Ruby on Rails developer - Maker of ✨ things on the Internet. O(🐌^n) kind of guy. Alumni @lewagonparis (batch 145). Builds wooden furniture on his balcony.
I enjoy coding so much! It reminds me a lot of craftsmanship: idea => know-how => build it.
I've been interviewing for a first developer job these last three months and I've found it really tough. The technical level most companies (from 3-people startup to 200-people companies) ask for, makes it hard for people with no engineering background to pass through the loops. And I've seen several time people being slightly disappointed (on a technical level) when we met. So I thought that my resume might not tell the proper story (mine).
This resume is HOT!!! Wow, I want to hire you to do mine. Perks of having a marketing background I guess :)
Since you are getting to the interview process thats probably a pretty good indication that your resume is doing what you need it to do. As for the interview, I have a couple thoughts that might help you.
First off, coding in front of people sucks, even for the most skilled developers. For this reason my company has take home problems that we give to Jr Devs. This allows them to show us a piece of code but they can do it in the privacy of their home or wherever they are comfortable instead of having someone looking over their shoulder. When you talk to a company ask if they have a take-home problem you can do.
Don't discount internships! My first job was a 6 month internship at a 15 person company with the option to hire at the end. I was able to prove myself on the job and at the end of 6 months was hired. When I interviewed for the internship they were well aware how Jr I was so instead of having me write new code they had me show them a project I was working on and I walked the devs through it and how it worked. It was a really great interview experience.
Always ask for feedback after an interview if you are turned down. It will only help you improve and get better.
I think companies that have solid mentorship programs will likely have a more doable and friendly interview process that I bet you could nail. Keep your head up, you seem like a solid Jr candidate to me and the fact that you love coding is half the battle. Nothing beats a hungry candidate ready to learn. Good luck!!!!
Ruby on Rails developer - Maker of ✨ things on the Internet. O(🐌^n) kind of guy. Alumni @lewagonparis (batch 145). Builds wooden furniture on his balcony.
Great idea @kaydacode!
Ok, so here's mine!
To give y'all a bit of background:
I enjoy coding so much! It reminds me a lot of craftsmanship: idea => know-how => build it.
I've been interviewing for a first developer job these last three months and I've found it really tough. The technical level most companies (from 3-people startup to 200-people companies) ask for, makes it hard for people with no engineering background to pass through the loops. And I've seen several time people being slightly disappointed (on a technical level) when we met. So I thought that my resume might not tell the proper story (mine).
Would love your feedback and ideas on this!
This resume is HOT!!! Wow, I want to hire you to do mine. Perks of having a marketing background I guess :)
Since you are getting to the interview process thats probably a pretty good indication that your resume is doing what you need it to do. As for the interview, I have a couple thoughts that might help you.
I think companies that have solid mentorship programs will likely have a more doable and friendly interview process that I bet you could nail. Keep your head up, you seem like a solid Jr candidate to me and the fact that you love coding is half the battle. Nothing beats a hungry candidate ready to learn. Good luck!!!!
Thanks Molly for the kind words!
I completely agree with you about internships + asking for feedbacks. Internships are really something I'll look into next year.