EugeneFedotov

Update: I've been reading every post.

I do lack OSS contributions. I do have a Github (nothing too complex) with some solid code, and a few running websites. I do have great recommendations from working on a two month contract for a startup.

I personally can't get a junior level role (first job after university).

Recruiters say I lack experience. I have interviewed with Robert Half Technology, Addison Group, and Talener.

I have been rejected from QA. The interviewer was not convinced that I would be interested enough, since most people don't go dev -> QA (I had a 2 month developer contract at a startup).

I have multiple versions of my resume. I actually paid a service called ResumeRaiders, where they wrote an objective. I've received lots of negative feedback from that.

I have a Github full of small projects (ASP.NET site, API, AngularJS, various JS programs, etc.), but I felt it did more harm leaving it on my resume.

mygoldanimals.com hosting is paid by the client. It was working last month. If you do a Google search, you should see it's an actual business. I'm not sure what's going on with that, especially since the shared host provider has been bad over the year. It's unfortunate that it's currently not working.

Yeah, the $40k/year company I mentioned is a retail company. They did seem terrible based on how the interview went.

I had a 2 month NodeJS contract. I'd say I'm one of the most overconfident yet realistic people you'll meet. I will do my best to do whatever you need.

I'm actually not "fresh" out of college. I graduated in May 2015. I did take an assessment for Amazon back then and failed it. I did get referrals recently to retry at Amazon, but I no longer get accepted. I also spoke to a Google recruiter and they won't let me interview unless I have at least 6 months of experience.

I have no idea what I like besides being a competent developer. All I know is I want to work on interesting stuff, with competent and great people, and for a company who cares about their employees and understands that developers are not worth $19/hr (less than my barber).

I definitely do not have even 1 year of experience. God, it's so hard being a specialist when you don't even know what you want as someone with barely any experience. I did NodeJS for two months for a contract.

I've been a part of that meetup. I actually volunteered at Propeller, and know Aaron Price well.

Sorry, it's not Jet. The company was The Children's Place (I should've said right by Hoboken, but was trying not to out them). Jet is actually a much greater company, and I have previously interviewed with them.