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| 15:44 | < gnolam> | Whee! |
| 15:49 | < Tarinaky> | Heya gnolam. |
| 16:00 | < gnolam> | Isn't it wonderful when something actually works as expected? |
| 16:06 | < Tarinaky> | Is this channel any good for career advice? :/ |
| 16:21 | <@ToxicFrog> | Sometimes. |
| 16:24 | < Tarinaky> | How do I find and get a programming gig :/ |
| 16:24 | < Tarinaky> | Specifically my first etc... |
| 16:25 | < Tarinaky> | I can code, at least I know the basics and know C++ as a language inside and out again, how do I go about making the transition from an unrelated job I hate to the job I want to do? |
| 16:30 | <@ToxicFrog> | Sound out every contact you have about programming jobs, check and apply for job postings for every company in the area you're interested in working at, and post your resume at whatever sites are relevant. |
| 16:30 | <@ToxicFrog> | I can't help a lot with specifics because for me it's been contacts all the way :/ |
| 16:36 | < Tarinaky> | I don't really have any contacts aside from... well... you lot and a few other ircers. |
| 16:46 | <@TheWatcher> | Code up a strong portfolio, look for places you might want to work, try to find contact details for people there in a position to view it, try them. |
| 16:47 | < Tarinaky> | A strong portfolio? |
| 16:49 | <@TheWatcher> | If you're not going through conventional recruitment channels or contact, you're going to need to prove that you are worth hiring. |
| 16:51 | < Tarinaky> | I meant more what would be a strong portfolio. |
| 16:51 | < Tarinaky> | How do I assemble one, etc... |
| 16:52 | <@TheWatcher> | As in, programs of sufficient complexity and polish that you can use them as demonstrations of your skill. People going for art jobs have portfolios of artwork, people going for level design or building work show levels they've already made for games, programmers need to show impressive code results. |
| 16:55 | < Tarinaky> | Yeah, but what is an impressive code result? |
| 17:00 | <@TheWatcher> | Write something appropriate to the fields you want to go into that shows skill. |
| 17:01 | <@TheWatcher> | What is it you want to /do/? |
| 17:02 | < Tarinaky> | I don't know :/ |
| 17:03 | <@TheWatcher> | That may be a problem, then. |
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| 17:10 | <@ToxicFrog> | Tarinaky: that's the first step, then. |
| 17:10 | <@ToxicFrog> | In general, one's portfolio consists of programs you wrote anyways - the best and most polished cherry-picked from everything you've written. |
| 17:12 | <@ToxicFrog> | But generally this requires one to have programs you want to write first. |
| 17:22 | < Tarinaky> | And time to do it >.< |
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