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7 Tips to Make Sure You Don't Get Your Dream Developer Job

Simon Barker on August 24, 2021

If you don't want to get your first, or dream, developer job then follow these tips to absolutely minimize your chances of not getting the job but ...
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yoquiale

I don't link my portfolio or GitHub because I don't have any projects, my CV already lists what I know.

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Simon Barker

If you find you get jobs fine without it then your experience does a good job speaking for you. For many new developers this isn't the case.

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yoquiale

I still haven't had a first job yet. I'm fresh out of a vocational I.T degree and a vocational web dev degree , all the experience I have is 6~ months in two companies as a web dev.

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Matt Curcio

Hi Simon,
All very good points and for the most part True
Thanks

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Simon Barker

Thanks Matt πŸ˜€

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Asif

And also
Does anyone hire a 16 years old kid who learnt to code from the internet?

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Amey Bhavsar

There's a lot of competition even for internships. Undergraduate around 18-21 age have difficulty getting hired. Unless a 16 year old can demonstrate a fine grasp better than those undergraduates, it might be difficult to be hired. And, these is only applicable for internship roles.

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Simon Barker

16 is going to be tough without really showing you have some great skills, a few more years and it's very possible, as my interview with Jordan on Episode 7 of the Career Switch To Coding podcast shows πŸ˜€

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Asif

many thanks

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Chris Hansen

Yoo thanks for these killer points! I won't tell you what tragedy I'm commiting here .. πŸ˜…πŸ˜¬πŸ€£

Literally applying some of these ASAP 🀘

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Simon Barker

You're welcome, no tragedy unless you don't fix it πŸ˜€

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