Portfolio Deliverables:
- 1 paragraph describing your top 3 priorities in your first dev job and why
- Personal barriers with action steps
I am looking for a junior developer position with a salary between $60K and $70K and full health benefits, preferably in/around Denver, preferably in an industry related to space research/exploration, politics/law (criminal), or music consumption/distribution/production, preferably in a small-to-medium sized organization where I would have a higher level of influence.
- Being new to the industry
- Lack of knowledge
- Remind yourself of what you do have/know
- Continue to learn & develop skills
- Talk to people in the industry (i.e., Turing Alumni, guest speakers)
- Reach out to other code schools
- Transactional
- Environment & conversations not natural/personal (feel fake)
- Find someone to go with to help "open the door"
- Practice talking points so that covering them can be more naturally conversational
- Not having the answers
- Realize that it may be less about knowing the answers, and more about your thought process & communication skills
- Research before hand (e.g., what languages does the company use)
- Perform mock interviews as practice
- Improv class
- Bragging/Pointing out strengths
- Lying/Embellishing to appear unique/special
- Write your story in long form, then summarize it, then summarize the summary, and so on until you have a concise "sell"
- Start with just one strength/skill
- Lack of knowledge (Entering the Software Industry)
- Not having the answers (Interviewing)
- Environment & conversations not natural/personal, feels fake (Networking)
- Bragging/Pointing out strengths (Personal Branding)
1 to 2 paragraphs describing action steps to take to overcome the barriers listed above