Reddit reviews Land the Tech Job You Love (Pragmatic Life)

Tools are important for the first interview.
However quantifiable achievements are important for all your interviews for each position

Try to express everything in terms of quantifiable impact for the organization
I read the book called "[Land the Tech Job You Love] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/1934356263/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_PeSLybHNKPWVF) " and I don't regret paying for it.

Ignore the fact that It says that online recruiting is not big, that's outdated, the rest is really good material

If you want a place for your all toolset knowledge: write a "buzzwords" section and put all the jargon + acronyms there

Contribute to open source. Create something of your own, and contribute to other projects. Since you are basically self taught and you are going for your first gig, conveying to prospective employers that you care about design, testing, and that you are not a cowboy will help. Read and understand books like Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby. Also, don't be a one trick pony. Tackling JavaScript could be a next logical step. Needless to say, all your open source and projects you demonstrate should have good test suites.

Learn about the non-technical stuff as well. I think Land the Tech Job You Love is great, and you probably want to look into Cracking the Coding Interview as a starting point for learning more about algorithms and data structures. Upcase is another great resource for beginning/intermediate Ruby programmers who want to up their game. Start solving challenges on e.g. codewars.com.

If your university offers a technical writing class that covers resume writing, take it. Heck, take that class even if it doesn't cover resumes - you and your employers will appreciate it.

I own a copy of Land the Tech Job You Love (Amazon), and it covers how to make up a good resume, as well as other generally-good advice. Pretty cheap, and small. Recommended.

Build a projects portfolio for the kind of projects you'd e apply for a job for.

Web app dev? Build and host a web app.
Android App dev? Build and publish a few apps.
DB Admin? Build and work with DBs.

If you can show a company you can do their work, by having already done it or done large components of it already, makes you a very attractive hire.

Read and follow this Bible's every word, mix and match as per your convenience though; Land the Tech Job You Love by Andy Lester. Look up the interweb and you might score a copy there or buy one if you want to have the hardcopy. You will keep returning to this book for the rest of your CS career, for the cool tips and ideas it provides. I highly recommend it.

Oh yes, I know of your affinity for the Gospel of Nick Corcodilos - the professional recruiter who has a Master's in Cognitive Psychology, but no formal training in organizational development, and it shows in that article by misinterpreting empirical findings and counter with his own biased slant. He even went as far as considering academic research as something of a [bent and corruptable](http://www.asktheheadhunter.com/whoisnick.htm#about "The headhunter") way of thinking and investigation. Ironically, OP, an individual who believes that no one book should outline and define a practice or industry, is using this one book to vehemethly defend a narrow viewpoint of someone who is not intimately involved with HR on any level. I was surprised that OP did not cite a chapter from his own book as a plug, Land the Tech Job You Love (Now available on Amazon for the low, low price of 16.36. Get your copy today!)

In the actual article itself, Corcodilos addressed several domains to build the argument that exit interviews are simply antiquated and dehumanizing. He constructed the argument in a manner similar to a propaganda, using emotional appeal to critique findings that are not based on subjective observations from which to draw reaching conclusions.