{"id":8314,"date":"2017-04-20T17:02:48","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T00:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alannarisse.com\/blog\/?p=8314"},"modified":"2017-04-20T20:36:09","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T03:36:09","slug":"8314-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alannarisse.com\/blog\/8314-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Unpimp the Developer Resume"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article, about how to be ready for web developer job interviews, is just as relevant to me as a returning developer as it is to &#8220;newbies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Eric Elliott: <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/javascript-scene\/how-to-land-your-first-development-job-in-5-simple-steps-4e9fb73314c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Land Your First Development Job in 5 Simple Steps<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Which reminded me of those great VW commercials:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B9NwhhQf2KA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Sum Up (taken from the article):<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol class=\"postList\">\n<li id=\"533f\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--h3\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--li-strong\">Unpuff your resume:<\/strong> You\u2019re a junior dev with a passion for learning. Own it. Use it to your advantage. <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--li-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/javascript-scene\/the-essential-guide-to-building-balanced-development-teams-b051a62acc80\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/javascript-scene\/the-essential-guide-to-building-balanced-development-teams-b051a62acc80\">Dev teams need to hire junior developers<\/a>. <strong class=\"markup--strong markup--li-strong\">Your inexperience is part of your value.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li id=\"9a35\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--li\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--li-strong\">Practice:<\/strong> Real, deliberate practice with laser focus and a game-plan. You need to put in about <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--li-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/javascript-scene\/learn-javascript-b631a4af11f2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/javascript-scene\/learn-javascript-b631a4af11f2\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--li-strong\">1,000 hours in coding exercises<\/strong><\/a>, and another <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--li-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/javascript-scene\/the-best-way-to-learn-to-code-is-to-code-learn-app-architecture-by-building-apps-7ec029db6e00\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/javascript-scene\/the-best-way-to-learn-to-code-is-to-code-learn-app-architecture-by-building-apps-7ec029db6e00\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--li-strong\">320 hours or so building real applications<\/strong><\/a>. Do that, and you\u2019ll be prepared for most of the live coding challenges you\u2019ll face in interviews.<\/li>\n<li id=\"cb34\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--li\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--li-strong\">Study: <\/strong><a class=\"markup--anchor markup--li-anchor\" href=\"http:\/\/pjabook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"http:\/\/pjabook.com\">Read books<\/a>. Check out an <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--li-anchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ericelliottjs.com\/product\/lifetime-access-pass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"http:\/\/ericelliottjs.com\/product\/lifetime-access-pass\/\">online course<\/a>. Most importantly, get familiar with <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--li-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/javascript-scene\/10-interview-questions-every-javascript-developer-should-know-6fa6bdf5ad95\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/javascript-scene\/10-interview-questions-every-javascript-developer-should-know-6fa6bdf5ad95\">common interview questions<\/a> and be prepared to ace them.<\/li>\n<li id=\"a1eb\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--li\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--li-strong\">Build a portfolio:<\/strong> In addition to being a great tool to assess your skill level, if you don\u2019t have a portfolio, it will make the hiring manager question how seriously you take your development career, or how passionate you are about programming. Time to stop making excuses and get it done. This is a great place to put those apps you\u2019re going to build for practice. (See #2).<\/li>\n<li id=\"4c33\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--li graf--trailing\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--li-strong\">Develop people skills:<\/strong> Empathy is the most important skill for software developers. Maybe the most important skill for life. Practice considering other people\u2019s perspective. You\u2019ll build more user-friendly apps and have better relationships with your coworkers and team leads.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article, about how to be ready for web developer job interviews, is just as relevant to me as a returning developer as it is to &#8220;newbies.&#8221; Eric Elliott: How to Land Your First Development Job in 5 Simple Steps Which reminded me of those great VW commercials:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alannarisse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alannarisse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alannarisse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alannarisse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alannarisse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8314"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.alannarisse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8331,"href":"https:\/\/www.alannarisse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8314\/revisions\/8331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alannarisse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alannarisse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alannarisse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}