What Dungeons and Dragons ๐Ÿ‰ can teach you about getting your first dev job

Devon Campbell - Jul 10 '20 - - Dev Community

Turns out, itโ€™s not as easy as youโ€™d think to get into your first online tabletop RPG campaign. Youโ€™d think if youโ€™re easy to get along with and you have the skills, someone would want to take a chance on you. Sound like your web development job hunt?

It sure sounded like mine.

Video Notes

My daughter decided she wanted to play a tabletop RPG over the summer. In-person is out of the question due to the pandemic, so she started looking for a group online.

She started the way many of you start looking for jobs: by shotgunning applications! ๐Ÿ“ƒ๐Ÿ“ƒ๐Ÿ“ƒ๐Ÿ“ƒ๐Ÿ“ƒ๐Ÿ“ƒ๐Ÿ“ƒ๐Ÿ“ƒ๐Ÿ“ƒ

If youโ€™ve tried this approach in your job hunt, you may have predicted it didnโ€™t work. I want to share with you what did work for her, and how you can apply these lessons to your job hunt. ๐ŸŽ‰

Career transitions are hard. You need an anchor. Something to right the ship when youโ€™re desperate and it seems like things just arenโ€™t going to go your way. You need a Big Goal.

I can help. Take my free, quick email course that helps define your Big Goal so that you donโ€™t just quit when things get tough.

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