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Ross Dakin edited this page May 14, 2019 · 8 revisions

Welcome to the NYC-Tech-Job-Playbook wiki!

Here are my initial thoughts for a structure:

  1. Build your base (what to study / extra-curricular)
  2. Gain experience (hackathons, classwork, side projects)
    • valuable tools vs. meaningless projects
  3. Create your image (resume, LinkedIn, cover letter, personal website)
  4. Find your people (networking, communities, clubs, events, conferences, Slack channels, consulates)
  5. Uncover opportunities (job hunting, recruiters, job boards, career fairs)
  6. Land an interview (phone screen, leveraging networks, etc.)
    • When to apply / imposter syndrome
  7. Ace the interview (whiteboarding problems, behavioral, etc.)
  8. Navigate an offer (knowing your value, negotiation, equity, leveraging multiple offers, etc.)
  9. Being successful
    • On the job: first week (benefit elections, scour the corporate intranet, make friends)
    • On the job: first month (understanding culture, find corporate pain points)
    • On the job: first quarter (get early wins, overdeliver, be noticed)
    • On the job: first year (record everything you do to generate value; asking for a raise)

Sort of like these:

We could host it on GitHub and get community input, drawing on prior art, but making it specific to CUNY students:

Clone this wiki locally