Hi

Hi! Welcome! I’m Kiara <3

Hey there Olive, Tried Freelancing?

@oliveSky4408 hi I'm lola ❤ welcome to our cups family ❤ I have no idea about that line of work, sorry. But I hope you find work soon, and you get all the support you need here ❤❤gives you a giant tiny hug ❤❤ I'm glad you found us ❤

Hi! I'm Vivi.

@oliveSky4408 Welcome to 7 Cups, Olive! It's great to have you here, and I'm glad you're enjoying the community so far. As a fellow programming enthusiast (it's a hobby of mine too), I can relate to some of the challenges you're facing.

If you ever want to chat more about programming or your career journey, feel free to reach out!

@oliveSky4408
Hi there! Welcome to 7 Cups! It’s great to hear you’re enjoying it so far.

1. Build a Portfolio: Show off your projects and work.
2. Network: Connect with people in the industry.
3. Keep Learning: Stay updated with new tech.
4. Tailor Your Resume: Customize for each job.
5. Prepare for Interviews: Practice coding challenges.
6. Seek Feedback: Learn from rejections.

Hope this helps!

@oliveSky4408 , I saw this message of yours and I found myself a bit saddened over the fact that although people were presenting themselves to you, they were not trying to help you with your posted issue at all. Now, here we have a bit of a saying - "we can't give advice, because you're the only expert on yourself" - but I can gladly give you something to think about.

You should not take the fact it is "challenging to get work" as a rejecting of yourself or your skills. You should not question your decisions, because in this world only you are yourself, and so your decisions were, I believe, taken on a very specific context and point in time. Instead, you can think of all this as a competition of sorts - just because a company has a single open position, and you perhaps fell #2 in that race, does not detract from your own achievements. Instead, as if you were racing in the Olympics, it can be seen as an invitation for an additional improvement of your skills, to increase your competitive advantages.

Back in the day, a proverb used to say "even Homer sneezes sometimes", meaning, even the supposed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey was imperfect sometimes. We are, and you are, too. Neither of us is perfect. Instead, the challenge at hand can lead you to explore yourself better, and finding new paths in life, be it learning another programming language, becoming a writer, starting meditation, or any other thing this world has to offer. How about that? 😀