- Get an open source project on there, preferably a big name one. even if u can just fix some issues for someone. (or release some code!)<p>- Try to get a job at a company that also has a big name, people will hire ex-Microsoft than ex- tinycorp employees<p>- (I heard this worked for one guy) used the name Joe instead of Jose and had a lot more luck getting interviews<p>- #1 tip: be an expert in one thing, the first 4 jobs i got it was because i was an expert at PHP or Jquery (they needed really only one skill).<p><pre><code>  - so even if your a PHP expert and php is old there will still be php jobs. There&#x27;s still fortran and cobol jobs, even though those languages are 1970s or earlier..
</code></pre>
- with no experience you need some projects or open source or demos or portfolios or be really charming. if you have projects you can use the following tip.<p>- if you just have some side projects or fix some open source you can put it on the resume and lines like this are great:<p><pre><code>   - worked on open source used by N users, project was popular
   - optimized X for a speedup of N%
   - fixed bug that was causing X for N,000 number of users
</code></pre>
- in the future, try to highlight a win you got for your employer&#x2F;projects:<p><pre><code>  - say stuff like: company made $x with my product. customer happyness went up 200% with my work. (stats are good too)
</code></pre>
gl!