Applying "too early" will never hurt you, so long as you are candid about where you are and where you want to be. It took me three rounds of rejection+feedback to land my first high-profile tech job.
The contracting relationship is designed to handle high variability. You might get lucky and see exactly the stream of work on the schedule you want, or pretty much the opposite can happen. Stu President, Cognitect On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 12:56 PM, Mike Haney <txmikes...@gmail.com> wrote: > Cognitect (and previously Relevance) always seem to have openings for > contract Clojure developers. I was wondering if anyone here has applied > for and/or actually been hired for one of these positions, and was willing > to share their experience? > > I have thought about the possibility of being a contractor for Cognitect > for awhile, and it's been pretty much my target goal as I've been learning > Clojure/Datomic over the last 8-9 months. The bar seems pretty high - I > mean, do you have to be a Mike Fogus or Tim Baldridge to work there? > > My current contract is winding up soon, and my Clojure skills are at the > point where I think I am almost productive enough to use it professionally > (IMO you have to actually USE something professionally to reach that last > level of productivity, which is why I said almost). This would be an ideal > time to make the switch, but I don't want to apply too soon and ruin my > chances. > > One other question - for anyone who has worked as a contractor for them, > was there usually/always enough work to keep you busy full time, or would I > need to plan on doing other freelance work to fill in the gaps between > assignments for them? > > TIA for any advice. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
