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Ask HN: I want to get hired for an entry level, developer role

tldr; I graduated. I need job. I'm only good at computer science stuff. Language agnostic.

Proficient: JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Java, C#

What is this: I'm going to keep making these threads until I get hired. I haven't been able to find a job since graduation. I get rejected practically from every new grad role. Even for roles posted by my university (my resume doesn't pass the resume screen, even though the university reviewed it). I don't know why; I've never done a tech interview. Even passing HackerRanks leads to rejections. I do know that I've bombed irritating framework trivia (no, I don't know the order of arguments).

About me: located right by New York City. I have a B.S. degree in Computer Science. I graduated in May 2015. I am a U.S. citizen. I can relocate. I can't work anywhere that requires me to drive a car. Programming is all I know; I have done this for my entire life.

My skills:

Disclaimer: some are ugly and incomplete; others are great. It's a variety of stuff that I put many weeks into for each.

- Spent one year working on an eCommerce website for a business. I worked on the front end, back end, and simple database work involving entering products.

- Volunteer coding for a non-profit involving using the Google Maps API, JavaScript, and XML.

- Contacts manager using ASP.NET MVC and Entity Framework.

- simple Chrome extension that a startup stole code from, and proudly displays on their page.

- 2 month Node.js contract at a startup, involving developing features for their app platform.

- Lib for reading embedded data from TIFF files using C#.

- API that serves RESTful endpoints through Node.js.

- To-do app written in AngularJS 1 and PHP.

While a lot of this is related to web development, I love all areas of computer science.

Other stuff: volunteer at PropellerFest (Hoboken), and meetups and stuff.

Finally, thank you for reading this, and sorry if I annoyed you.

10 points EugeneFedotov 9 years ago 21 comments

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