Front-end web developer + blogger at @lizawildeco and Boxcar Studio. Event organizer for Girl Develop It Ann Arbor. Co-host on the Do It Scared podcast.
Location
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Education
BA in Media & Information, Interactive & Social Media Specialization
The best advice I can give to someone looking for a junior dev position is to focus more on your portfolio and Github accounts than your resume. In my experience (as someone who was hired, and as someone who now does the hiring) I look more at your project experience and what you've been able to create, than what is on your resume sheet.
So if you don't have a decent number of items in your portfolio at the moment, I'd suggest working on a few side projects to add in. They don't have to be big or crazy, just show what you can do and what you're interested in doing. It's always nice to see that an applicant has interests in growing outside of work as well as within the position.
Recently graduated, from India.
I am looking for jobs in the field of Software engineering. I am really interested in containerization and how they can be more useful.
I agree. I think a good resumé might be thought of a lagging indicator of a great portfolio. Good projects say a lot about yourself. I'll also add that regardless of your area of software development, basic design skills go a long way and anybody can learn them. Even if it doesn't ultimately matter, if your projects provide a good experience, the evaluators will favor them more.
We're humans who don't always approach things "logically", so even if you're going to be working really low-level, consciously or not, I think people will evaluate the makers of well-designed projects more favorably.
Front-end web developer + blogger at @lizawildeco and Boxcar Studio. Event organizer for Girl Develop It Ann Arbor. Co-host on the Do It Scared podcast.
Location
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Education
BA in Media & Information, Interactive & Social Media Specialization
The best advice I can give to someone looking for a junior dev position is to focus more on your portfolio and Github accounts than your resume. In my experience (as someone who was hired, and as someone who now does the hiring) I look more at your project experience and what you've been able to create, than what is on your resume sheet.
So if you don't have a decent number of items in your portfolio at the moment, I'd suggest working on a few side projects to add in. They don't have to be big or crazy, just show what you can do and what you're interested in doing. It's always nice to see that an applicant has interests in growing outside of work as well as within the position.
Ohh that's cool. Something small could have so much impact on one's profile. I don't know that.
Thanks :)
I agree. I think a good resumé might be thought of a lagging indicator of a great portfolio. Good projects say a lot about yourself. I'll also add that regardless of your area of software development, basic design skills go a long way and anybody can learn them. Even if it doesn't ultimately matter, if your projects provide a good experience, the evaluators will favor them more.
We're humans who don't always approach things "logically", so even if you're going to be working really low-level, consciously or not, I think people will evaluate the makers of well-designed projects more favorably.
+1
So true. Thanks for adding that in Ben!