Hey, for the last few years I've had the self-imposed goal of landing a job at GitHub as a UX Engineer.
Any advice, maybe from someone who's actually made it?
This is what I tried, so far:
I'm constantly refining my LinkedIn profile and CV/Resume
I participate in Open Source since 1998 and I have a fairly active GitHub profile, with some contributions to major and minor projects.
I submitted a total of 10~ applications for a number of open positions: Technical Supportocat, Front End developer, Product Help writer...
The idea was to get in with one of the things I can actually do for a living, then try to switch to my top specialization.
I also tried the direct approach of sharing my thoughts about their home page:
http://www.williamghelfi.com/blog/2015/06/04/github-home-redux/
The best result I was able to get: a written test about system and network administration, for a position in Technical Support for GitHub Enterprise. (I failed)
Lately, except for the automated "thank you, we'll get in touch"-ish email, they seem to have stopped even replying to my applications for their open positions (I don't know, maybe some sort of blocking has been put in place).
Any advice, maybe from someone who's actually made it?
This is what I tried, so far:
I'm constantly refining my LinkedIn profile and CV/Resume
I participate in Open Source since 1998 and I have a fairly active GitHub profile, with some contributions to major and minor projects.
I submitted a total of 10~ applications for a number of open positions: Technical Supportocat, Front End developer, Product Help writer...
The idea was to get in with one of the things I can actually do for a living, then try to switch to my top specialization.
I also tried the direct approach of sharing my thoughts about their home page: http://www.williamghelfi.com/blog/2015/06/04/github-home-redux/
The best result I was able to get: a written test about system and network administration, for a position in Technical Support for GitHub Enterprise. (I failed)
Lately, except for the automated "thank you, we'll get in touch"-ish email, they seem to have stopped even replying to my applications for their open positions (I don't know, maybe some sort of blocking has been put in place).