I am a developer and I have worked as an intern in the past, which wasn’t a big deal, but now I want to find new opportunities and it’s daunting, making programs to show off on GitHub is much easier than to, like, be overwhelmed by the calls, the resumes, the interviews, I almost feel like I am going to get blacklisted from a company if I do bad and that KILLS my motivation if I had any
It’s difficult to even start so I’ve just been procrastinating by telling myself I’ll make a resume after I’m done with a project, and I’m never done with a project, and if I do have a resume, I’m too scared, lazy, or can’t find a place to send it too
Maybe I should try finding a really lazy method, or maybe I should use a fake name to see how it goes, but I don’t feel much confident even then, is there any way to gamify this damned process? What a mess.
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What kind of developer? I’m on the market for a React + Vite + TailwindCSS v4 frontend dev if that’s got any overlap with your interests/experience
Next & Vue w/ Tailwind, Flutter and some software dev with Ruby and Python
I wouldnt really say that I’m specifically a web dev, mobile dev, backend or software dev, Ive been trying a lot, not much experience in any of them
Full stack is the way to go - at least to a degree such that you can understand and appreciate e2e designs, patterns, anti patterns, efficiencies, etc.
I’d say a good way to start would be to find a project you’re interested on GitHub and check it out, play with it, and if you find something you want to change, add, or remove, just jump right in and submit a PR!
I’ll share one of my projects I put together for a buddy’s makerspace startup that we’ve open sourced such that it can benefit from community involvement as they grow. It’s a fun little playground that’ll give you experience with a modernized Python full-stack application, designed to run on a raspberry pi, and containerized with Docker. Enjoy!
Cheers
You have nothing to lose, there are thousands of companies searching for developers. Inevitably, some of them won’t invite you to interviews, but there are always others :-)
Regarding blacklists, I don’t think that it is common (unless if you insult the interviewing person maybe?). In large companies, they usually have many offerings, so if you are rejected from one, you can just apply for another…
One recommendation could be to send your first application to a company which does not interest you that much. So you can gain confidence without having to be afraid
I’m not a dev, so can’t really speak to that world, but this video helped get me in gear a couple of months ago : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNt83lIycCA
Create a LinkedIn page with links to your previous work and you can set your profile to looking for work. You’ll still have to do some of the leg work yourself but you’ll likely get contacted by recruiters asking you to apply for positions.
