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Selfhosting got me a job offer (alien.top)
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I still barely believe it honestly. I'm a student "freshly" outta school with no experience, and I've been struggling finding a job for a while.

I had an (first) job interview recently and while I didn't have much to offer, I seemed to somewhat impress them with my home labbing. I run Proxmox at home for my self-hosted things and got a decent amount of experience with it, and it's what they use a lot as well. It's not that common in my age group to be interested in stuff like this, apparently.

Anyway, this is barely worthy of a post, but I'm really excited. I don't really know how it'll work out as I still got plenty to learn, but it's a big step forwards for me.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

"Tell me about your IT setup at home" is my favourite interview question, followed up with "And what are you planning next?". I've been using it for years now, and it's been an excellent assessment every time.

It lets people talk about a technical area that they're super-familiar with, and also lets them show how they think about planning/purchasing/budgeting. It's also weeded out people who really aren't at all interested in computers - this is fine for some roles, but for most, I want someone technically-focused.