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I think your inability to find a developer position has nothing to do with your ability to develop. I recruit for my company and the most important is how you sell yourself. Every company looks for a very specific profile that fits. If you feel uncomfortable about your skills, you need to build a portfolio of projects you've worked on / created / designed... Then you can talk about those, how you designed them and why, and that can fix a poor technical interview. Those also help convey your passion. 10 rejections is insignificant, I think nobody has faced fewer rejections than that for anything, whether it's finding a job or finding funding for a startup or even finding a date. I would need more information to know what's going wrong, but 10 rejections isn't even an indication that anything is wrong. If the technical interviews are not going well then it "could" mean:
- you're not applying for the right position
- you're looking for something you don't have experience in
- you don't show passion or a good attitude
- you seem desperate and mostly care for the money
- you show a lack of interest in the company and their products Maybe you are missing out on a lot of opportunities:
- You can do freelancing
- You can find a non-tech company to work for, you'd be surprised by how many need developers: hospitals, government, transportation companies, airlines, insurances, banks... Have you sent your resume to Bank of America?
- You can find a startup that's in a field you kinda know and offer your help
- You can talk to a staffing company, they make money by finding you a job
- Go to events (eg. PHP event, Ruby on Rails, startups events, conferences...) and do networking. It's the easiest way to find a job, though you need to be good at talking to people.
- Look for jobs on angel.co, monster.com, dice.com |