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I think your problem is location, location, location. That is all.
If asked about education, what should one say?
If you mean during a phone or in-person interview, and also that youāre completely self-taught, then be honest, of course. But on a resume (and assuming youāre in the US), generally you should omit education if you donāt have a college degree, as I already mentioned.
Wow, looking at this thread made me really motivated to keep going with my learning path more than other stories that I have read here and on Medium.
No only @Anthonyf323 fixed all his issues and made a excelent portfolio, but he seems he actually got a job and he is doing really good.
Nice portfolio (other than the blinding white sections (glad I have a dark theme plugin )
Noticed heās in Charlotte tooā¦ I donāt know if Anthony reads the forums anymoreā¦ Iām in the Charlotte area also and am job searching also (Web Development, Software Engineering, QA Testing, and even Mainframeā¦). Any openings at your current job?
On another noteā¦ for anyone currently looking hereās a pretty nice app for tracking your job search. I use it though personally thereās a few things Iād addā¦ but this guy created it on his own, is free (donations welcome) so I canāt complain.
(Iām not the author- just a user).
Havenāt been on here in a while, but came across this and had to reply. If youāre in Charlotte Iād highly recommend going through a recruitment agency like TEKsystems. They landed me a contract a year ago that led to a full time conversion.
The biggest companies here are the banks and most donāt hire directly. The best chance of getting in is through a contractor position
Thanks Anthonyā¦
Yepā¦ Iāve applied through a few recruitment/contracting companies like TEKSystem and SystemTec (one of my former employers- awesome one). Most of my past jobs were contract positions lol. Interesting that the banks donāt hire directly when Iāve seen a bunch of job postings on their own sitesā¦Hmmā¦