From working on my side project I was able to show a lot of companies the project. This actually gave a foot in the door and an eventual job. I am not saying start your own project, however if you see a project online that you want to jump in and contribute I would highly recommend. You can then use this experience for your CV's STAR.
As for improving my knowledge, this is not just programming. There are many things you can improve on that can help, for example I noticed a lot of companies were using AWS or Azure. So I spent my time learning AWS - which was a second pillar for me getting my current job.
Those are the two main things that kept me sane during those 3 months. Good luck at getting a job - it is horrible being knocked back :(
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Note: the servers are oversized for the load we’re currently seeing. The reason for that is that we tried to solve a production issue by increasing the server specs. It didn’t solve the problem, and now we can’t down-size the servers without re-provisioning them ️.
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Does anyone know the minimal provisions they could potentially use in this case?
I have been working on NearBeach for nearly 4 years. I have always done it in small steps.
- Implement projects functionality
- Implement customer/organisation functionality
- Implement tasks
- etc.
I find this helps me keep myself motivated. That and I couple it with a set goal - a very achievable goal.
Currently NearBeach is a minimal viable product currently going through a UI/UX and backend refactoring, with the goal of improving UI/UX and backend readability of the code.
Most likely between 100 to 200 bookmarks. The majority of these bookmarks are sorted and placed in folders. It is just useful links for me - I do revisit them
- Pick a framework that you like - my two recommended are either Laravel (php) or Django (Python). If you wanted to build something in C++ then I would recommend Qt Framework
- Depending how you learn, you can easily find documentation, YouTube videos, courses etc on nearly every single language.
- Go to meet ups - depending where you live you might have a meet up for web development, or a meet up for a particular language you are trying to master. Talking to people could help solve issues that you are experiencing
- Persistence - it took me years to get where I am now. Even then I am not quiet there yet and still have a lot more to learn myself. I have to persistently teach myself new things to get ahead of the job market
I went through a 3 month stink last year where I was without a job. The main reason why I stayed sane was due to;
1. I worked on my side project https://github.com/robotichead/NearBeach. 2. I improved/studied my knowledge
From working on my side project I was able to show a lot of companies the project. This actually gave a foot in the door and an eventual job. I am not saying start your own project, however if you see a project online that you want to jump in and contribute I would highly recommend. You can then use this experience for your CV's STAR.
As for improving my knowledge, this is not just programming. There are many things you can improve on that can help, for example I noticed a lot of companies were using AWS or Azure. So I spent my time learning AWS - which was a second pillar for me getting my current job.
Those are the two main things that kept me sane during those 3 months. Good luck at getting a job - it is horrible being knocked back :(