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33The last few months were tiring. I hardly got any time for writing. I was busy
44preparing content for a workshop and talk. Hopefully I will get into my flow
5- soon. In this post I will try to answer most important question of our life,
6- “Employment!”. At conferences, IRC channels or even at the corner of a road , I
7- had requested people to suggest good employment opportunities for me. I am not
8- that extremely lucky fellow who has always landed on safe islands. My poor
9- experiences might help you to safe-guard yourself . I am happy that at least I
10- was able to knock the door of good companies. I am sharing a list of portals and
11- companies that I am following or followed in last few years. As a bonus point, I
12- will highlight some uncommon ways which helped me to invite new opportunities.
13- You should read this post if you are looking for ** Python + web + (remote OR
14- India)** related employment.
5+ soon. In this post I will try to answer one of the most important question of
6+ our life, “Employment!”. At conferences, IRC channels or even by the roadside , I
7+ had requested people to suggest good employment opportunities for me. I have not
8+ always been very lucky in finding greener pastures. I am writing this blog post
9+ so that you learn from my poor experience . I am happy that at least I was able
10+ to knock the door of good companies. I am sharing a list of portals and
11+ companies that I am following or have followed in last few years. As a bonus
12+ point, I will highlight some uncommon ways which helped me to invite new
13+ opportunities. You should read this post if you are looking for ** Python + web
14+ + (remote OR India)** related employment.
1515
1616* Disclaimer: I have not taken any money or any other type of bribes to advertise
1717companies here.*
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ published.
2929
3030#### Mailing lists
3131
32- Mailing lists are good source to get notified for new job openings. In India,
32+ Mailing lists are a good source to get notified for new job openings. In India,
3333there are a few active mailing lists managed by volunteers of that community.
34- Often Job emails are tagged with "[ JOB] " at the subject. I have configured my
35- mail client to collect all the mails with "[ JOB] " in their subject at a
36- dedicated folder of my mail client. This configuration helps me to pay dedicated
34+ Often Job emails are tagged with "[ JOB] " in the subject. I have configured my
35+ mail client to collect all the mails with "[ JOB] " in their subject in a
36+ dedicated folder of my mail client. This configuration helps me to pay steady
3737attention to them. Your Hack May Vary.
3838
3939Below is a list of active Python communities of India.
@@ -47,32 +47,33 @@ Below is a list of active Python communities of India.
4747
4848#### [ HasJobs] ( https://hasjob.co/ )
4949
50- HasJob is easy to follow job portal. You will find jobs posted by emerging to
50+ HasJob is an easy to follow job portal. You will find jobs posted by emerging to
5151well-established startups of India. I am following HasJobs since day one of my
5252career. During my early days, I used to run a
53- [ bot] ( https://github.com/ultimatecoder/hasjobbot ) to apply all the latest
54- openings of the day. I am not using that tool now, but If you are interested in
53+ [ bot] ( https://github.com/ultimatecoder/hasjobbot ) to apply to all the latest
54+ openings of the day. I am not using that tool now, but if you are interested in
5555making that bot compatible with the new HasJob, please create an issue
5656[ here] ( https://github.com/ultimatecoder/hasjobbot/issues ) to show your interest.
5757I am happy to hack on this project again.
5858
5959#### [ Python now] ( https://www.pythonnow.com/ )
6060
6161This job board is less known, but I find it effective for remote or visa
62- sponsored positions. Mostly openings are from companies based out of Europe or
62+ sponsored positions. Openings are mostly from companies based out of Europe or
6363United states.
6464
6565#### [ Github profile] ( https://github.com/ultimatecoder )
6666
67- There were good amount of pinch from recruiters, employers via my Github
68- profile. Where Github jobs has not helped me much, this worked for me. I would
69- recommend adding your email address at your Github profile. It helps anyone to
70- reach you. In my case most Github pinch were targeted to common audience. May be
71- people are crawling Github profiles from popular open source projects and
72- sending them opportunity emails. I don't consider anything wrong in the crawling
73- way, but one should spend enough time in identifying my expertise. Contributing
74- to open source projects for inviting better opportunities is a long subject
75- which might be a good fit for an entire blog post.
67+ There were a good amount of invitations from recruiters, employers via my Github
68+ profile. While Github jobs has not helped me much, this worked for me. I would
69+ recommend adding your email address on your Github profile. It helps people to
70+ reach out to you. In my case, most of the Github invitations for employment were
71+ targeted to a common audience. May be people are crawling Github profiles from
72+ popular open source projects and sending them opportunity emails. I don't
73+ consider anything wrong in the crawling way, but one should spend enough time in
74+ identifying my expertise. Contributing to open source projects for inviting
75+ better opportunities is a long subject which might be a good fit for an entire
76+ blog post.
7677
7778### Not so strongly recommended
7879
@@ -376,4 +377,4 @@ me. I will reference it in this post and pay you the credits for it. I hope you
376377had enjoyed reading this blog post. Happy hacking!
377378
378379
379- ###### Proofreader: [ Chandan Kumar] ( https://twitter.com/chkumar246 )
380+ ###### Proofreader: [ Chandan Kumar] ( https://twitter.com/chkumar246 ) , [ Pranaya Tomar ] ( mailto:[email protected] )
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