Hi Simon, nice to hear your experience! I don't mean to boast, but I do have an very organized Github profile and a portfolio website with several full-scaled projects (not just todo apps and etc), I did land quite some interviews after 1 year of schooling, including one from Spotify, but what "beated" me is either "lack of working experience" and/or "computer science related education in a university" compared to other candidates at the same time.
I'd say it was your computer science related degree and some years of working experience, PLUS your github profile, that makes you stand out compared to other candidates at that time, which won you the offer. :)
Today it's different, the competition is much higher, as some CS grads already have chances to do summer internship at Spotify or Google. Having a nice portfolio will surely help you stand out, especially if you don't have CS degree or long years of experience, but that being said, CS related degrees and working experiences are still the more weighted points in hiring, at least in my personal experiences so far.
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Hi Simon, nice to hear your experience! I don't mean to boast, but I do have an very organized Github profile and a portfolio website with several full-scaled projects (not just todo apps and etc), I did land quite some interviews after 1 year of schooling, including one from Spotify, but what "beated" me is either "lack of working experience" and/or "computer science related education in a university" compared to other candidates at the same time.
I'd say it was your computer science related degree and some years of working experience, PLUS your github profile, that makes you stand out compared to other candidates at that time, which won you the offer. :)
Today it's different, the competition is much higher, as some CS grads already have chances to do summer internship at Spotify or Google. Having a nice portfolio will surely help you stand out, especially if you don't have CS degree or long years of experience, but that being said, CS related degrees and working experiences are still the more weighted points in hiring, at least in my personal experiences so far.