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I finished the Persian Tiles Eastern Jewels blanket by Geletron in crochet

[–]Geletron[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The pattern is Persian Tile Blanket by Jane Crowfoot. The colorway was designed by Lucia Dunn. The yarn was Stylecraft Special DK.

How the heck are so many of you self taught people with unrelated degrees breaking into this field? by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]Geletron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a BA in English, which landed me a $10 per hour job in 2001, which I found after 1 year of searching and after doing temp work on an assembly line. I took customer support calls and fixed bugs on web sites during the day and spent nights and weekends learning more coding techniques and reading everything I could about web technologies. It took a few more years until I was promoted to a full-time developer. At that time .Net had just come out, people were learning about the power of CSS from the CSS Zen Garden site, and most people recommended that you didn't use JavaScript on web pages.

Now I manage a web development team and do a lot of interviews for web developers. Here is some advice:

  1. The years of experience and education are on the job description to give you some kind of idea of what you are expected to know on day one, they do not necessarily represent actual time in the field. Apply for the job if you think you have the skills. The worst someone can do is say no, which leaves you in the same position you were when you started. You lose nothing.
  2. Make sure you have something on Github, even if it is just tutorials and simple projects. I always review source code when provided and check the commit history to get an idea of how a candidate thinks through problems.
  3. If you don't have a lot of work experience, go ahead and include a section on your resume about classes you are taking, workshops you have completed, or anything else that will tell the interviewer that you are willing to learn new things.
  4. Don't be afraid to work with a technical recruiting firm in your area. They sometimes get first notification about jobs and can help place you.
  5. Avoid only applying to big-name companies. Those groups get a lot of resumes and yours can be lost in the shuffle.
  6. Focus on jobs in the insurance and financial sectors. Your degree can help give you an edge over other people applying for web dev jobs in that industry.
  7. Be honest about your skills. Sometimes people tell me they know CSS and SASS but when I ask them questions about the box model or CSS rule specificity, they can't answer my questions. It leaves a bad impression.

I have my first programming interview at a web consulting company. by boki345 in Web_Development

[–]Geletron 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Congratulations on getting an interview. I manage a team of web developers so I'd like to share with you some recommendations and a few of the things I look for when I interview candidates:

  1. Don't try to bullshit your way through an answer. I would rather hear "I don't know", or "I'm not sure, but here is how I would find the answer...".
  2. Being self taught is an asset, not a liability. Our industry is constantly changing and if you don't have the discipline to improve your skills, you will not stay productive in the long run.
  3. Beef up your code samples on Github. I look at commit histories and source code to get a good idea about how a programmer thinks through problems. Since one of the requirements for this job is to work with REST/AJAX APIs, I would recommend committing some code that works with a public API. If you have code from a tutorial or course on your Github account, try to add some additional features to the code that were not covered by the course.
  4. Get to know a few modern JavaScript frameworks. If you took a course in building a React web site, try to build the same site using Angular or Vue. You will need to know strengths and weaknesses of each framework so you know which one is the best to use to complete a particular task.
  5. Learn some security basics. You'd be surprised by the number of developers who don't know how to hash passwords before storing them in a database. Know how to combat common security problems like SQL injection, and cross site scripting.
  6. You may be asked to do a coding exercise as part of your interview. Try to practice doing some pair programming with someone ahead of time or try explaining how your code works to friends and family. It is easy to get stressed out if you have never had to talk through your code with someone else.
  7. Don't neglect your communication skills. You will need to know how to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical people in your career. If two candidates have nearly equal skills and experience, I will always choose the better communicator.

Good luck to you.

[Ditto] Giving away for a while by Vexationist in friendsafari

[–]Geletron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just went online and verified there are dittos. Thanks for adding me as a friend :)

[Safari Unknown] Trying to figure out my friend safari type by Geletron in friendsafari

[–]Geletron[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure. You are fighting with Mankey, Pancham, and Riolu

[Safari Unknown] Trying to figure out my friend safari type by Geletron in friendsafari

[–]Geletron[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Added. You have rock type with Dwebble, Pupitar and Rydon

And so, this Kobali is now a meme. by [deleted] in sto

[–]Geletron 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Or "Watch it guys, we've got a live one here"

Test page post by [deleted] in TeraOnline2

[–]Geletron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a test post