rainrisa/reminder.txt

## reminder.txt
source: reddit comment
https://sh.reddit.com/r/Frontend/comments/16gpov4/not_getting_any_reply_or_interviews/k0bjwqu/

You obviously don't understand what having a poor mindset is.

If all you're doing is searching job boards for "entry level" jobs then yea they don't exist much anymore. That's what people with a poor mindset are doing. You don't apply for jobs because they have the title you think fits you. You apply for jobs where you think you'd be qualified to do the job. Required qualifications are just a list of what they would like from the applicant but no one will ever have them all. HR people and recruiters create jobe ads. They are just boiler plate. They don't put "entry level" or "junior" anymore. The reason is there are 1000s of people who are applying and they want to discourage anyone that isn't truly motivated from even applying. If you see a job post for web developer that doesn't say "entry level" and immediately skim past it or look at the qualifications and see a technology you don't know on it and skip it then you're not motivated and you're just not ready to work anyway. They post these ads with stuff like that and know they will never find someone that fits all their qualifications and if they do they most likely won't be willing to pay them the way they are worth. So they end up hiring more entry level people but they hire the most motivated ones who are willing to do whatever job and learn whatever they have to in order to get the job done. They would prefer to hire the most qualified candidate so they don't have to spend tons of time on training but they can't always do that because they cant afford those candidates so they take the ones they can get who they think will be easy to train and are motivated to learn any technology they need to.

There are also plenty of entry level openings that arent being posted on indeed or linkedin. You have to be creative and find other ways to look for jobs.

Most of the time when people are on here complaining about not finding jobs they all have the same type of mindset. They all want to work for big companies, they want to either work remote or close to where they have always lived, and they shame jobs that could get their foot in the door because it may not be what they want. You're not going to get your frist job at google, amazon, netflix, or microsoft. It doesn't mean don't apply it's just not happening. Your first job probably wont be remote. That's a pipe dream. If you're limiting yourself to working within an hour or two of where you currently live because you're too afraid of being too far from mommy and daddy you're limiting yourself. You need to get your foot in the door and get experience. If that means you have to move across the country to butt fuck no where because that's the place willing to give you a chance then you pack your shit and do it. Just sign a short 3-6 month lease and keep searching for other jobs while you work there. Leverage your experience to find one closer to where you want to live but you need a job in the meantime so you take what you can get. If you're a javascript developer and you're not applying for jobs that say "wordpress" developer because you don't think they are real developers then you miss out on a big segment of the job market. Many of those jobs will pay just as much as any other first job will. Just accept it and keep applying until you find your dream job.

Learn how to leverage things into experience. People get caught up in the endless cycle thinking I don't have experience so I cant find a job and if I can't find a job I can't get experience and they just go in circles. Learn how to make your own experience. Go to a non profit and tell them you're just looking for experience and ask to work a couple of days a week for free doing development stuff for them in return for experience on your resume. Maybe stretch a little about what your title was when you did some freelance work. 90% of the time when a company sees you worked somewhere as a developer they aren't verifying it. That doesn't mean flat out lie and say you were a software engineer at google but if you built a website and did SEO for someone then instead of putting that as "freelance" work just put that you worked there as their lead developer or something. Let them know incase a job calls to verify it. Recruiters and job postings are misleading as hell so who cares if you mislead a little on your resume? You don't have a job and you need one. Do what you have to do without being a complete deceptive asshole.

Instead of sitting at your desk hitting quick apply for every job you think suits you actually tailor your cover letter and resume to fit the role. Make it more personal. If you don't your application gets thrown in the pile with all the other people doing that and never gets looked at. Find ways to get your portfolio and resume in the hands of people hiring. I know people who got their first job by finding the CEO's contact info for their company and emailing them their resume and portfolio asking to give them a chance. You do what you need to do.

Learn how to socialize. Go to tech meet ups, job fairs, talk to people about where they work when you meet new people, and find ways to make connections. My friend just got a guy we went to highschool a job as a developer at the company he works for. My friend has 0 to do with tech. He's an administrative assitant who just helps with day to day office stuff and makes appointments. He just told his mananger our buddy applied and seems like a decent dev. They pulled up his application and portfolio and said "portfolio looks good I'll pass it along". Guy had no experience. They called him and interviewed him, gave him a technical assesssment which he passed, and gave him his first developer job. It wasn't an entry level role. It was a role he felt he could do if he was hired so he just applied.

The market is oversaturated in your head because you have a poor mindset. There are 1000s of openings on job boards alone and new ones are being posted daily. That doesn't even count all the ones not posted that are out there if you just learn how to look for them.
	source: reddit comment
	https://sh.reddit.com/r/Frontend/comments/16gpov4/not_getting_any_reply_or_interviews/k0bjwqu/

	You obviously don't understand what having a poor mindset is.

	If all you're doing is searching job boards for "entry level" jobs then yea they don't exist much anymore. That's what people with a poor mindset are doing. You don't apply for jobs because they have the title you think fits you. You apply for jobs where you think you'd be qualified to do the job. Required qualifications are just a list of what they would like from the applicant but no one will ever have them all. HR people and recruiters create jobe ads. They are just boiler plate. They don't put "entry level" or "junior" anymore. The reason is there are 1000s of people who are applying and they want to discourage anyone that isn't truly motivated from even applying. If you see a job post for web developer that doesn't say "entry level" and immediately skim past it or look at the qualifications and see a technology you don't know on it and skip it then you're not motivated and you're just not ready to work anyway. They post these ads with stuff like that and know they will never find someone that fits all their qualifications and if they do they most likely won't be willing to pay them the way they are worth. So they end up hiring more entry level people but they hire the most motivated ones who are willing to do whatever job and learn whatever they have to in order to get the job done. They would prefer to hire the most qualified candidate so they don't have to spend tons of time on training but they can't always do that because they cant afford those candidates so they take the ones they can get who they think will be easy to train and are motivated to learn any technology they need to.

	There are also plenty of entry level openings that arent being posted on indeed or linkedin. You have to be creative and find other ways to look for jobs.

	Most of the time when people are on here complaining about not finding jobs they all have the same type of mindset. They all want to work for big companies, they want to either work remote or close to where they have always lived, and they shame jobs that could get their foot in the door because it may not be what they want. You're not going to get your frist job at google, amazon, netflix, or microsoft. It doesn't mean don't apply it's just not happening. Your first job probably wont be remote. That's a pipe dream. If you're limiting yourself to working within an hour or two of where you currently live because you're too afraid of being too far from mommy and daddy you're limiting yourself. You need to get your foot in the door and get experience. If that means you have to move across the country to butt fuck no where because that's the place willing to give you a chance then you pack your shit and do it. Just sign a short 3-6 month lease and keep searching for other jobs while you work there. Leverage your experience to find one closer to where you want to live but you need a job in the meantime so you take what you can get. If you're a javascript developer and you're not applying for jobs that say "wordpress" developer because you don't think they are real developers then you miss out on a big segment of the job market. Many of those jobs will pay just as much as any other first job will. Just accept it and keep applying until you find your dream job.

	Learn how to leverage things into experience. People get caught up in the endless cycle thinking I don't have experience so I cant find a job and if I can't find a job I can't get experience and they just go in circles. Learn how to make your own experience. Go to a non profit and tell them you're just looking for experience and ask to work a couple of days a week for free doing development stuff for them in return for experience on your resume. Maybe stretch a little about what your title was when you did some freelance work. 90% of the time when a company sees you worked somewhere as a developer they aren't verifying it. That doesn't mean flat out lie and say you were a software engineer at google but if you built a website and did SEO for someone then instead of putting that as "freelance" work just put that you worked there as their lead developer or something. Let them know incase a job calls to verify it. Recruiters and job postings are misleading as hell so who cares if you mislead a little on your resume? You don't have a job and you need one. Do what you have to do without being a complete deceptive asshole.

	Instead of sitting at your desk hitting quick apply for every job you think suits you actually tailor your cover letter and resume to fit the role. Make it more personal. If you don't your application gets thrown in the pile with all the other people doing that and never gets looked at. Find ways to get your portfolio and resume in the hands of people hiring. I know people who got their first job by finding the CEO's contact info for their company and emailing them their resume and portfolio asking to give them a chance. You do what you need to do.

	Learn how to socialize. Go to tech meet ups, job fairs, talk to people about where they work when you meet new people, and find ways to make connections. My friend just got a guy we went to highschool a job as a developer at the company he works for. My friend has 0 to do with tech. He's an administrative assitant who just helps with day to day office stuff and makes appointments. He just told his mananger our buddy applied and seems like a decent dev. They pulled up his application and portfolio and said "portfolio looks good I'll pass it along". Guy had no experience. They called him and interviewed him, gave him a technical assesssment which he passed, and gave him his first developer job. It wasn't an entry level role. It was a role he felt he could do if he was hired so he just applied.

	The market is oversaturated in your head because you have a poor mindset. There are 1000s of openings on job boards alone and new ones are being posted daily. That doesn't even count all the ones not posted that are out there if you just learn how to look for them.