As long as someone read it.įrom then on, whenever I submitted an application, I searched for the company on LinkedIn and emailed someone on their engineering or hiring team.įor most small companies or C-level executives, the email format is usually For larger companies, it may be verify emails, I used Rapportive to cross-check emails with social media accounts. He told us to send emails directly to real people with each application. I was throwing applications into a black hole.Įverything changed when one of my cohort-mates, a former recruiter, shared a guide to the job search. Less than five percent of companies responded to me.

Pro-Tip: Find companies using this easy-application repo. In the first week, I applied to 15–20 companies a day. I’d submit a resume for any role that wanted React, Node, or JavaScript experience. I applied through, AngelList, LinkedIn, StackOverflow, Hacker News, company websites, and even Craigslist. Insight #1: Get through to real peopleĪt first, I applied for companies using the shotgun approach.

Here are 5 things I wish I’d known before I began my job search. In total, 2.8% of applications became offers. The offers ranged from $60-125k in salary from companies all over the US, and for both front end and full stack roles. I applied to 291 companies, did 32 phone screens, 16 technical screens, 13 coding challenges, 11 on-sites, and received 8 offers. I completed Hack Reactor in July 2016 and took almost 3 months before accepting an offer with Radius Intelligence. Here’s what I learned.Ī less-talked about part of the bootcamper’s journey is what happens after you graduate - when you’re searching for that six-figure developer position. By Felix Feng I spent 3 months applying to jobs after a coding bootcamp.

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