How to Get Your First Coding Job — Transcript

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1. 0:04all right Caleb looks like we have the
2. 0:07results from your interview let me tell
3. 0:09you me and the entire team were
4. 0:11extremely impressed with your
5. 0:13capabilities really that's awesome that
6. 0:16being said we came to the conclusion
7. 0:20you're probably not the right fit for
8. 0:23this role but we're very thankful for
9. 0:26you applying and you can always apply
10. 0:28again next year
11. 0:30nice to meet you no no if only I used
12. 0:39primp if I used I would have had
13. 0:44unlimited interviews and I could have
14. 0:47done it over over again for free until I
15. 0:51was a master with primp you get paired
16. 0:58with another individual and do mock
17. 1:01interviews using real technical
18. 1:03questions I'm sure I would have got that
19. 1:06position if I used per amp beforehand
20. 1:10what are you doing I'm doing a
21. 1:12commercial obviously why I should have
22. 1:18used Bram go tripe ramp out right now
23. 1:25link in the description trust me I
24. 1:30understand the pain when it comes to
25. 1:31getting a coding job this video is just
26. 1:33gonna be a couple tips that I use to get
27. 1:35my first coding job and hopefully you
28. 1:37can do the same it can be very
29. 1:39frustrating though because it seems like
30. 1:41even the entry-level beginner positions
31. 1:44require more experience than you have oh
32. 1:53hey wait this is perfect for me I got an
33. 2:00A in sweet app building three years
34. 2:03professional experience required what
35. 2:10you may have some experience from school
36. 2:12but now you want to take it to the next
37. 2:14level maybe get a software engineering
38. 2:15position so how exactly do you convince
39. 2:18someone to hire you when you don't have
40. 2:19any experience number one is to own the
41. 2:21technical interview you can have lots of
42. 2:23experience and skills but it all comes
43. 2:26down to a very short interview whether
44. 2:28or not you get a position so if you do
45. 2:30everything else in this video but fail
46. 2:32at this point you're not going to get a
47. 2:34job very easily I have been turned down
48. 2:35from jobs and I understand the pain and
49. 2:38frustration it can cause the pride built
50. 2:40up like how dare they turn me down
51. 2:42because I can't code on a whiteboard
52. 2:46fortunately there's a lot you can do to
53. 2:48help with this the first one like
54. 2:49mentioned earlier is to check out
55. 2:51another resource would be cracking the
56. 2:53coding interview I will put links to
57. 2:55both of these resources in the
58. 2:56description below the second way to get
59. 2:58a job is to start small I feel like
60. 3:01everybody has this pressure to be the
61. 3:02lead senior distinguished engineer at
62. 3:05Google why not just start
63. 3:07with an internship or a junior level
64. 3:10development position or if all of these
65. 3:12even seem out of reach what I would
66. 3:13recommend is a volunteer as a total newb
67. 3:16a volunteer organization is more likely
68. 3:18to let you tinker with their stuff and
69. 3:21potentially break things that's because
70. 3:23you know they're hurting for talent and
71. 3:24they often don't have a lot of money to
72. 3:26pay software engineers millions of
73. 3:29dollars so why don't you go build a
74. 3:30website for your local church or build a
75. 3:32flashcard app for your high school
76. 3:34anything you can do to get some
77. 3:36experience and the main reason you want
78. 3:38to do this is to build a portfolio which
79. 3:40is actually the third way to get a job a
80. 3:42portfolio is similar to a resume but
81. 3:44it's often a little bit more in-depth
82. 3:46and often it's built on a webpage so you
83. 3:49could actually build a website to show
84. 3:51your portfolio you could even have a
85. 3:53github account with some open source
86. 3:54projects that you've started or have
87. 3:56worked on another good example of a
88. 3:58portfolio would be to develop an iPhone
89. 4:00app and just use that as an example of
90. 4:03something you've built a portfolio could
91. 4:05also consist of blogs on LinkedIn or on
92. 4:07your own personal website and the final
93. 4:09example of a portfolio I got is to
94. 4:10actually build your social media
95. 4:12presence so if you have a strong
96. 4:14industry influence companies are more
97. 4:16likely to recognize you for your
98. 4:18technical expertise fourth way is to
99. 4:20stand out and unfortunately technology
100. 4:22companies have made this very difficult
101. 4:24to do so if you apply for a position
102. 4:26you're more than likely not going to
103. 4:27have any contact you can reach out to to
104. 4:30ask questions or just to say hi I'm a
105. 4:33real person even if you call the company
106. 4:35some time and just say hey I applied for
107. 4:37this position could I talk to someone
108. 4:39about it they'll be like no bye so you
109. 4:43have to think a little bit more
110. 4:43creatively on how to stand out and this
111. 4:45is doing the obvious things like having
112. 4:47a good cover letter or resume but also
113. 4:50building that portfolio right so my
114. 4:52portfolio was my YouTube channel and
115. 4:54this allowed me to stand out from my
116. 4:56peers my boss for my first coding job
117. 4:58actually saw my YouTube channel and he
118. 5:00understand that even if I didn't have
119. 5:02expertise in one particular skill set I
120. 5:05would be able to pick up the knowledge
121. 5:07and learn so he offered me a position
122. 5:09coming from a minimum wage job this was
123. 5:12a really good offer even still I wasn't
124. 5:14sure I wanted to take it until he kind
125. 5:17of explained how much he was gonna pay
126. 5:18me right so it went a little bit
127. 5:20something like this
128. 5:21I really appreciate the offer but I'm
129. 5:23just not sure this job is for me no I
130. 5:26totally understand we'll pay you 18
131. 5:28bucks an hour I'll take it
132. 5:32great you'll start tomorrow although
133. 5:35this was a huge increase in pay I still
134. 5:37had some expenses so at the end of the
135. 5:39day I still have no money I'm out the
136. 5:56fifth way is to make it easy to get a
137. 5:57hold of you
138. 5:58for example someone comes across your
139. 5:59website and they think wow this guy
140. 6:01looks like he could really help us out
141. 6:02but there's no contact form well you may
142. 6:05have just lost yourself a potential job
143. 6:07offer so they check your social channels
144. 6:08your Twitter doesn't have a messaging
145. 6:11option your Linkedin doesn't exist and
146. 6:13basically you're impossible to get ahold
147. 6:14of you have to start thinking outside of
148. 6:16just the jobs you applied for what if in
149. 6:19theory people came to you and gave you
150. 6:21job offers wouldn't that be a lot better
151. 6:23so the first thing is to put a contact
152. 6:25form on your website if you have one
153. 6:26make sure you have a somewhat
154. 6:28professional email right so if you're
155. 6:30sending emails to people make sure your
156. 6:32emails not skater chick 74 at yahoo.com
157. 6:36the second thing you can do is have an
158. 6:37up-to-date LinkedIn profile talking
159. 6:39about your experiences and your
160. 6:40achievements and everything like that I
161. 6:42can't even tell you how many recruiters
162. 6:44messaged me on LinkedIn and there's good
163. 6:46recruiters and bad recruiters there's
164. 6:48ones that genuinely look at my profile
165. 6:50and say hey he's a.net developer let's
166. 6:52give him an offer at this other company
167. 6:54and see if he'd be a good fit but the
168. 6:56downside with LinkedIn is you're also
169. 6:57going to get those recruiters that just
170. 6:59spam everybody and it looks something
171. 7:02like this hi Caleb I noticed you had
172. 7:04experience in software developer I think
173. 7:07you'd be a great fit for our new opening
174. 7:09senior custodial engineer at large
175. 7:12technology company please apply today we
176. 7:15have great benefits wow it's really nice
177. 7:18that you would reach out to me
178. 7:18unfortunately I Caleb we haven't heard
179. 7:21back from you
180. 7:22did we say we have great benefits well
181. 7:24like I was trying to say I'm not really
182. 7:26looking at them we appreciate your
183. 7:27interest here's the URL for you to apply
184. 7:35we have great benefits the last way you
185. 7:38can make it easy to get a hold of you is
186. 7:39to have a full social presence so make
187. 7:42sure all your Twitter channels or
188. 7:44Facebook's or whatever are up-to-date
189. 7:45and that you're not posting crap on
190. 7:47there you wouldn't say in front of a
191. 7:49potential future boss I have received
192. 7:51two interviews thanks to Facebook
193. 7:53messages one of them actually turned
194. 7:54into a job so there you go if I wasn't
195. 7:56careful I would have missed out on these
196. 7:58opportunities and probably been homeless
197. 8:00living under a bridge so that is the
198. 8:02conclusion of this video hopefully it
199. 8:04was helpful for you guys if you've
200. 8:05enjoyed it just ask that you would click
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204. 8:12you give me your tips on how to get your
205. 8:14first coding job thanks guys and I'll
206. 8:15see you in the next one
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