提问 HN：职业发展陷入迷茫，下一步该何去何从
1 分•作者: OulaX•6 个月前
您好，
关于我的一些背景：
我是一名来自伊拉克的软件开发人员。获得计算机科学学士学位后，我开始寻找当地的工作，但未能在我所在的城市找到任何开发人员职位。我申请了其他城市的职位空缺，但与申请人数相比，空缺数量太少，竞争非常激烈，大约一年时间里我都没能找到工作。
后来，我找到了一份教师的工作，开始教授编程基础和Web开发。我做了两年，在此期间，我尽可能多地在LinkedIn和其他地方申请软件开发职位，主要寻找美国或其他地方的完全远程职位。
然后，我找到了一家初创公司的带薪实习职位，通过了面试，并作为一名合同工开始工作。
我的最初合同为期6个月，到期后，我签订了另一份为期6个月的合同，这次是初级软件开发人员。这份合同结束后，他们再次续签了合同，还是初级软件开发人员，但这次只有4个月，因为这家初创公司正在衰落。所以，我总共做了1年零4个月的完全远程合同工。
后来，我失业了，又开始找工作，大约6个月后，之前的老板突然联系了我，向另一家正在寻找合同工的初创公司推荐了我。我欣然接受了这份工作，并开始工作，问题是，在这家新的初创公司里，我甚至没有被分配职称，我是一名软件开发人员，但我不知道是初级、中级还是什么？然而，根据我自己的评估，我仍然认为自己是初级。
在这家新的初创公司里，我是前端团队中唯一的开发人员，我负责从头开始将完整的Figma设计实现到React中。我必须诚实地说，我不得不使用组件库来完成这项工作，因为截止日期非常紧迫，而且一切都进展迅速，没有时间进行代码重构，代码质量也不好，说实话，我甚至没有写测试！但是，我最终按时交付了，经过几轮的错误修复后，客户很满意。
然而，大约8个月后，我失去了这份工作，因为这家初创公司再次未能获得融资。
现在，我感到有点迷茫，不知道接下来该何去何从。对于位于伊拉克的我来说，找到一家美国公司的职位非常困难，尤其是当他们知道我身处伊拉克时。
我有几个问题：
1. 我是不是没救了？还有希望吗？我的意思是，我仍然是初级。
2. 我应该如何构建我的简历？除了为过去两家雇主所做的工作之外，我没有其他过去的项目。
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Hello,<p>A Little Background About Me:<p>I'm a software developer from Iraq, after getting my BSc in CS, I started looking for local jobs, but failed to find any developer jobs in my current city. I applied to openings in other cities, but the the number of openings were so little compared to the number of applicants so the competition was crazy, I couldn't get a job for about a year.<p>Afterwards, I found a role as a teacher, so, I started teaching programming fundamentals and web development, I kept this job for 2 years, during which I tried applying to as much software development jobs as possible on LinkedIn and everywhere else, mainly looking for fully remote roles in the US or elsewhere.<p>Then, I found a role at a startup as a paid intern, gotten through the interview and started work as a contractor.<p>My initial contract was for 6 months, after that was over I signed a different contract for another 6 months, this time as a Jr. Software Developer. After this contract ended, they renewed it again as a Jr. Software Developer, but this time for 4 months, because the startup was failing. So, in total I worked as fully remote contractor for 1 year and 4 months.<p>Then, I was jobless, I started looking for jobs again for about 6 months, then out of nowhere, the same employer from before got in touch with me and recommended me to a different startup looking for contractors. I happily accepted the offer and started work, the problem is, I wasn't even assigned a title in this new startup, I was a software developer, but I didn't know whether Jr, Mid? However, based on my own evaluation I still considered myself Jr.<p>I was the only developer on the frontend team for this new startup, I was responsible of taking a full Figma design from scratch and implement it with React, I have to be honest I had to use a component library to get the job done, because the deadline was very close and everything was fast paced, there was no room for code refactoring, code quality, TBF I didn't even write tests! But, I ended up delivering in time, and after a couple of rounds of bug fixing, the client was happy.<p>However, after about 8 months, I lost this job because the startup failed to secure funding again.<p>Now, I feel a bit lost on where to move on from here. Getting a job for a US-based employer is very difficult, especially once they learn that I am based in Iraq.<p>I have a couple of questions:<p>1. Am I a dead cause? Is there still hope? I mean I am still a Jr.<p>2. How should I structure my resume? I have no past projects other than the work I've put for my past 2 employers?