ketan_anjaria
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Comment · 6 years ago
That's the same risk you have with any open source project. Elixir and Phoenix have similar risks. I think there's a lot to be said for getting default/easy functionality for free so you can focus on building your unique amazing things vs working on plumbing.
Comment · 6 years ago
I totally agree. I love phoenix and elixir but it's been hard to roll out a really significant site to production because many of the things you take for granted in the rails world don't exist in the elixir world. Friendly id, acts as follower, public activity, file uploading and more are not as easy in the elixir world as rails. I think rails is still king when it comes to developer productivity but elixir's performance is amazing. And for those of you that are "roll your own", when it comes to business decisions you always have to make a trade off. Heck authentication in the elixir world is just now finally getting official support via a generator (thank Jose!) but it's not even close to devise levels of easy.
Comment · 8 years ago
oooh! I can respond to this one!
What should you put on your resume?
A resume is ultimately a marketing doc (selling you). What you should put is things that sell you well for the specific job you are looking for.
1 - Really clear name, email and phone at the top. Also get a professional email instead of [email protected]. Something like [email protected]
2 - A clear bio/subtitle. It can be simple as Back End Developer. But so many people leave out and as resume reader I have to parse your entire resume to "get" what you do.
3. Experience in the following format Job Title (sell you, not the company first) Company Dates Location (highly optional)
3-5 Well written bullets of your impact for each job. In Metric + Time format.
* Increased sales by 40% in 6 months by redesigning sign up flow.
Don't use a lot of buzz words. Keep it short, scannable and positive.
I would list at least 3 jobs if possible.
Education Your Degree (Bachelor of Arts) School Dates Any specific wins at school.
Skills A list of skills in order of your strongest. This is an easy one because the job you are interested probably has some if not all of these listed. Avoid putting too many skills (10 is good) and don't put obvious ones like Microsoft Office.
I run HireClub where we do resume reviews (I've done 1000+ reviews in my time) and have made a simple resume builder with a beautiful design. You can see my resume at https://hireclub.com/resumes/Kz2Nsrhp
In hiring a developer, the best thing I would want to see is launched projects I can actually use. Don't have one? Make one. I don't care if it's simple as todo list but I want to see and use something you actually coded. The other thing is sample code in your preferred language. This should be a single class that is clear enough in its purpose but complex enough to see your coding style.
The best way to find a job is through referrals. 75% of hires happen through referrals. Only 15% happen through job sites. Your goal is to network and connect to folks that can vouch for you.
(shameless plug and we are applying to YC tomorrow)
Comment · 12 years ago
I hear what you are saying but it wasn't just the chance encounter. I still had to interview, knock their socks off (actually fixed a live bug in the interview) and be a good team player. I believe you make luck happen by being open to chance and being prepared.
Comment · 12 years ago
3 years in the making I finally got around to updating my portfolio. Site is built in Rails, Bootstrap and a custom built CMS. I worked hard to get it to be responsive and look good on all devices. It took about ~30 days start to finish. This is all the first project where almost the majority of the design was done in the browser vs Sketch or Photoshop.
Comment · 13 years ago
There's only one real answer to this.
How many HTML 5 apps do you use on your phone on a daily basis?
Compare that to Native...