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Discussion on: How many applications did it take for you to find your first dev job?

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Tim Smith • Edited

37 . I tracked my applications meticulously so I'd know when to follow up. Many of them were for remote jobs and at the time I didn't have any experience with remote work and I was also still a junior developer on the cusp of intermediate, so I didn't have much to offer over other candidates. In the end, I found a (relatively) local company who gave me a shot while allowing me to work remotely most of the time. I learned a ton, made some good friends, and eventually moved on, but that team is still the gold standard against which I measure other teams.