Becoming a coder
Sam has been learning coding since December 2019. This call was recorded end of August 2020, where we discussed the methods of writing cover letters and scraping job postings.
This is our ninth recording in the series where we discuss Sam's progress and programming challenges faced on his journey of becoming a junior web developer.
Watch the previous episode here:
• Becoming a coder #008 - CV review
Learn why we're doing this:
• My friend is becoming a coder - prog...
00:00 Introduction
01:30 Start
03:20 Why write cover letters?
04:19 How Voy writes cover letters
07:29 Looking at StackOverflow jobs
10:54 Filtering jobs out
13:15 How to review a job posting?
16:29 We review the first posting
17:59 Code responsibility culture
19:36 What's expected of you?
20:36 Reviewing the company itself
21:03 Understand the hierarchy
23:43 More info on the company
25:16 Benefits
28:45 Click Apply before applying
29:19 Understand the questions
31:28 Voy's scraping method explained
34:22 Job Scraping step by step
38:02 Extracting hard-to-find keyword
39:48 Visit and scrape their website
43:27 Expand on each keyword
49:41 Summary of the technique
52:23 You are a 'brand' now
53:27 Personal Marketing document
54:45 Backup your answers
57:46 Second posting scraping
01:07:10 Bundle cover letter with CV
01:07:45 Some postings are vague
01:09:02 LinkedIn recruiters
01:12:35 Recap
01:18:04 Imagine being a recruiter
01:19:44 Next steps
01:23:22 Manage your expectations
01:29:04 Applying for jobs is your job no
01:30:36 Wrapping up
More programming chats following Sam's journey of becoming a software developer will be out soon, see you then!
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