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Interviews #205
Interviews #205
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I get asked this a lot too, having a resource to point people to is a great idea 😻 |
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Now that I'm both further on in my career, and involved with so many juniors in NYC, I'm meeting with a lot of people who are in the same position and I get a lot of questions asking what they can do to prepare. This post _attempts_ at being a comprehensive collection of recommendations. It is subjective, of course, and strongly based towards my experiences. | ||
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Before I jump through to the article, there's one thing that should be above the fold. _Chill out_. You might not get it right on the first try, I've applied for jobs and received a "no thanks." Yet eventually I got here. |
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I like this, and I like that it's above the fold 😻 I would add something like "So take a deep breath, it's going to be okay." to the end of the paragraph, but that's just style.
Fab read – looking forward to having this to point people towards 👍 |
I'll take all your ideas. Thanks. |
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When I was at the beginning of my career, my first developer job application was to a design agency who were doing Mac development too. It was pretty nerve racking to apply for my first programming job, and I came into the interview with no idea what to expect. | ||
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Now that I'm both further on in my career, and involved with so many juniors in NYC, I'm meeting with a lot of people who are in the same position and I get a lot of questions asking what they can do to prepare. This post _attempts_ at being a comprehensive collection of recommendations. It is subjective, of course, and strongly based towards my experiences. |
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I don't know if just using the noun "junior" to describe an entry-level programmer is something that would be immediately obvious to the intended audience, feels a bit jargon-y. Might be worth doing a s/juniors/junior engineers/.
The surrounding context might be enough, but I'm imagining e.g. a current college student saying "but I'm in my senior year of university, not junior!"
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Agreed
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I've found that mentioned an amount of years of experience works better than saying "junior" or "senior".
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Agreed w/ @3lvis. At RTR, we have two software engineer levels prior to senior, SE-I and SE-II.
Thanks @charleshkang - it looks good, it should go in. |
Hey @orta this is an awesome resource. When clicking the medium article the link to Jon's medium post wasn't working https://medium.com/@jon.lazar/my-approach-to-learning-ios-fccf943aead#.ei4yvc38k |
@bblanco1 - thanks fixed! |
OK, this is at a point where I want it to be, it probably needs an hour or two of looking over and improving on some transitions, notably the ending which I will do on a train tomorrow evening. I'd love any feedback/ideas/improvements before then. |
categories: [mobile, ios, juniors, interviewing] | ||
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When I was at the beginning of my career, my first developer job application was to a design agency who were doing Mac development too. It was pretty nerve-racking to apply for my first programming job, and I came into the interview with no idea what to expect. I had just graduated from university and was at few steps of my career, the term I'm using for this stage of my career is being a junior. It is a time period where I would need mentoring, and supervision in order to grow. A good explanation is in [this StackOverflow](http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/14914/whats-the-difference-between-entry-level-jr-sr-developers). |
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s/racking/wracking/ 😄
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Maybe change 'was at a few steps of my career, the term I'm using for this stage of my career is being a junior' to 'was at a stage in my career I'd call junior-level'.
Thanks for putting in the time to write this up @orta, this is really good material. |
_More infö that I've reviewed and given a 👍:_ | ||
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* [iOS Developer Resume Examples](http://www.raywenderlich.com/54029/ios-developer-resume-examples) - Somehow I ended up sneaking on this article too. | ||
* [8 Minute Guide to Writing a Resume](https://rooting-for-you.cenedella.com/8-minute-resume-my-guide-to- writing-your-resume-effectively-3b0b117d94a#.ouqnzegkh) - Marc has a lot of experience in this space, plus his advice is definitely better if you're focusing on larger companies. |
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Link isn't working, there's a space between "guide-to-" and "writing"
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Great post! I often get asked this also. Wonderful resource to point people too. |
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Now that I'm both further on in my career, and involved with so many juniors in NYC, I'm meeting with a lot of people who are in the same position I was then and I get a lot of questions asking what they can do to prepare. This post _attempts_ at being a comprehensive collection of recommendations. It is subjective, of course, and strongly based towards my experiences. | ||
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Before I jump through to the article, there's one thing that should be above the fold. _Chill out_. You might not get it right on the first try, I've applied for jobs and received a "no thanks." Yet eventually I got here. Everyone finds their place in time. |
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I'm sure a lot of people reading this post will know who you are, but just in case, maybe elaborate on where here is.
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I can't believe you'd assume there are people who don't know me on the internet
Thanks everyone, if I didn't comment directly on something you raised, it means I agree and made the changes. Will ship this later today day. |
I receive 3-4 emails a week at the moment about this kind of stuff - notes are in artsy/mobile#73
Wanted to get it out of a hidden branch early, got a long way to go and a lot to write on this.