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Juan Cantero
Juan Cantero

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How I feel looking for my first job explained with code.

Hi my name is Juan and I'm a computer science student looking for my first job as a developer, so far I'm doing good in the technical interviews, but when they ask me about my experience I feel like this:

function getFirstJob(programmer) {
  if(programmer.hasExperience) {
    return "you are hired"
  }
  getExperience(programmer)
}

function getExperience(programmer) {
  getFirstJob(programmer)
}

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And you know what happens when you run getFirstJob(). So far I couldn't get out of that loop. I would like to get advice or your comments if you are going through a similar situation. Thanks for reading, have a great day :)

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Dendi Handian • Edited
function getFirstJob(programmer) {
  if(programmer.hasExperience || programmer.hasPortfolio) {
    return "you are hired"
  }
  getExperience(programmer)
}

function getExperience(programmer) {
    if (programmer.hasExperience) {
        getFirstJob(programmer)
    } else {
        getPortfolio(programmer)
    }
}

function getPortfolio(programmer) {
    programmer.hasPortfolio = 'made cool stuffs'
    getFirstJob(programmer)
}
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Juan Cantero

thanks for your advice :D

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