Title: I remember like it was yesterday: I applied to a job overseas through a job platform and didn&#x27;t get hired. People from the platform contacted me telling me one of the possible reasons was that I didn&#x27;t have any code on GitHub. After that I started uploading all my code as open source projects and began to search places to tell people about it.<p>Soon I learned about Hackernews and made a post that got 1 vote. I then decided to contact HN to ask how can I get more traction to my projects and they told me about the Show HN, a tag design to share small and even unfinished projects. Soon I was posting every idea I ever had made into a project. After InvaderZ - a space invaders clone that uses genetic algorithm (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=21577659" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=21577659</a>) - people started liking my projects and I started to gain some attention. That was very important cause I was being approached by some companies.<p>I don&#x27;t do projects to gather attention, I do cause I have fun doing them. I already had a lot of things done when I decided to upload them to GitHub. Well, in one of those times when my post was in top 10, a cool company from São Paulo saw me and called me for an interview. They liked my project so much they offer me a job.<p>I&#x27;m living in São Paulo now, it&#x27;s a huge city full of things to do and places to visit. It&#x27;s been really cool so far and I have a huge appreciation for  Hackernews and the good people that work here. They provide a cool platform where people can share relevant news. They provide tools for people to start their own startup. They share job openings. They share companies that are hiring. It&#x27;s a neat place for programmers, hackers and tech enthusiasts in general. I wrote this cause you never know when your story will inspire others and maybe there&#x27;s someone on the struggle right now looking for a job. This was my experience. HN help me a lot and I think it might help you too. Thank you all and have a wonderful year.
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