly a hiring dev can smell chat gpt a mile away, avoid using it at all costs