software-career-help

Resources to make changing careers into software a bit easier.

CS Career Hackers

The best resource here is probably CS Career Hackers discord server, get involved there.

Tracking Your Progress

1. Career Change Tracker. Download and fill it out as you go.
2. Kanban board to track your job search.

Creating and Improving Your Portoflio

1. LinkedRW: A simple CLI to create your resume and personal website based on your LinkedIn profile or a JSON file
2. Tips and Tricks to Finding Issues to Contribute to on Github
3. https://www.themuse.com/advice/the-20minute-weekly-project-thats-turbocharging-my-career

Resume

1. The Best Places to Post Your Resume, Depending On Your Field
2. An Editor's Guide to Perfecting Your Resume
3. Cover Letters Are Dead: Do This Instead
4. Complete Guide to UX Resumes + 3 Free Templates
5. Lessons from a year’s worth of hiring data
6. GitHub Is Your Resume Now
7. Github is Your New Resume
8. How to Easily Make Yourself the Most Obvious Fit for the Position
9. 275 Free Resume Templates You Can Use Right Now
10. Here's How to Tweak Your Resume to Prove You're the Perfect Fit
11. 5 Ways Your Resume is Just Like Everyone Else’s
12. CV Vs. Resume—Here Are the Differences
13. 4 Ways You Can Always Improve Your Resume (No Matter How Good it Is)
14. 5 Tools for Creating an Infographic Resume
15. Free Clean Interactive Resume
16. Conservative Resume Design
17. Sample Resume

Cover Letter

1. Guide to Finding Anyone's Email
2. How to Show You Get the Company Culture in Your Cover Letter
3. Email Introduction
4. 31 Attention-grabbing Cover Letter Examples
5. Cover Letter Template
6. Email Cover Letter Template
7. This is What it Means to Write a Cover Letter for Your Resume
8. This Tiny Little Writing Fix
9. 3 Basic Email Mistakes that Make You Look Really Unprofessional
10. Follow Up Email

Networking

1. How to Ask for an Informational Interview (and Get a “Yes”)
2. 3 Steps to a Perfect Informational Interview
3. 8 Ways to Be the Person Everyone Wants to Talk to at a Networking Event
4. 3 Networking Questions That Are Guaranteed to Keep the Conversation Moving
5. The No. 1 Predictor Of Career Success According To Network Science
6. The Savvy Networker's Guide to Meeting an Internet Stranger IRL
7. 10 Small Talk Tips That'll Make You Forget You Ever Had to Rely on "So, How About That Weather?"
8. The 2-Minute Email Trick That Convinced 85% of Recipients to Actually Respond to Me
9. Here's a Small Trick for Turning Every Introduction You Make Into a Meaningful One
10. 7 Etiquette Tips To Make Professional Networking Less Scary, Because You're Going To Have To Do It At Some Point
11. ‘So, What Do You Do?’ Rethinking Small Talk
12. How Successful People Network with Each Other
13. How to Find Anyone’s Email Address on the Web
14. How to Introduce Yourself in a Way That'll Make People Care Who You Are

Self-Branding

1. https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/3-steps-to-finding-a-fulfilling-career.html
2. https://tinybuddha.com/blog/5-steps-to-change-your-perspective-and-overcome-your-challenges/
3. https://www.quicksprout.com/the-complete-guide-to-building-your-personal-brand-chapter-1/
4. https://www.inc.com/jayson-demers/5-steps-to-building-a-personal-brand-and-why-you-need-one.html
5. https://www.themuse.com/advice/14-free-personality-tests-thatll-help-you-figure-yourself-out
6. https://99u.adobe.com/articles/51669/how-to-write-about-me-section
7. https://www.themuse.com/advice/3-ways-youre-standing-in-the-way-of-your-own-successand-how-to-stop-today
8. https://www.themuse.com/advice/4-reasons-youre-much-more-qualified-for-your-dream-job-than-you-think-you-are
9. https://www.themuse.com/advice/what-you-should-be-doing-for-your-personal-brand-every-day-week-and-month
10. https://50waystogetajob.com/
11. https://www.fastcompany.com/3057504/3-steps-for-breaking-the-imposter-syndrome-cycle
12. https://lifehacker.com/how-to-fake-being-more-confident-when-you-re-just-not-f-1739292468

Interview Prep

1. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0cuNYi34jyuUDBkQnV5Wmh5X3M/edit
2. https://www.sitepoint.com/getting-hired-developer-tips-senior-recruiters/
3. https://www.themuse.com/advice/the-ultimate-guide-to-researching-a-company-preinterview
4. https://www.themuse.com/advice/your-4step-plan-to-answering-tell-me-about-yourself-perfectly
5. https://www.themuse.com/advice/5-ways-to-show-the-interviewer-youre-the-best-hire-in-the-world
6. https://www.themuse.com/advice/8-surprisingly-easy-ways-you-can-wow-the-person-interviewing-you-according-to-real-live-hiring-managers
7. https://www.themuse.com/advice/4-supercommon-interview-questionsand-4-supermemorable-ways-to-answer-them
8. https://www.themuse.com/advice/pleasantly-persistent-5-rules-for-effectively-following-up
9. https://www.themuse.com/advice/5-smart-approaches-to-take-when-youre-asked-to-name-your-salary-besides-just-writing-all-the-zeros
10. https://www.themuse.com/advice/4-questions-that-will-cost-you-the-interview-and-what-to-ask-instead
11. https://www.themuse.com/advice/4-ways-you-can-take-back-control-during-a-neverending-interview-process
12. https://www.themuse.com/advice/5-horrible-interview-moments-you-need-to-stop-overanalyzing
13. https://www.themuse.com/advice/10-interview-questions-you-should-never-ask-and-5-you-always-should
14. https://www.themuse.com/advice/13-crazy-interview-questions-that-awesome-companies-will-actually-ask-you
15. https://www.themuse.com/advice/8-ways-to-know-everything-about-a-companyeven-before-the-interview
16. https://www.themuse.com/advice/4-moves-you-didnt-realize-make-you-look-unprofessional-in-an-interview
17. https://www.themuse.com/advice/4-littleknown-facts-about-the-interview-processand-how-to-use-them-to-your-benefit
18. https://www.themuse.com/advice/the-ultimate-interview-guide-30-prep-tips-for-job-interview-success
19. https://www.themuse.com/advice/3-times-youre-overthinking-your-interview-and-3-times-youre-not-thinking-about-it-enough
20. https://www.themuse.com/advice/4-nosy-interview-questions-youre-allowed-to-ask-because-the-answers-matter
21. https://www.themuse.com/advice/4-red-flags-you-cant-ignoreno-matter-how-badly-you-want-the-job
22. https://www.themuse.com/advice/30-behavioral-interview-questions-you-should-be-ready-to-answer-1
23. https://www.themuse.com/advice/this-is-what-really-goes-on-during-the-background-check-stage-of-the-interview-process
24. https://medium.com/javascript-scene/10-interview-questions-every-javascript-developer-should-know-6fa6bdf5ad95
25. https://lifehacker.com/be-more-likable-in-conversation-by-making-the-other-per-1723226851
26. https://www.businessinsider.com/uncover-truth-about-work-life-balance-job-interview-2015-11
27. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kathycaprino/2016/04/16/3-skills-you-need-to-rock-your-interviews-and-your-career
28. https://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2014/06/18/10-job-interview-questions-you-should-ask/#4c125077ace2
29. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonyoushaei/2014/10/20/12-surprising-job-interview-tips/#13124ee350f4
30. https://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan/2016/03/20/how-to-talk-to-a-headhunter/
31. https://www.fastcompany.com/3055458/these-are-the-biggest-mistakes-people-make-during-interviews
32. https://qz.com/608398/be-prepared-we-gotasked-10-ceos-to-tellgive-us-their-killer-interview-questions/
33. https://qz.com/647387/ace-your-next-job-interview-by-not-selling-yourself-at-all/
34. https://280group.com/product-management-blog/10-revealing-interview-questions-from-product-management-executives/
35. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP6Bnis8rsY
36. https://50waystogetajob.com/category/interviewing
37. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0cuNYi34jyuQnRIZGw1Tk43OGs/view
38. https://exercism.io/
39. https://interviewing.io/
40. https://www.pramp.com/#/
41. https://ashleynolan.co.uk/blog/a-guide-to-front-end-interviews
42. https://www.hackerrank.com/
43. https://www.interviewcake.com/
44. https://github.com/h5bp/Front-end-Developer-Interview-Questions
45. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gtBdi394fuOdcnFOmpwapTmK2b8NfRFIzeq-vZs7geM/edit#
46. https://www.themuse.com/advice/6-insider-job-search-facts-thatll-make-you-rethink-how-youre-applying
47. https://lifehacker.com/what-hiring-managers-wish-you-knew-about-applying-for-a-1734125179

Salary Negotiation

1. https://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/01/23/salary-negotiation/
2. https://99u.adobe.com/articles/52075/5-real-life-salary-negotiations-and-what-you-can-learn-from-them
3. https://www.themuse.com/advice/get-the-salary-you-deserve-4-steps-to-figuring-out-what-youre-really-worth
4. https://medium.com/we-are-yammer/how-i-negotiated-for-an-additional-15-000-at-yammer-2d3c137623ec
5. http://blog.interviewing.io/exactly-what-to-say-when-recruiters-ask-you-to-name-the-first-number/
6. https://hired.com/whitepapers/software-engineer-salary-data
7. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0cuNYi34jyuZTQtZUpkb2xYOVE/view
8. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0cuNYi34jyuVVQtT0VDVUx1SHM/view
9. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0cuNYi34jyueG5QVldsckFmSWs/view

Books

1. https://simpleprogrammer.com/products/careerguide/ (Available in print and as an AudioBook)

Misc

1. http://startupstash.com/
2. https://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/
3. https://www.freelancersunion.org/
4. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0cuNYi34jyublZNUGk3WXFyRTg/view
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WySMrBDPb-c
6. https://www.themuse.com/advice/9-tech-podcasts-so-addictive-your-friends-should-start-planning-the-intervention