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Discussion on: Which Developers Are in High Demand Now?

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Jean-Michel (jmfayard.dev)

On a macro-economic level, the demand might be relatively lower for you.
But don't despair, there is a huge difference between the macro and individual level.
You can drastically improve your chances at getting a job if you realize that it is not helpful to be technically good if nobody is aware of that.
And that if it is your case, your priority should not be to acquire even more technical skills, but to focus on the area where your sucks

  • define your career project because if you don't know where you are going, how do you want to get there ?
  • learn to avoid companies and recruiting process where you will waste lots of time for a low probability of success
  • learn basic marketing skills because getting hired means selling yourself
  • learn to prepare for interviews because that's the mother of all battles

I'm doing this kind of career coaching at the moment in France and it makes a huge difference. Devs often don't realize how valuable they are to companies.

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Ryan

How do we know which companies will waste time?