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The juiciest bit is here, but he's all over the thread fighting everyone who tells him to put in the tiniest bit of effort if he wants a job.
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He's not wrong though. I've been in the tech field for two decades so I have a fairly easy time getting a job now, but when you're a recent college graduate it's actually pretty challenging. I feel like HR departments who don't even understand technology disqualify people based purely on resume keywords. Like if you can program in C you can program in Java since they're almost exactly the same except for memory management, but your typical HR drone will say "This guy doesn't know Java, throw his resume onto the trash heap."
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Any codecel job tips fpr someone hoping to switch careers into tech? My current plan is freecodecamp.org, study for CCNA, and look for a help desk or local MSP intro position
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That sounds like a pretty good plan already. My only piece of advice is to try to build a portfolio of projects you can point to on the interview - for example, create an app for Alexa or the Google play store. Having something tangible that you can display during the interview will partially compensate for your lack of experience.
Good luck!
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What kind of tech job do you want - development, testing/QA, ops, IT support, security... ?
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They also have to compete with discount Indian programmers who went to a diploma mill instead of a proper school.
"Hey, we got the site written for 2/3 the cost! Hey, what do you mean, SQL injection?"
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