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How do I get a programming job again after spending the last 4 years unemployed/retired living off crypto? Did I basically just make myself permanently unemployable?

>> No.52313120
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52313120

Im 29 i never had a job.
I am unemployable.

>> No.52313161

>>52312977
>unemployable
basically, I went full crypto in 2017 and haven't been able to get a job since.

>> No.52313164

You lie.

>> No.52313189

>>52312977
Just program one of those QR codes so any moron who scans it is donating to you. Then put the QR code up as posters or fliers of 'donate to help Ukraine'

>> No.52313205

>>52312977
say you were a "consultant"

>> No.52313206

>>52313164
How? I can't just make up fake jobs on my resume because they will check to see if I really worked there.

>> No.52313236

>>52312977
upload some shit to git to show that you know how to code, if anyone asks about the employment gap make up a story about a personal project that failed (shows initiative and entrepreneurship) and/or taking care of a sick relative.

>> No.52313239

do a couple projects and claim you spent the time working on them and learning while freelancing

>> No.52313256

>>52312977
>How do I get a programming job
You don't, everyone is getting laid off and they're freezing hiring.

>> No.52313338

>>52312977
do you know how to program anything?? any languages...?

go get a pizza delivery job or something like that, say you were doing that as stable income with your own small projects on the side

>> No.52313373

>>52313338
Of course, I was a web developer for like 7 years before I quit to live off crypto. But I haven't done anything in the last 4 years and I never kept in touch with any former coworkers or anything like that.

>> No.52313429

>>52312977
>Did I basically just make myself permanently unemployable?
no
you get it the same way as everybody else
make a portfolio with projects and apply for jobs, use linkedin and all that

>> No.52313441

>>52313206
I was gonna help you but then I realized it I did you might succeed and reproduce which is not ideal for an already over populated world

>> No.52313471

>>52313429
I have no projects. I don't even like programming, which is the reason why I quit to live off crypto even though I didn't know how long I would be able to last doing that. I just did it because I fell into it and it was the only skill I have. I have no drive or motivation to improve my skills anymore, I just want to use my existing to get a job again if that's possible.

>> No.52313503

>>52313471
*use my existing skills

>> No.52314081

I'm in a similar situation except I never had a proper job I just did freelancing for a few years. There are businesses that will give you fake references and set up fake companies you can say you worked at. It likely will only work for a small company that doesn't do a thorough background check.

Honestly I think we're completely fucked. I've also looked at the freelance sites and they're dead as fuck because all the lrn2code memes. And the real tech sector is halting hiring and shit.

I think I might just get a job at the post office or something. Just completely check out of any ambition I ever had which is sad because I'm high iq and could have been put to good use if our society believed in second chances but it doesn't.

>> No.52314544

>>52313373
literally just shorten your gap and say you’re freelancing right now but want stability
what is so hard about this

>> No.52315812

>>52312977
all you have to have is some good photoshop skills and you can do graphics design work like get a digital camera a nice DSLR and start taking photography and use that in photoshop to make cool desktop wallpapers

then you can make a patreon and basically get paid a ton

>> No.52315838

>>52312977
Lie and say you've been freelancing. Stupid faggot. I made up my entire resume, from education to work history, and got hired.

>> No.52315867

>>52315812
that's how I got started now im member of technical staff at meta i literally had gaps in my resume but i just said alright fuck it here is my CV. I have worked with several people who know their name. I could be totally biased and say that when we talk about how we're gonna change Meta to better help people understand and respect people who want to work on Meta but who don't share that they didn't create Meta. That is not my place of discussion here so I don't care. But i have worked on several projects here, all of them without a modicum of credibility or credibility that might be expected from a community that's willing to take risks when they need to. So now I just want to do my utmost well but I am not 100% sure why I can't even say it when i don't even think of myself as an actual contributor.
My real name is Kevin R. Henson and I am a game developer in San Francisco. I did freelance work for a couple companies and I've worked as an analyst on Blizzard.
I worked for Blizzard as an analyst for five years. I worked on Diablo III as an analyst for one year. And I still work here? I like to laugh because I think I made all the difference when I started working there. I was also part of a community that did all the work that we did for one year. We even had some fun and great conversation, i would say awesome friends

>> No.52315895

>>52314081
Invest in GME, bröther. Therin lies our second chance

>> No.52315898

>>52313373
>never kept in touch with any former coworkers
go back, retard.

>> No.52315971

>>52313373
>7 years experience
you'll be fine, don't know why you're even worrying

>> No.52316091

Just start freelancing, get some clients off upwork and if anyone asks you've been freelancing for the last few years.
Literally a non-issue.

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>>52313471
Wagies here complain a lot but I work in a small restaurant business. Its stressful at first and everything is very personal, but you start to get good and able to deal with people being angry at you, customers being angry, messing up, etc. Its very nice to start working better with your coworkers and getting to know them. I'm meeting a lot of very interesting people, one of my friends is a virtuoso saxophone player. I hope one day i'll learn enough to gather my friends and can start my own bakery or something like that.

>> No.52316202

I was a NEET for ten years.
Applied for a government job, lied on my resume and got hired. They paid for my degree and paid me a salary while at uni. Then again I’m not a burger.

>> No.52316509

>>52315867

What kind of bot post is this?

>> No.52316529

>>52313189
Based parasite.

>> No.52316543

>>52312977
>Did I basically just make myself permanently unemployable?
yes

>> No.52316801

>putting all your eggs in one basket
ur just lazy

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>>52313206
i got you fren

>> No.52316948

>>52312977
Move to a 3rd world country. You can get jobs just by being an "expat" and enjoy cheap everything

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52316993

Unlike OP, after I quit in 2020 I've spent the last two years working on a complicated strategy game with lots of coding

If I don't make it off the game or crypto, at least I have something to show for what I did with all that time

>> No.52317218

>>52316829
kek this doesn't work, i've tried it. You won't even make it past the interview stage and if by some chance you do, booted after a week once they realize you lied and don't know shit.