michaeljacobdavis/Getting a Job.md

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Checkout what's out there

What are employers looking for?
Checkout linkedin and see if you can get intros
See if they host open houses or events


Meetup

Network
Learn something know
Meet cool people!


Github

Build an app that's interesting to you (not a todo app... which i am guilty of)
Contribute to open source (but meaningfuly)


Read open source code! There are hundreds of ways of doing things. You might learn a new pattern/idea/library/language feature.


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...keep checking what's out there

See what the going rate for what you're doing is
What skills are employers looking for. Are you learning those where you're at?
Interview as often as you want... but shoot for at least once or twice a year


Compensation isn't just money

Learning
Career growth (are you moving up and do you want to here?)
Stocks and Benefits
Team and Co-workers
Culture
Work/Life balance
It's fine to take a lower paying/title if you're getting compensated in other ways


Keeping up to date

Hacker News, Reddit, etc

Mobbing with other teams or pairing with other people
Can't try out something at work? Do a side project


Mentorship

Usually unofficial
Pick someone that is where you want to be (knowledge, career, life wise) and talk to them
People like talking about themselves... You just have to ask them
You can have more than one!


Fail... A lot

At interviewing
At work
In general
put yourself in a position where it's no big deal
... and just learn something from it.