Getting first React job without experience - Ask Preethi
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Date: 2022-03-14
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Al
Don't get discouraged by postings from big corps. Many of them of postings are fake and used for internal reasons and for political reasons such as labor reporting or campaigns to bring in HB1 visa people that can be easily exploited or to justify outsourcing. My suggestion to anyone trying to break into the software industry is to become involved with your local university. There are many entry jobs there for people as assistants and interns. Open sourced project involvements are another excellent idea.
The other off-topic recommendation is to get involved with ending the Federal Reserve and hanging the banksters and bringing back an honest money system back to the USA. The trillions that the parasitic banksters have leeched and stolen over the last hundred years should be in YOUR pocket. So get involved in the efforts to exterminate the banksters and bring prosperity back to you, your family, community and the nation.
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Don't get discouraged by postings from big corps. Many of them of postings are fake and used for internal reasons and for political reasons such as labor reporting or campaigns to bring in HB1 visa people that can be easily exploited or to justify outsourcing. My suggestion to anyone trying to break into the software industry is to become involved with your local university. There are many entry jobs there for people as assistants and interns. Open sourced project involvements are another excellent idea.
The other off-topic recommendation is to get involved with ending the Federal Reserve and hanging the banksters and bringing back an honest money system back to the USA. The trillions that the parasitic banksters have leeched and stolen over the last hundred years should be in YOUR pocket. So get involved in the efforts to exterminate the banksters and bring prosperity back to you, your family, community and the nation.
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Paul
Thank you for this video and helping with our/my confidence when applying to jobs. I am working through freecodecamp and other courses on Udemy and Coursera at the moment. I am trying to get some experience through sites such as Upwork but the easy stuff I feel confident that I can do have 20+ people already giving proposals. I am also adding to my portfolio bit by bit, but I feel torn on so many things I should or could do, learn language A or B or framework C or D and I need to hurry up and finish something. I need to keep reminding myself that being really good at one thing is better than being so-so and many things. I can learn whatever the job needs once they hire me, I just need to prove to them that I am worth hiring.
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Thank you for this video and helping with our/my confidence when applying to jobs. I am working through freecodecamp and other courses on Udemy and Coursera at the moment. I am trying to get some experience through sites such as Upwork but the easy stuff I feel confident that I can do have 20+ people already giving proposals. I am also adding to my portfolio bit by bit, but I feel torn on so many things I should or could do, learn language A or B or framework C or D and I need to hurry up and finish something. I need to keep reminding myself that being really good at one thing is better than being so-so and many things. I can learn whatever the job needs once they hire me, I just need to prove to them that I am worth hiring.
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Siddharth
It's 3 years late but the concept is same. You are thinking too much as an applicant. You get hold of book, videos and some github examples. Learn React for a month. Then put a whole application in your resume for 5 years. Everyone else also is faking it. Nobody can put up with React for 5 years. You need to see the amount of garbage that coders put in the code. Everyone wants experienced person. But there were not so many react jobs before. So there could only be very few experienced people for all the experienced positions which have been filled in.
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It's 3 years late but the concept is same. You are thinking too much as an applicant. You get hold of book, videos and some github examples. Learn React for a month. Then put a whole application in your resume for 5 years. Everyone else also is faking it. Nobody can put up with React for 5 years. You need to see the amount of garbage that coders put in the code. Everyone wants experienced person. But there were not so many react jobs before. So there could only be very few experienced people for all the experienced positions which have been filled in.
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Dave
The easiest way for people without any prior corporate experience is to start working on freelance portals like Fiverr, Freelancer, UpWork, PeoplePerHour...etc. Once you have at least 5-6 order fulfilled and having good reviews on your profiles, you can easily go to the employers requiring 1 year of experience, show them your portfolio that you've build using freelance projects and there are ample chances that they will prefer you after reviewing your LIVE PROJECTS.
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The easiest way for people without any prior corporate experience is to start working on freelance portals like Fiverr, Freelancer, UpWork, PeoplePerHour...etc. Once you have at least 5-6 order fulfilled and having good reviews on your profiles, you can easily go to the employers requiring 1 year of experience, show them your portfolio that you've build using freelance projects and there are ample chances that they will prefer you after reviewing your LIVE PROJECTS.
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Allisa
Remember that job specs are often written by morons in HR. They just pull a bunch of tech sounding terms out of their rears and post it as a job offer, often without even speaking to those working there as to the actual needs. I remember having a good laugh when leaving an IT position that I had done for the previous 5 years and seeing the posting put up for my replacement. I had NO idea what the posting was even talking about.
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Remember that job specs are often written by morons in HR. They just pull a bunch of tech sounding terms out of their rears and post it as a job offer, often without even speaking to those working there as to the actual needs. I remember having a good laugh when leaving an IT position that I had done for the previous 5 years and seeing the posting put up for my replacement. I had NO idea what the posting was even talking about.
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Travis
I'm 48 and have been trying for 18 years to finally get a decent job as a programmer. I think my bad luck is because I am not pretty like you. I'm an INTP, so I am perfect (the best) for software engineering...but it seems a super cool personality matters way more. IDK what to do. I finally have a chance (working for room and board only) to start developing projects using Java (or even Scala). Anyone have tips for me? Give up?
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I'm 48 and have been trying for 18 years to finally get a decent job as a programmer. I think my bad luck is because I am not pretty like you. I'm an INTP, so I am perfect (the best) for software engineering...but it seems a super cool personality matters way more. IDK what to do. I finally have a chance (working for room and board only) to start developing projects using Java (or even Scala). Anyone have tips for me? Give up?
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Tanner
I like html, I like React, I like JavaScript and also dislike it (its a weird language lol) but CSS is my killer. I am getting my degree in CS soon, and have been on this front end engineering prep grind but the CSS is hindering and some javascript stuff is hindering me and i feel like i have to know it all for my first ever job. So, I am overloading myself. Does anyone have advice?
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I like html, I like React, I like JavaScript and also dislike it (its a weird language lol) but CSS is my killer. I am getting my degree in CS soon, and have been on this front end engineering prep grind but the CSS is hindering and some javascript stuff is hindering me and i feel like i have to know it all for my first ever job. So, I am overloading myself. Does anyone have advice?
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Rob
The requirements listed in the job descriptions are often a front. Even jobs which include a degree in the requirements can be gotten without having a degree, in many cases. It's really just about whether you can do the job the employer has in mind for your chosen position, and conveying it during your interview.
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The requirements listed in the job descriptions are often a front. Even jobs which include a degree in the requirements can be gotten without having a degree, in many cases. It's really just about whether you can do the job the employer has in mind for your chosen position, and conveying it during your interview.
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Eliot
Great perspectives. It's easy to feel bad about rejection, but the facts of getting an interview without experience is a positive step. Without this failure the candidate wouldn't know what they need to work on or that experience can be gained in other ways like startups or smaller companies.
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Great perspectives. It's easy to feel bad about rejection, but the facts of getting an interview without experience is a positive step. Without this failure the candidate wouldn't know what they need to work on or that experience can be gained in other ways like startups or smaller companies.
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Niesdi
Job requirements are just a rough guideline. As a developer you need to understand how to pass coding interviews. There are a lot of materials for that. You can always land a job at a less competitive company. The money is usually the same as major tech companies.
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Job requirements are just a rough guideline. As a developer you need to understand how to pass coding interviews. There are a lot of materials for that. You can always land a job at a less competitive company. The money is usually the same as major tech companies.
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