How Do I Get a C# Developer Job? How Do I Prepare? Do I Need a Portfolio? 

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Add "Watching Tim Corey channel" on your resume implies to the employers that you're passionate about C# and will get you hired.

You speak clear and slow, I am Brazilian and is easy for me to understand. Thank you for the video.

Love your advice on building up to a portfolio from smaller exercises, especially about how a portfolio-project needs to be specific and well done more than it needs to be big.

I love the fact that you mentioned that interviewers get it wrong! I used to be a part of the hiring process and I used to be heartbroken when I saw a few very good dev candidates rejected since they couldnt answer some scenarios they didnt experience in their careers. I always felt that it was the companys loss that we lost good candidates and they really need to change their hiring process according to the candidate.

This video has opened my eyes to how wrong I was approaching the job acquisition part of this experience. Thank you so much for taking your time to go over this in detail.

Thanks for all your help! Tim it really helps a lot, I´m starting as a programmer and you´ve already helped in many topics

What a piece of art you said here Tim! Glad for your advice! It's perfect for the moment I'm living now! Thanks a lot!

Congrats on the new camera! Video quality is top notch (as usual, solid content!)

Tim is so generous.. Excellent tips, my always go to tutor!!

yay!! 😃I have got the answer for my question from this video, which i had mailed you already (regarding algorithms). Thank you soo much Tim.

Thank you so much for this video, Tim. I am looking for a job and this has really added to my confidence. It felt like my favourite mentor sitting right next to me and mentoring me. God bless your soul!

The longest RU-vid video I have watched with focus and without being board! C# in storytelling version, thanks Tim!

Thank you. I've just enrolled in your C# course and I'm very motivated. Thank you for facilitating this.

Some really great tips in this video thanks, I will certainly be adapting my CV after this. And build up a good portfolio. Thanks again 👍

Thx Tim this video really helps a lot and it gave me some confidence for job interviews. As always GREAT JOB i love watching your videos.

Excellent advice, just going through the process right now and you have some rock solid tips, which are merely grounded in logic. Thanks.

I've been a developer for three years and went through several interviews and your advice is great, also about how to build a good and simple resume. Thanks

Thank you for the tips, Tim. We appreciate them.

Keep up the good work! And thank you for everything you have taught me!🙂

this channel is gold. got me all interested to start my c# journey

Great Suggestions Mr. Tim Corey... Now I'm your new fan and student... Thanks a lot for this great channel...👍👍👍 God bless you...

Awesome video Tim! I'm actually looking for my first job as a software developer, and this video is very helpful to guide me in the right direction. Thank you 🙌 @ IAmTimCorey

This was so helpful and encouraging. I'm just starting to learn the basics and hopefully onto c#. Thank you for all of this valuable and concise advice!

Thanks for the Tips, Today I am going to my resume and I will do some refactoring on it. And of course, I will take some hours these coming days to revisit your earlier videos. Again Thanks, Tim.

Thanks a lot for your great advices

Thanks so much for this video! This has a wealth of information. I learned a ton of information here.

Great content, as usual, thanks for doing those videos

Great tips, thanks! Congrats from Brazil😊🇧🇷

Thanks for this video, Tim. I was needing something like this. I'm usually that guy who tries to fit all of his experience in one resume page and creates a huge wall of text. I'll definitely follow your advice from now on and customize my resume and put just the necessary for the job position that I'm applying for. By the way, this series is great, please keep going! Thanks again!

"Practice everything you learn" - best advice.

Thanks for being an amazing person who does not hesitate to give valuable knowledge for people. Here I am as a 24 year old, who has decided to choose a different profession than my university degree, has sacrified a lot to learn programming and I am stressful since this COVID thing has come into the picture because the opporunities for juniors have been reduced. But when I encountered with your work I immediately knew that I am in good hands. I have no fear anymore because I know I have found the best source to make myself a good programmer. Words cannot express my gratitude.

This was so helpful for me. Tysm Tim

Hi Tim, great explanations. Thank you to help me see a direction. I used to share my brain at the same time learning a lot of technologies but man, I have to say is frustrating. Some times we think that we have to know all about all technologies to feel we are strong but this way just we are exhausting our strength and minds. I find that the sensation that we always are late considering the velocity of technologies go us to get feeling down, sometimes.

Omg your video is so encouraging. Love your videos so far. Keep up with it!

Man I wish I would've gotten the FizzBuzz question today. Got a question that I froze up on and bombed. Great content and information Tim. Love these "Useful information from real developers" kind of videos.

Thanks for the vid @TimCorey.. Why do I feel like you addressing me personally 😍. You always have the right thing to say

This helped me. Thank you!

Brilliant video! Thank you

Thanks for these tips. I need to be more proactive and try these things out.

Great video and quite helpful about areas to concentrate more for preparation and resume build up. Well explained benefits of portfolio. Thanks.

Thanks a lot for providing very useful tips for employee and employers 👏

This was immensely helpful, thank you!

Thanks a lot, Tim!

Oh my God!! you are a sent angel... congrats for this awesome content... wao! keep the hard work Tim.

This was a great help thanks 😊

nice one again, your videos are amazing !!

Thank you very much,sir!

Great info!

Only 3 minutes into the vid, new to the channel -- & sold! Subscribed!

Dear Tim, I’ve switched to full time development just days ago. For previous 5 years I was doing part time development and part time test Automation. Watching your videos and practicing them gave me great confidence and helped me enhance my C# .Net skills. My client saw potential in me and my coding practice and gave me this opportunity. I’ll be forever thankful to you. Thank you very much 🙏🏽

I enjoyed this video, it really expanded my mind as to how I can move forward with looking for a job as a developer. Really interested in talking to other developers fresh out of college even to hear their viewpoints. Great job Tim

Great video Tim

Excellent. Very helpful!

11:40 so true! 😄, i need quickly to note something, and thats why it's important to have notepad, calculator, control panel and maybe snipping tool pinned to taskbar for quick actions...

I just watched 40 min video and didn't feel bored that's a skill and gift Tim thanks for the great content and the good explanation

Thanks for answering my Question 😊

thanks for your good advise

Very helpful, thanks!

Great video Tim :)

I've optimized my resume several times in the past months. I've dusted off some older C#/.Net projects on GitHub from 2017 - 2018, updated them, and hosted them on Azure and used an URL shorter to link them on my resume. I bought a domain and hosted a Vue.js app as a portfolio as well. Still haven't found employment yet. Mostly due to the area I live and the pandemic times. The MeetUp user group I usually attend hasn't communicated since February. Trying to attend others is a hassle as they are either far off or the times don't fit in my work schedule. Though, in the mean time I put on your RU-vid lessons and playlist and listen to them as I work a non-tech job (can't really watch the code parts as the job requires physical labor) and I have reinforced my understanding of programming principles. One thing I can add to this, is there are a lot of spam recruiting companies trying to "sell you" to a company. They will send you an online test or ask technical questions before they even tell you about the company they are representing when it was suppose to be a formal introduction interview. Be wary of these recruitment practices. So much hassle and navigation to try and get to that software/web developer job.

I think just a good guy ~ really thanks again... very helpful after my own recent lay-off...

Great advices Tim! Thanks. Can you give examples of utility you're talking about at 36:48 ??

Thanks Tim

Great video!

Great explanation and guidance, I just remove the multiple things from my resume...Thank you

Hey, Tim. Thanks for your insight. This actually came quite handy as I'm planning to switch jobs. Right now I'm mostly working with SQL Server, Altitude Script Developer (Teleperformance uses it for call center scripts... I probably won't have use for it anywhere else but that's ok hehe), SSIS, SSRS and some other stuff. I've also developed some C# applications for internal use. And the latest one was for external use, for international recruitment agencies to submit candidate applications for Teleperformance (.NET Core 3.1, great experience btw!). So, after all of this I've kinda been getting bored because it's the same thing over and over. And I really want to get back to C# full time. I already have some interviews set up starting monday, which is great. But at the same time I'm feeling a bit like an impostor, since even though it was the focus of my course I have yet to work on it full time really. (I've been working as a developer some 2,5 years or some, but more focused or SQL Server lately...) So, anyway, your video helped me out. 41 minutes seems like a lot but really I think it's just the tip of the iceberg! Also, subscribed! :)

Watching this in 2021 as a fresh graduate and passionate about C#. Thanks Tim, this video has helped me find my path. I am a new fan of your channel!😁

Good stuff!

1 million dollar clip. thx for ur time and your attitude to share ur knowledge.

Best angle is to start with a company and learn the processes then create a solution and show your boss. Get your foot in the door and if they don’t give you a shot move on until you have a portfolio of solutions. Network with the IT folks and express your interest. Great video, Tim! The opportunities are great right now and hopefully it will open the door for more people interested in the field.

Thank you, that's all I can say.... Thumbs up

Thank you for the video Tim. What’s your view on certifications for developers? Of course real life experience and portfolio projects come first but I was wondering if there any certifications (Microsoft or otherwise) worth my time?

Hey Tim, great channel and effort. I am not sure where to post my question so... could you please make a video, one day, regarding date formats? I think it is a quite interesting and complex topic, especially when it comes in conjunction with tsql. Thanks for all the videos you're making, take care.

Thank you 😊

@18:39 It's true, you'll always have an uphill battle if your resume/application is but one in a large vat of similar competition. Keep in mind, however, that many jobs are NOT filled by filtering through a giant stack of applicants. Many jobs are filled by referral-- because somebody knows somebody else. That's why it's super important to maintain a solid professional network, keep in touch with people. If someone can refer you, it gives you a huge boost to the top of the stack, it at least gives your application some thoughtful human consideration. @35:15-- yep, Tim says it too! I think it can be valuable, also, to have some very specific niche skills. Ironically, if you have an "unpopular" skill, you have far less competition and that increases your chances since these days it's easy to search and find exactly the right pro's with weird skills.

Ironic, that I was let go from my software developer job June 17th (company financial issues due to COVID) and then this video comes out on the 18th! Just now seeing it but I really appreciate this video! I created C# windows forms on .NET for the company I was working for (10 years as a developer then did 3 years QA). After losing my job, my confidence level felt like 0.I am now on the look out for a new job, preferably in C#! I am taking the time to go through your videos and do what you say about creating mini applications to prove any experience I may have to future employers! Thanks again! I'm trying!

Thank you !

your great tim

I don't even do C# but I watch these videos anyways. I wish you would teach other technologies. Or at least other instructors to have your way of teaching. Your content is top shelf!

Hi Tim. Great video. Been slowly working through your paid Fundamentals in C# series since January and currently in module 7. Best C# content IMO. Anywho, I would love to hear you weigh in on the whole algorithm trend going on in the RU-vid codesphere. How much time should a beginner/intermediate developer who just wants a basic C# job put into learning algorithms? Would being good on sites like leetcode and hackerrank impress a potential employer for a non Silicon Valley company?

Great advice in order to land a job you need to solve a problem and to show a project. Mine was a WPF app who parse web site create book in pdf , audio book in wav and upload the output on my google drive. The first version was very crude 1 class with every inside. Then I refactored my app as long I progress. I was lucky I only have 3 interviews and they were on logic or how to implement business logic and present my project

Great Video

Thanks for this video. After several years of working in IT I have come across a moment when I was rejected by a few employers. Its quite nerveracking to be honest. I got a job after all but I am still anxious since im starting in the end of a month and my brain seems to like to question everything i have learnt, Wish me luck :)

Great video! Could you please talk about multi threading?

Is there a first job out there that will teach you even more than what one presumably learned on one's own (and from community)? How do you know when you know enough to aim for that job? I got pumped up by your emphasis that 'you are a developer' in your 'How do you set your hourly rate' video as well as your imposter syndrome video. Full disclosure, I'm coming at this from the low code no code direction of Power Apps. My interest in C# has to do with my desire to build custom connectors/web API for Power Apps. I don't want to present myself as something I am not but I don't want to sideline myself unnecessarily if I can produce something of value in a saleable way. Sorry for the long comment and thanks for your content which is of such consistently high quality.

Hi TIm, Awesome video as always. Thanks. BTW, is the all access pass subscription going to open anytime soon?

I got a junior developer role at big company with a 3 page CV, work ex, bullet points, grades etc. And had tests the week I started FIZZ BUZZ etc. And flew through. And that CV wasn't even my best, had mistakes, too much info and too many keywords. Info about what courses I was on at uni. My point is being honest and likeable really helps. Being yourself during the interview, determined and not taking no for answer.

I like your approach to this topic. I wish you could review my resume as I am looking for a job.

Good Stuff!

This great video. I agree with you on your thoughts on Whiteboard Challenges interview. The issue is a companies use is their hiring process. Do you have thoughts or tips on how to prepare for those in an interview?

Reading, understanding and debugging other people's code is a very big part of a developer's job. Practice will help you improve your debugging skills. Reading industrial quality code will teach you a lot.

Hi Tim, Great video and extremely helpful. One question, what is your definition of "learn C#"? When would you say "I know this language well enough for an interview"?@IAmTimCorey

Thanks a ton.....

Great content and better explanation. Appreciate if you can shorten the length of the videos or break them into multiple videos.

Hi Tim, thanks for this, very helpful, a quick question about Cloud, we mainly have AWS and Azure, which path we should take, do you think going with Azure is more advantageous? Thanks

You are so honest. A CIO from a fortune 100 company told someone in our Zoom meeting that “degrees are useless”. When she asked about finishing up her BS. How they'd actually prefer certifications.

I’d like to see a video about working with legacy code. As a jr dev, that’s what I’m often stuck doing and I’d like to know if there’s a better way than what I’m doing.

Hello Tim, it was a great video, I learned a lot. Could you also make a video on "How to develop your Logic" or something like "How to develop your logic processing" or "How to approach logic in programming/problem solving"? That would really help, thank you for these awesome videos. Take care.

Hi Tim, thanks for all your great videos. Do you have any suggestions for people living abroad, but looking for remote work in the US?