Hey All! I know I’ve been a bit AFK here recently, but there’s been a lot going around here recently. The biggest is that I got a new job! I started February 24th and have really been enjoying it so far. I’m working in a much larger environment with a bigger team, which has been exciting. It’s really nice having other people around to ask questions about Python again.

It was a big decision to start looking for a new job, but I knew that it was time to make the next step in my career. Looking back on it, here’s a few things I took away from it.

Be persistent. There’s going to be rejection. Don’t let the Muggles get you down.

Always be looking. You never know when the right job is going to be posted. Keep an eye and an ear out!

Keep your resume up-to-date. If you’re always looking around you want to make sure your resume is ready to go for applying right away.

Use networking to your advantage. This was is harder for me because I can tend to hermit it up. Start going to events (try looking at Meetup.com or whatever) in your town that’s relevant to your career interests. Talk to and get to know people at other companies.

Practice interview skills. Play around at hackerrank.com or similar to get confident about your problem skills. That site also has good interviewing tips too.

Be confident. This one is also hard for me. I can imposter syndrome hard and assume everyone is smarter and better than me. But hey! That’s not true.

So hopefully you find the above encouraging. I’ll try and start posting a bit more regularly again shortly.

-Rachel