How to ACTUALLY Get a Developer Job In This Economy (2024)

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This economy is TRASH! With more layoffs happening every day, how do you find your next developer job in 2024? Here are five tips to help you do it!
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@PostMeridianLyf 6 ай бұрын

I've almost given up on finding a job. Started my own company, here goes nothing!

@JamesQQuick 6 ай бұрын

Sorry to hear that! What specific struggles are you having? Finding relevant opportunities? Getting callbacks for interviews? Interviewing in general?

@PostMeridianLyf 5 ай бұрын

@@JamesQQuick I believed this issue is Competition. After hundreds of applications (literally), several interviews varying in process length and attempting to get security clearance I get passed up for people with 'more experience'. I've got a great grasp on Android (Java/kotlin) and an decent understanding of webdev then started learning algos, ML and now LLM implementation. Figured since I've come this far, it would be more productive to build my own solutions and offer services while continuing to try breaking into this market. Next steps are to help out on some FOSS stuff

@juliansamurai 5 ай бұрын

I hope it works out for you 😊 I've also recently been made redundant and started out as a sole trader. Everyone I speak to says I'll never go back....fingers crossed they're right 🤞🏻

@JamesQQuick 5 ай бұрын

What is a sole trader?@@juliansamurai

@juliansamurai 5 ай бұрын

@@JamesQQuick here in the UK it means self-employed/freelancing 😁👍🏻

@1689JeffChavez 5 ай бұрын

Thanks James! Resuming my goal this 2024 and searching for your latest video is one of my best choices!

@1689JeffChavez 5 ай бұрын

Narrowing my focus is so important. Thanks again!

@syuo5051 6 ай бұрын

Thank you, James.

@JamesQQuick 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! Are you currently looking?

@syuo5051 6 ай бұрын

@@JamesQQuick yes, I'm still looking. But not in the sense that I'm trying to find something on purpose. This takes both time and effort. But the fact is that I still need it. I am slowly working on my own projects and studying to impove my skills.

@fabianpetersen2452 5 ай бұрын

Hi all, interesting and great advise. In Cape Town there are many job postings but you never hear back from them. I'm trying to get my first gig, i left my engineering manager job earlier this year to code, which i love doing. It has been tough but im positive, as you mention i have 3 projects im working on and i try to incorporste what i learn on Udemy to apply in those projects instead of doing the course projects. I learn really fast that way, however its not helping getting a job 😢. I also struggle with networking in my local area, its easier to join a group in the states than local 😂. If any of you know where or how to look for open source projects to work on let me know🙏

@arshiaalidosti8818 5 ай бұрын

I'm new in BC, Canada and just finished my Masters in Cybersecurity. I have 5 years of experience in fullstack development (C#,JS, and Python) and zero Canadian job experience. There is nothing for me! Every 100 applications gives me almost 2-3 screening interviews, every 5, 6 screening interviews gives me 0-1 technical! Last month I got a call and they asked about reference check, I doubled checked with my references, everything was fine, I thought my nightmare is over! But I was wrong! Apparently they have a problem to get new staff. I don't know, am I cursed or what!? I have zero chance to get a job soon because it's end of the year! Mentally, I'm super tired and disappointed. I don't even know how to fill this gap in my resume!!!

@pachvandio 5 ай бұрын

These steps are the literal steps I took to start my developer career. Took me three years to go from online tutorials to first full time gig. Keep failing, learning from it and trying again. It builds something in you. At some point you will succeed.

@meowmesh 5 ай бұрын

Hey mate if you got some openings from your company I'll be glad do apply. I am fullstack developer working mainly on frontend using react

@user-lc2ek1my6l 5 ай бұрын

here are some tips, love dev for what it is, read about it, search it, spend a lot of time practicing it, and build more and more complex things. second is to be hard-working and friendly, people love professionals but they also love friendly and teamwork-oriented people. third is don't give up and try your luck in different places, cities, etc.. sometimes it's not because of you, it's just a lack of opportunities.

@odehadejoh9966 6 ай бұрын

Java is on my to-learn list for early 2024. Let's see how that goes.

@JamesQQuick 6 ай бұрын

I like it! What languages do you have so far? Do you have a plan for learning Java?

@odehadejoh9966 6 ай бұрын

@@JamesQQuick So far, I can comfortably write JS, TS & PHP. Java would be my first "truly statically typed" language. Bought a Tim Buchalka course on Udemy over Black Friday, and am planning to mix it with Angie Jones' Applitools sponsored course.

@MichaelMooregrownman 6 ай бұрын

Great advice! Speaking of working for free you have a slot open James?

@JamesQQuick 6 ай бұрын

You're looking to do free work? What kind of experience are you looking to get?

@MichaelMooregrownman 6 ай бұрын

@@JamesQQuick I've been working with Astro and Nextjs. I'd like get more experience with those frameworks.

@orlinpetkovjs 5 ай бұрын

JamesQQuick, I am also interested in volunteer projects. I am interested in projects with React JS.

@JamesQQuick 5 ай бұрын

Want to send me an email? james.q.quick@gmail.com@@orlinpetkovjs

@pranavmahajan4190 5 ай бұрын

Searching for few months and I am not getting a job. Market is really tough. I have certifications, 10+ years experience and no help.

@nickwoodward819 6 ай бұрын

If you're looking for (one of your) your first jobs, branching out to say Java would be demoralising imo. Your channel has a FE focus and jumping to a strictly typed OOP language at a time when you need a job and can't get one in the language you're comfortable with is going to be *rough*. Personally I'd spend that time focusing on a specialist area in JS. Realtime, or animation, or displaying data. Just my 2 cents.

@JamesQQuick 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing. Yeah that context shift could be tough but it may be necessary. Unfortunately, I think it's harder right now to find jobs that are strictly frontend. I think it opens up more opportunities to know some frontend and backend and a language other than JavaSCript. I don't disagree that might be tough, but it might be necessary unfortunately.

@danglad5546 6 ай бұрын

I agree with you 100%, although I don’t have a job)). But if you try to run back and forth (for example, learn such a complex language as java) in order to please these ridiculous job advertisements, where a junior developer must know 5 frameworks (some of which are in php, others in javascript), then you can study until retirement. Especially if you already have some real knowledge of html, css, javascript and react.js (next.js). You just need to strengthen them.

@JamesQQuick 6 ай бұрын

Great point as well. That's a good balance with the other main point of the video which is to narrow your focus. Seems a little counter intuitive, those two things together, but I think so many people get overwhelmed with trying to learn everything. Even specifically limiting yourself to frontend and then Java is helpful. Without research, people don't know if it's Java, Python, .Net, etc. Doing the research and picking the most high value things is key!@@danglad5546

@nickwoodward819 5 ай бұрын

@@JamesQQuick Yeah, fair enough! I was lucky enough to get my OCA in java years back as it was my first language so I guess I'm lucky in that regard But even in that position I'm not sure I'd want to jump into an interview where I'm even remotely leaning on that qualification (despite it being a real deep dive) or competing against others who've learnt java as their primary focus. ...unless this is a clever bluff to get all the JS devs to leave the job market so that we can have all the jobs. I like it! 😄

@JamesQQuick 5 ай бұрын

haha you caught the secret goal behind it all! Anyways, thanks for chiming in and sharing your thoughts!@@nickwoodward819

@minhazhalim2097 6 ай бұрын

Learning 2 or more programming languages is very difficult and quite challenging. Finding free works is also a difficult and might not get a very first job.

@JamesQQuick 6 ай бұрын

2 languages difficult. Yep, I agree. I think it's potentially an unfortunate necessity at this point. Free work could be difficult too for a lot of different reason. I totally agree. BUT it could give you a significant leg up in experience and make the difference in finding a job or not. These things are difficult but also finding roles right now is extremely difficult so any advantage you have can make a big difference.

@minhazhalim2097 6 ай бұрын

@@JamesQQuick Thanks 🙂🙂

@nomad100hd 5 ай бұрын

In my experience, networking does nothing.

@JamesQQuick 5 ай бұрын

I've never met someone who seriously invests in the community not get something out of it. What sort of things are you doing for networking? Where are you spending your time?

@nomad100hd 5 ай бұрын

@@JamesQQuick Well, I made friends with several developers at a company. I came over for cookouts, entertained them musically, and fixed some of their guitars. Even gave one them an amp.

@JamesQQuick 5 ай бұрын

That sounds really nice of you. I'm assuming there was a job opening at their company that didn't work out for you? To me, that doesn't necessarily imply that networking doesn't work. Just maybe not for that role, but in general having those connections gives you an advantage over other candidates that don't@@nomad100hd