Reacto fullstack how to#

learn from modern internet advertising: MORE TARGETING IS ALWAYS GOOD. ditto your email draft and/or self intro and/or cover letter. have 2-3 different versions of your resume on hand to tell the story that you want to tell.For whatever reason, people still print out resumes and bring it to your interview and then stare at it instead of talking to you like a normal human being. you do need to be able to talk well about whatever you put on your resume so make sure everything on there is legit.you don’t need an all singing, all dancing portfolio page.But don’t celebrate a positive recruiter call. they don’t give two shits about -you-, they just want to use you for their ends. keep in mind their business model is to throw as many viable bodies at their client as possible in the hope one sticks. Bonus if they are going through the same thing at the same time. Exploit your instinct to live up to what you said you would do by saying what you will do to people you like. Go around and say what you did that week and what results you’ve had. Do a weekly standup with a small group of friends.When you meet your interviewer face to face, you wont need to fake interest. When you need to write a cover letter, the words flow from you instead of being forced. This way, when you are asked Why you want the job you have a reason.Your goal is to have LESS companies to apply to, but to have REALLY FREAKING GOOD reasons for each company because you’ve done your homework.

Reacto fullstack how to#

more broadly: what’s the company mission/vision/values/culture? Here’s how to ask good questions about company culture.

Backend: What’s the stack? What are the CAP theorem tradeoffs you’ve made? What reliability guarantees are you held to? What security issues do you have? I’m not a backend guy so I cant think of more questions but you get the idea.

Frontend: Do you work with CSS? What browsers do you have to support? What design resources are available to you? Do you support mobile native apps too? What is the product development cycle?.

Does the job have more frontend or backend or are you -truly- fullstack (rare)? Do you open source work? Have your own version of the Joel Test and think through what -you- care about.

Developer jobs are not all the same, of course.

Rather, you truly want to find out what people really do, what people think of the industry and their company, and where you fit. Not with the sole intention of “hey can you put me in as a referral if I buy you a coffee”. Chat on reddit, slack communities, twitter. Talk to people at meetups and coffee chats. Ask for more intros, then Talk to friends of friends of friends. Ask for intros, then Talk to friends of friends.

The problem with this generic advice when you have no experience is of course you don’t really know what you like or are good at.

You are most likely to get hired, be valued, and love your work when you find the company(/ies) that closest match those three things.

Instead, try to figure out the intersection of what you like, what you can be good at, and what the world values (preferably, the world is -increasingly- valuing this thing so you have a tailwind behind you).

This is called path dependence and if you paid for a bootcamp you likely have already felt this pain. If you end up hating your first job you may find it a lot harder to get onto a different career track. Your first dev job will help you build expertise and reputation for your next job.

i know the temptation to say ANY JOB WILL DO.

beyond the obvious reason, you also need to know what kind of job you want.

However spamming 200 applications a week is also not great.

I know this sounds obvious but when you get discouraged (and I have felt it - spent a whole week not doing any applications because I didnt feel motivated) you have to remember to keep things moving.

So the probability of getting 1 job is higher if you apply to more things.

but the great thing about jobs is you only need one.

There really is not that much separating you from an average Google programmer. recognize that the job search is highly random.The former is within your control, the latter is not. in general you should focus on systems (what you are doing to get the job) rather than goals (getting the job).My rough thoughts on the job search: getting the interview hang in there, I’m rooting for you! The job search I thought it might be helpful for some campers so I am sharing it here. Hey! i recently answered this for a friend (from my bootcamp, not from freecodecamp).