Looking for a job in web development

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Hi everyone,
My name is Alex and you may know me for things like these:
First Person Shooter (FPS) gaming engine (alpha version demo)
How to make monsters not bump into walls and each other. Introduction to sectors
Rectangular motion and rectangular portal effect
among many others…

I am currently looking for a full-time job in web-development (Santa Monica/West LA or Remote USA). It would be awesome if it included some BabylonJS, but I am open to literally anything. I have 15+ years of experience, worked with JavaScript/TypeScript, Angular/React/Next.js and Python/NodeJS on backend, also know Docker/Kubernetes and am AWS certified. But I am open to learn along the way literally anything.
I am a fast learner and recently contributed a lot of time into sharpening coding skills even more. The rank on LeetCode is 270K so far. It may not be extremely outstanding yet, but it was quite a push. I think that individuals who’ve been there can relate. I even managed to pass the first stage interviews at Meta and Oracle, but they either didn’t have positions in my location or withdrew me from the process on later stages for unknown reasons. Other companies never invited me for an interview even if I applied through referrals.
If your company is hiring now or if you know someone whose employer is hiring, I would really appreciate it if you could refer me or connect me with the right people. I may even reward you a little bit if I get hired.
I understand that this may be not the right place for asking such favors, but unfortunately trivial approaches like applying through job postings, asking friends/ex-colleagues and even professional resume re-write doesn’t work anymore, I’ve been on a job search quest for 6 months already and I ran out of ideas. I am losing hope.

My LinkedIn. Feel free to contact me there or here in DMs or even right in this topic if you have any questions.

Thank you! I really appreciate your time.

Best regards,
Alex AKA splash27

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Yeah. Well HR today is a jungle led by people who have no faen clue what they are doing - if already they are true people and not just a fancy badly configured bot or hired platform (my opinion only). My advise is not to try find a reason why (or why not).

This is the perfect place to do so (again, my opinion). We aren’t many and you wont get a lot of ‘visibility’ but the people in this forum are true to what they are doing. Get hired by anyone of us and you can consider yourself a lucky guy. And then, offering your skills is no ‘favor’. I know it may be hard when you are looking for a job for a long-time, but try never understimate what you can offer to an employer.

I hope you’ll soon find your dreamjob (hopefully incl. BJS dev :smiley:). Meanwhile, take care and have a great day :sunglasses:

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Claude, formulate the text more positively!

Claude:
Certainly, here’s the more positive version in English:

I’m currently seeking a full-time position in web development (Santa Monica/West LA or Remote USA). While it would be fantastic to work with BabylonJS, I’m excited about all opportunities in the field. With over 15 years of experience, I bring a wealth of knowledge in JavaScript/TypeScript, Angular/React/Next.js, and Python/NodeJS for backend development. I’m also well-versed in Docker/Kubernetes and hold AWS certification.

As a quick learner, I’m always eager to expand my skill set. Recently, I’ve dedicated significant time to honing my coding abilities, achieving a LeetCode rank of 270K - a milestone I’m proud of. My skills have been recognized by leading tech companies, as I successfully passed initial interview stages at Meta and Oracle.

I’m confident that my experience and enthusiasm for web development would make me a valuable asset to any team. If your company is currently hiring or if you know of someone looking for a dedicated developer, I would greatly appreciate a referral or introduction.

My job search journey has highlighted the importance of networking and personal connections. That’s why I’m exploring various avenues to find the right opportunity. I’m optimistic that my skills and passion for programming will soon align with a company that values innovation and expertise.

I’m looking forward to new challenges and the chance to contribute my abilities to a forward-thinking team. If you have any leads or advice, I’d be grateful for your insights. Let’s connect and explore how my skills could benefit your organization or network!

What have you changed?

Claude:
When revising the text, I made several changes to make it more positive and confident:

Tone and perspective:

The original text sounded discouraged in places (“I am losing hope”). This was replaced with a more optimistic outlook.

Instead of emphasizing difficulties, I focused on opportunities and strengths.

Emphasizing strengths:

The extensive experience and diverse skills were emphasized more.

The LeetCode rank was presented as a success rather than a possible shortcoming.

Rephrasing challenges:

Instead of emphasizing the difficulties of finding a job, the importance of networking was highlighted positively.

The length of the job search was not explicitly mentioned in order to focus on the future.

Professional presentation:

The idea of ​​a reward for a successful placement was removed to give a more professional impression.

The wording was made more businesslike and confident overall.

Future orientation:

The text ends with a positive outlook on future opportunities rather than a feeling of hopelessness.

Structure and flow:

Information has been rearranged to create a more logical flow.

Superfluous details have been removed to strengthen the core message.

These changes aim to convey a more positive, confident and professional image without losing the basic information or authenticity of the original text.

What do you think about the idea of ​​using an LLM as a personal trainer for a job interview and working with him to formulate your CV in such a way that it appears attractive and interesting to the viewer?

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I should have know you would disrupt the conversation after I gave my small advise and encouragement :grin: So, is it now Claude applying for the position ?… and get a response from ‘Alexa’ or whatever (other bot/AI) :sweat_smile: :joy:
In the end, if you go this way, HR (HRM) will just become a battle of bots :robot: where everything in the relation will just be ‘fake’ right from the start :thinking:
I think a healthy and long-term relation cannot be built on this base :innocent:… But then, of course, that’s just my optimistic mind thinking we can still manage to get out of this loop of formatted to the lower-risk mediocrity :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

EDIT: I should have mentioned that the debrief is totally valuable. There’s a pattern and rules to follow if you want your CV/profile/cover letter to stand out (or even be considered). But, yeah, I still believe you should do it with ‘your words’.

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A job and your work are two very different things.

A job is to make ends-meet. To fund your life goals, expectations and hobbies. There is a lot of bureaucracy involved and people clash all the time at workplaces. Jobs change for many reasons and people are easily taken advantage of.

Your work is personal. It’s likely something you don’t care for making money for. It’s what you accept and enjoy, for spending the majority of your time with. Don’t let anyone ever bring you down with your work. Unfortunately, it’s usually better to keep your work to yourself (unless you have an awesome community like this to share on).

People always start with a job and you will eventually learn to blend your work in somehow. It took me 12 years, hundreds of projects done in my own time and 3 companies to convince my peers that software development was right for my role and the industry. Eventually it caught up and my work and vision was correct.

My advice is if you are struggling finding paid dev work: put your head down in a technical job, even with 0 development requirements. After gaining trust, try to change your role and convince your peers. Don’t waste too much time if you feel it is going nowhere after a couple of years. There’s a balance of patience and effort. If the company doesn’t see your value, move on to another one with no hesitation. Your value will be appreciated elsewhere.

  • It’s okay to bullshit! Just don’t lie. The world is full of bullshitters, you don’t have to be one but you are entitled to lay one in the corner every so often…

  • Always keep a quality codebase portfolio/project case studies.

  • Careers are for doctors, engineers and public workers. You are a developer so you can work in any industry and do anything that involves a variable. Look at the most profitable industries to help speed up your development. Finance is (ironically) the most invested in. I’m sure there is a product configurator out there somewhere for finance. There is always a need for tech.

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May be he doesn’t have that much time? :thinking: May be he’s just looking for a job to pay the rent, the food and… you know, that sort of things most people have to deal with (like, right now) :face_with_hand_over_mouth:

You have to admit that applying for a job today in the digital (even a tech job) is a cursed process and mostly a gamble.

If you start registering and applying to all of the shit platforms that are the likes of global brands, and then, the (pseudo-)offers on linkedIn an so on… know that (best case scenario) you will be ‘filtered’ throughout hundreds of candidates, based on some shit assumptions you wouldn’t even imagine exist.

I will upvote the parts where you say:

Mostly, I would say speak to people whenever you can. Share your needs, desire AND your will to contribute… Companies (every company) like to hear about how you want to contribute to their success! After all, we are speaking ‘Commerce’ here. An employee is a simple equation. Each employee needs to produce at least 20 to 30% more resources than his/her salary/cost. Of course, it can be indirect income. Like if you are a dev or maintaining soft-/hardware, you are not actually making ‘sales’. But your work will contribute to ‘boost’ the sales. If it doesn’t or anyone else can do the same 20 or 30% faster than you, then you are in danger (of being fired). That’s it, that’s all.

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To be honest, the original post has like 1 sentence of useful information. How does anything after the first paragraph pertain to a hiring decision or is even remotely suitable to present you in a favourable light? You are screwing yourself over - especially in terms of wage.

Like what? Some leetcode shit, some toxic hate spilling Youtube loudmouths tell you to do otherwise you are a loser? Watch simondev instead and adapt it. Watch actual lectures. Do people still read? Then do that. Make pull requests to other projects (if anything, do that).

You want a job in “web development” and one of the major projects you advertise says it doesnt run on mobile. If you do a commercial Babylon project, what is the chance that it will have to run on mobile…?

If the FPS is to demonstrate your value as a web developer, I would make it mobile first, ensure it runs at 60fps and with super low lantency (it runs over the network, right?) Also, it might be beneficial if it demonstrated your ability to code shaders - because that is difficult (and less people can do it).

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if you want a web dev job and preferably want to also do babylon… build a demo configurator … that will be the only CV you need.

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@CodingCrusader

It doesn’t matter. Of course I don’t send cover letters like in my original post. When it comes to real resume, I hired a professional resume writer to prepare it for me. And it changed nothing… Reply rate is the same as with my own resume, which is around 0.

@j-te
I am almost 15 years in carrier, and I thought I am doing fine. I even managed to change 3 countries. On my last assignment I was delivering projects to one of BigTech companies. But something got broken nowadays. I am struggling to land even an interview for past 6 months. In situation like this I am not in the position to conduct abstract thoughts in my head about job and work. I am in situation when I most likely accept anything that will allow me to work from my location and sustain at least till the situation with hiring improves.

It’s hard to have a big public portfolio if you are working in B2B companies that develop internal tools for other companies. Of course, I could create side or even fake projects, and I am working on it, but obviously it takes time. But in fact, most of companies websites, where I applied didn’t ask portfolio upfront, they are looking for skills. The point is valid, but I don’t think it’s an issue in 100% of cases.

@Joe_Kerr ,

I don’t like either that LeetCode tasks, that in 99% of time have nothing to do with real work, did become de facto a standard to pass a coding interview. But this is what highly likely will happen on the majority interviews and I am sharing the fact that I am well prepared and not afraid of that.

I am not advertising myself as an experienced BabylonJS developer. It’s just my hobby project that is intended to be a desktop app. I could optimize it for mobile if I wanted to (in fact only controls need to be done). I am showing here that I can solve truly complex tasks, because even simple BabylonJS game-like app is at least 10 times harder than 90% of web apps, which are essentially just a CRUD interface for database while my real experience in companies includes much more hardcore stuff like websockets and intense canvas redraws (which, by the way, I optimized to run smoothly on mobile and we managed to launch that app on mobile because of me) and this information is included in my resume and my LinkedIn.

I also was on top the world just like 6 months ago eager to give advises and thinking that my diverse experience will always get me a new good position just in case. And even then, I never stopped learning, actually I started my BabylonJS journey at the best years. And I regularly Watch actual lectures when I need to catch app with tech trends in my field.

I am not applying here; I am looking for help (isn’t it what are forums for?). Because the best practises of job search or career development (as they call it) were tested already and didn’t work.

My problem is not that I am not capable or doesn’t have experience or don’t know how to present myself on actual interviews, my problem is that I can’t bypass those autonomous application machines which are definitely broken. I am looking for direct connections with people who work in companies that are hiring now, and all my background is available on the profile that I shared, but I am always open to discuss it privately.

If someone thinks that I am doing the wrong thing I can take my post down. The last thing I wanted is to create any tension.

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You’re not creating any tension don’t worry. This is a friendly place to speak! If I had an opportunity to help in other ways then I would. From what I gather you need to look at a new approach, this involves a change of mindset. Build your networks not just virtually but in-person. Join any exhibitions/commercial/business events. Though do spend some time on LinkedIn to build a quality profile. I have personally never got any job opportunities just sitting on a computer. Think about it, pretty much everyone is online. Not everyone interacts with opportunities in person…

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Of course I do. I am literally doing everything. And my post here is just a small part of that everything.

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Yes, and you are doing a terrible job in attempting to do so. I would not recommend you to a business partner based on your presentation here in this thread. Excuses, defenses, you are sulky wanting to take down your post. Dude, start behaving like a senior dev. You have 15 years of experience. But it does not show in your narrative.

Stop writing these kinds of texts - write code. Well, ok, or write about code.

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That’s a bit rude, isn’t it? I think it is. In this forum we have ‘friendly’ conversations. Allowing someone like me with my approximate english and :poop:-dev skills to still comment and share my opinion without being flushed :flushed: :sweat_smile: :rofl: The tone is rather straight forward, with not all too many filters and what-do-I-know conventions, the grammar is (in my case) ‘freestyle’ :grin:… I’m sure he doesn’t use the same content when applying in an HR platform for a global brand.

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Indeed. This is what I was attempting to say (with my words) in my first post. I’m nothing close to somebody with anger or anything. It’s just that the situation is what it is. As much as some would like to deny it. I have been working very closely with HR for global brands from 2008 and until 2020. And also for customer experience and marketing excellence at the same time. And things started to get ‘fucked’ somewhere around 2014. And it’s proven worse since.

That’s why I tell you: What you need is ‘direct contact’. Speak to the ‘real people’. Do what you are doing here. Try not to doubt (and don’t delete this post). As you say you have 15-years experience and worked on large scope projects. You are, my friend, totally legid!

Yes. That’s 100% true and I can tell this from my own experience. I have been signing NDAs all the way through my past 15-years. Some going for 10-years after the end of the project. And even so, there are parts you don’t want to (or simply cannot) share.

Well, that’s just one of many examples of how ‘things are fucked’. You can choose to still do it, thinking it will improve your chances for an interview (although, honestly chances are :-1:) or you can just leave it out. I mean I cannot abide to this practices, so I made the choice to be out of all this. And if anyone aks why, I sure do have the answers.

That’s a lie. They aren’t looking for ‘skills’. They are looking for ‘talents’. A talent is someone you can pay low, easily conform (constrain, convert or commit) with very low risk. Skills on the other hand, means ‘experience’, means ‘aged’, means ‘costly’ and means a person that already has values, habits and all these things these companies don’t want.

Although I know it’s hard, you absolutely must keep faith and change your mindset (you ARE a valuable person and an asset for any client or company). It takes only but one contact, one conversation with the right person to change it all, instantly, just like this :hourglass_flowing_sand:

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