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Interviews #205

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@orta orta commented Jan 30, 2016

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.

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I get asked this a lot too, having a resource to point people to is a great idea 😻


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.

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.

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Fab read – looking forward to having this to point people towards 👍

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orta commented Jan 31, 2016

I'll take all your ideas. Thanks.


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.

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.

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I've signed up for Hired, so hope I get some good leads with that. This site also had some good resources, but there weren't many positions for NYC that I could find.

Also another article by Google for technical development

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orta commented Jan 31, 2016

Thanks @charleshkang - it looks good, it should go in.

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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

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orta commented Jan 31, 2016

@bblanco1 - thanks fixed!

@orta orta changed the title [WIP] Interviews [Draft] Interviews Jan 31, 2016
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orta commented Jan 31, 2016

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'.

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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 👍:_

* [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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👍

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mennenia commented Feb 1, 2016

Great post! I often get asked this also. Wonderful resource to point people too.


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.

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

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orta commented Feb 2, 2016

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.

@orta orta changed the title [Draft] Interviews Interviews Feb 2, 2016
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