My experience has been with meeting with people face-to-face. I did a lot of informational interviews, often asking people what they were working on, what they were interested in, and questions of that nature. It really helped me to get talking about programming comfortably with people who are much more knowledgeable and more experienced than me. Besides serving as mini-interview practice for me, it also helped me learn what I want to say when talking about myself and as a potential candidate.
Of course, there's always the chance that you'll run into someone who is able to hire you, and is giving you a mini-interview on the spot without you knowing.
As others have said, blogging is awesome! It helps a lot to show that you can write and explain things.
This Bike Shed podcast episode was also awesome. I listened to it after I got a job and really wished I had it available for when I was looking for a job.
Yeah, I've noticed that having a connection inside a company really helps with getting your foot in the door. When my application hits the HR folks first it never seems to get anywhere (I know they're just doing their jobs, but sometimes it feels like they're being too picky). Thanks for the links and the advice!
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My experience has been with meeting with people face-to-face. I did a lot of informational interviews, often asking people what they were working on, what they were interested in, and questions of that nature. It really helped me to get talking about programming comfortably with people who are much more knowledgeable and more experienced than me. Besides serving as mini-interview practice for me, it also helped me learn what I want to say when talking about myself and as a potential candidate.
Of course, there's always the chance that you'll run into someone who is able to hire you, and is giving you a mini-interview on the spot without you knowing.
As others have said, blogging is awesome! It helps a lot to show that you can write and explain things.
This Bike Shed podcast episode was also awesome. I listened to it after I got a job and really wished I had it available for when I was looking for a job.
Also, Haseeb Qureshi wrote up a great blog that helped me a lot. Loads of good advice there.
Hope this helps! Good luck with your search :)
Yeah, I've noticed that having a connection inside a company really helps with getting your foot in the door. When my application hits the HR folks first it never seems to get anywhere (I know they're just doing their jobs, but sometimes it feels like they're being too picky). Thanks for the links and the advice!