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I've been traveling for over a month now... make it stop

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MixMasterTang said:
Zeze - You should read through the whole thread. Pretty much every place Trident visited sucked according to him, his top two choices are NYC and San Fran even though he didn't seem to like them that much during his visits, he now lives in Arizona, hates it, hates life and is waiting for a SF or NYC company to hand him his dream job even though he doesn't have a CS degree (only a Bachelors in math with a 3.0 - or below GPA) and doesn't want ANY other job in ANY other city except a dev job in one of those two.
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My GPA isn't <=3.0. The degree that is listed on my resume includes the words "Computer Science" in the title. 🙂

What you said sounds perfectly doable too. You say I want to live in NYC or SF and get a software dev job. How is that a radical notion?
 
TridenT said:
My GPA isn't <=3.0. The degree that is listed on my resume includes the words "Computer Science" in the title. 🙂

What you said sounds perfectly doable too. You say I want to live in NYC or SF and get a software dev job. How is that a radical notion?
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Trident

My company is looking for a software dev. Candidate can work remotely, no office required. You can live anywhere you would like.

Please tell me the qualifications you have that would make me want to hire you.
 
You guys should take it easy on TridenT.

I remember my first days in ATOT 10+ year ago (mods know this). I was.. just hopelessly naive and dumb (I still am). I got flamed into oblivion here back then too.

Sometimes seeing things for himself is what it takes. It's clear he's already read all of the flames here. If you think he's entitled, lazy, or whatever, that's fine. If it's true, the real life will show him that sooner or later.

I'm just glad for him that he got the balls to pick up and leave. He took an action. He was sick of where/what stage in life he was at. So he stepped away from the keyboard and decided to do something about it. He embarked on a trip.

Sure getting a job and some really hard times may fall on him. That's life. Let it take its course.

Keep on going TridenT until you find what you are searching for. Maybe you'll find it AFTER you finish the trip. Continue on and please stay SAFE above all else.
 
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Zeze said:
You guys should take it easy on TridenT.

I remember my first days in ATOT 10+ year ago (mods know this). I was.. just hopelessly naive and dumb (I still am). I got flamed into oblivion here back then too.

Sometimes seeing things for himself is what it takes. It's clear he's already read all of the flames here. If you think he's entitled, then real life will show him that sooner or later.

I'm just glad for him that he got the balls to pick up and leave. He took an action. He was sick of where/what stage in life he was at and he decided to do something about it.

Sure getting a job and some really hard times may fall on him. That's life. Let it take its course.
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Maybe you didn't read the thread, but there's a lot of excellent advice presented here. It was all rejected with a litany of excuses.
 
Zeze said:
You guys should take it easy on TridenT.

I remember my first days in ATOT 10+ year ago (mods know this). I was.. just hopelessly naive and dumb (I still am). I got flamed into oblivion here back then too.

Sometimes seeing things for himself is what it takes. It's clear he's already read all of the flames here. If you think he's entitled, lazy, or whatever, that's fine. If it's true, the real life will show him that sooner or later.

I'm just glad for him that he got the balls to pick up and leave. He took an action. He was sick of where/what stage in life he was at. So he stepped away from the keyboard and decided to do something about it. He embarked on a trip.

Sure getting a job and some really hard times may fall on him. That's life. Let it take its course.

Keep on going TridenT until you find what you are searching for. Maybe you'll find it AFTER you finish the trip. Continue on and please stay SAFE above all else.
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He's been here for 8+ years, he's not a kid anymore.
 
jlee said:
Maybe you didn't read the thread, but there's a lot of excellent advice presented here. It was all rejected with a litany of excuses.
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One of which being how "hard" it is to do what he's trying to do, even though multiple users here have actually done it.

I think we all get that it takes time for certain things in life to fall into place, but sometimes you "gotta wake up and smell the coffee". Dude just needs to stop making excuses and being negative. At least he has a degree from a good university, and apparently isn't a total retard. He's better off than a lot of kids in this country.
 
jlee said:
Maybe you didn't read the thread, but there's a lot of excellent advice presented here. It was all rejected with a litany of excuses.
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Here is the reality of it:

He is only willing to work if he has to. I didn't read the whole thread because ADD but how in the hell is he eating right now?
 
z1ggy said:
One of which being how "hard" it is to do what he's trying to do, even though multiple users here have actually done it.

I think we all get that it takes time for certain things in life to fall into place, but sometimes you "gotta wake up and smell the coffee". Dude just needs to stop making excuses and being negative. At least he has a degree from a good university, and apparently isn't a total retard. He's better off than a lot of kids in this country.
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Bingo.
 
rudeguy said:
Here is the reality of it:

He is only willing to work if he has to. I didn't read the whole thread because ADD but how in the hell is he eating right now?
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He had some money saved up and is living at a friends house in Phoenix. I wonder what his friend thinks about this. Trident - you should invite your friend to join in the conversation!
 
So what is the real problem, are your job expectations too high, or are people just not willing to pay you enough to take a job?

I feel like I am constantly getting hit up on linkedin for jobs in my field. Then again I am in a niche field of networking.
 
Harrod said:
So what is the real problem, are your job expectations too high, or are people just not willing to pay you enough to take a job?

I feel like I am constantly getting hit up on linkedin for jobs in my field. Then again I am in a niche field of networking.
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He can't land many interviews. When he does get a phone interview, he can't solve any problems, or do whatever it is that most employers apparently require of candidates during interviews... ie, it's not his fault, it's theirs.
 
Harrod said:
So what is the real problem, are your job expectations too high, or are people just not willing to pay you enough to take a job?

I feel like I am constantly getting hit up on linkedin for jobs in my field. Then again I am in a niche field of networking.
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Most of it is that there are not enough jobs that I have experience to apply for. The ones I do apply for and have suitable experience either do not interview me or do not hire me. In a strong majority, they simply do not interview me. Which leads me to think that there is something larger at play that I am not aware of. Something that other applications have that I do not.

I was talking to someone last night who went to a nice private school and knows a lot of people. Works at a big company that was recently acquired. He does well for himself. He showed me an example of what a current student has done that I should do. It was a website that linked to a very good resume, a very active github account (in terms of stars, follows, and followers, contributions to other projects, etc.) with significant amount of projects, and some linkedin profile. On top of that, the website itself showed and talked a bit about the projects that they had worked on. It was a nice presentation and professional.

However, I don't have the amount nor the quality of projects this person had. Nor did I go to an ivy league school (this person did) or have all the experience this person had.

It made me feel like there was no way I could compete with candidates like that. It seems that I won't be able to.

He passed my resume onto a recruiter for his company and then asked me a few questions on behalf of the recruiter. Unfortunately, I don't think it will lead anywhere. As the last question the recruiter asked was where I lived. Maybe living in SF would have helped. Maybe not. Hard to say without feedback. I'll ask him later as I think he could give me an idea whereas the recruiter would have trouble. (legal issues)
 
TridenT said:
He passed my resume onto a recruiter for his company and then asked me a few questions on behalf of the recruiter. Unfortunately, I don't think it will lead anywhere. As the last question the recruiter asked was where I lived. Maybe living in SF would have helped. Maybe not. Hard to say without feedback. I'll ask him later as I think he could give me an idea whereas the recruiter would have trouble. (legal issues)
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You would think due to your qualifications are lower than competing applicants that you would not hurt yourself even more by living in Phoenix. It's hilarious that you don't think this isn't a major problem. If you had a special skill set, lots of experience, etc then your location wouldn't be an issue but you don't.
 
TridenT said:
Most of it is that there are not enough jobs that I have experience to apply for. The ones I do apply for and have suitable experience either do not interview me or do not hire me. In a strong majority, they simply do not interview me. Which leads me to think that there is something larger at play that I am not aware of. Something that other applications have that I do not.

I was talking to someone last night who went to a nice private school and knows a lot of people. Works at a big company that was recently acquired. He does well for himself. He showed me an example of what a current student has done that I should do. It was a website that linked to a very good resume, a very active github account (in terms of stars, follows, and followers, contributions to other projects, etc.) with significant amount of projects, and some linkedin profile. On top of that, the website itself showed and talked a bit about the projects that they had worked on. It was a nice presentation and professional.

However, I don't have the amount nor the quality of projects this person had. Nor did I go to an ivy league school (this person did) or have all the experience this person had.

It made me feel like there was no way I could compete with candidates like that. It seems that I won't be able to.

He passed my resume onto a recruiter for his company and then asked me a few questions on behalf of the recruiter. Unfortunately, I don't think it will lead anywhere. As the last question the recruiter asked was where I lived. Maybe living in SF would have helped. Maybe not. Hard to say without feedback. I'll ask him later as I think he could give me an idea whereas the recruiter would have trouble. (legal issues)
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you aren't competing against that guy. he is light years beyond you. there is no competition.
 
TridenT said:
Most of it is that there are not enough jobs that I have experience to apply for. The ones I do apply for and have suitable experience either do not interview me or do not hire me. In a strong majority, they simply do not interview me. Which leads me to think that there is something larger at play that I am not aware of. Something that other applications have that I do not.

I was talking to someone last night who went to a nice private school and knows a lot of people. Works at a big company that was recently acquired. He does well for himself. He showed me an example of what a current student has done that I should do. It was a website that linked to a very good resume, a very active github account (in terms of stars, follows, and followers, contributions to other projects, etc.) with significant amount of projects, and some linkedin profile. On top of that, the website itself showed and talked a bit about the projects that they had worked on. It was a nice presentation and professional.

However, I don't have the amount nor the quality of projects this person had. Nor did I go to an ivy league school (this person did) or have all the experience this person had.

It made me feel like there was no way I could compete with candidates like that. It seems that I won't be able to.

He passed my resume onto a recruiter for his company and then asked me a few questions on behalf of the recruiter. Unfortunately, I don't think it will lead anywhere. As the last question the recruiter asked was where I lived. Maybe living in SF would have helped. Maybe not. Hard to say without feedback. I'll ask him later as I think he could give me an idea whereas the recruiter would have trouble. (legal issues)
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How do you intend to address all of these shortfalls that you have identified?
 
Capt Caveman said:
By continuing to be unemployed in Phoenix and whining about it til he eventually has to move back to his parent's basement.
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I thought they booted him out though (or he really wanted to GTFO pretty badly)? What makes you (or Tridawg) think he can just waltz right back in?
 
JCH13 said:
How do you intend to address all of these shortfalls that you have identified?
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The projects part is about the only thing I can actively do to address any of that. I can't change my past education to be ivy league. I'm unable to make many and meaningful connections in the regions I wish to be employed (such as SF) without living there. (And the minimum entry to living there is too expensive without employment) The experience part requires that I have the former (and go back in time). Therefore, that's hard to address.

So, projects is what I'll be working on more. Once I have at least a couple more projects, I'll try to develop some website to present my work.

I'm trying to develop an idea for another project. Right now the hardest part is coming up with an uncommon idea. I'm thinking of developing it on the MEAN stack to show that I can develop with newer tools that haven't been used in my previous professional or academic experience.

Right now, I'm learning about the various tools by themselves. Watching some tutorials and talks about the stuff. Once I feel like I know what the tools are useful for and how to start using them appropriately, I'm hoping that I will have an idea. I'll develop the idea out in theory first. Then, I'll implement it in code.

I'll still apply for jobs, do what interviews I can, and try to reach out to more people but there's not much I can do compared to these other candidates. They were offered an opportunity that I wasn't. I would have liked to had the environment that allowed for that opportunity or found something in the one I was given but I didn't. Math majors generally don't do cooperative projects, don't code, and don't socialize. My department was also severely lacking. The best I had was access to some meager informational talks about some professors PhD level research. I did attend some but the math department is highly academic. The general idea in that department is that you will be an actuary, are double/triple majoring just for resume boosting, or are going to graduate school.
 
TridenT said:
My GPA isn't <=3.0. The degree that is listed on my resume includes the words "Computer Science" in the title. 🙂

What you said sounds perfectly doable too. You say I want to live in NYC or SF and get a software dev job. How is that a radical notion?
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What degree would that be? You keep saying you have a degree in math.
 
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