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I am a developer and I have worked as an intern in the past, which wasn't a big deal, but now I want to find new opportunities and it's daunting, making programs to show off on GitHub is much easier than to, like, be overwhelmed by the calls, the resumes, the interviews, I almost feel like I am going to get blacklisted from a company if I do bad and that KILLS my motivation if I had any

It's difficult to even start so I've just been procrastinating by telling myself I'll make a resume after I'm done with a project, and I'm never done with a project, and if I do have a resume, I'm too scared, lazy, or can't find a place to send it too

Maybe I should try finding a really lazy method, or maybe I should use a fake name to see how it goes, but I don't feel much confident even then, is there any way to gamify this damned process? What a mess.

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[–] nazgul666@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You have nothing to lose, there are thousands of companies searching for developers. Inevitably, some of them won't invite you to interviews, but there are always others :-)

Regarding blacklists, I don't think that it is common (unless if you insult the interviewing person maybe?). In large companies, they usually have many offerings, so if you are rejected from one, you can just apply for another...

One recommendation could be to send your first application to a company which does not interest you that much. So you can gain confidence without having to be afraid