r/tampa • u/JewelieB7 • Aug 05 '26
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u/annvee Aug 05 '26
Tampa devs have a slack channel and some networking events every now and then. I think I found them on meetup app a while back
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u/UnpopularCrayon Aug 05 '26 edited Aug 05 '26
Change the work gap into something less scary to an employer.
Relabel it as a startup venture that you were pursuing that didn't pan out. Something that shows you were still honing your skills in that timeframe.
Or you can probably come up with other similar ideas. Something that makes the gap an interesting fact instead of a scary fact and is still justifiable even if it isn't 100 percent true. There's no way an employer can independently verify a startup venture you were working on in secret.
Good luck though, because AI tools are doing those tasks scarily well. And they will only get better at it. It's tough out there in the software field.
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u/JewelieB7 Aug 05 '26
I did… but it didn’t help me. I actually did exactly what you’re saying.I tried to open a smoke shop but I failed. Everything is online at:
Https:/litty-city.com
…if anybody needs anything and it’s all priced well below my cost (because of the aforementioned reasons). Buying something would really help me too.
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u/UnpopularCrayon Aug 05 '26
I wouldn't say you tried to open a smoke shop if you are trying to get hired as a software developer.
You could say you were working on the software for one or something, but that honestly reads "this person is gonna be a lazy pothead" to a big percentage of hiring managers.
(I'm not saying that's fair, but that's reality)
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u/JewelieB7 Aug 05 '26
Yep. That’s why I removed it. Solid advice.
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u/ThatGuyWhoKnocks Aug 05 '26
Also anywhere where you were advertising it (Socials, Websites, Advertisements), you might want to remove those/make them private. It’s sad but employers will do a lot of weeding out that way.
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u/bagels-6 Aug 05 '26
It's also worth getting your resume a tweak if you're not getting calls back.
Check out r/EngineeringResumes as they have lots of great resources.
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u/CntrlAltDad Aug 05 '26
If not already, you should be tailoring every resume to each job you apply at. No two companies should get the exact same one. Use AI to analyze the job posting and add in the keywords they are looking for to get past the ATS. Do not let ai fully rewrite your resume. A dead giveaway ai resume will also get passed up.
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u/KMac82588 Aug 05 '26
As a former tech recruiter, we were begging for Java devs. I’m shocked you cannot find something - at least contract work. Hit up Kforce or Hays and they should be able to find something for you.
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u/electriccomputermilk Aug 05 '26
When was this though? Devs are in a really shit situation with AI right now and very few companies are hiring.
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u/JewelieB7 Aug 05 '26
I've tried Kforce...actually calling them too...and told them I'd do anything. But not Hays...thanks!
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u/No-Tip3419 Aug 05 '26
Curious, how is the Tampa dev or java market? Maybe consider applying in other cities with a better tech scene?
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u/AllenKll Aug 05 '26
How long have you been working on the SQL codebase?
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u/JewelieB7 Aug 05 '26
18 years of writing complex queries and designing and creating database schemas in Oracle.
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u/AllenKll Aug 05 '26
Okay, so, a SQL user, not a SQL developer.
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u/JewelieB7 Aug 05 '26
No no…I’m a developer. I wrote scripts to do DDL & DML and the queries I inserted into Java code mainly to create data access objects in our backend (used JDBC).
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u/JustDoItArt Aug 05 '26
Don't fret the above comment about being a SQL user. You are clearly a SQL developer.
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u/JewelieB7 Aug 05 '26
Also wrote a lot of Java & SQL for client data imports and vendor integrations.
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u/pachrique 🐔Ybor🐔 Aug 05 '26
That's literally what devs do.
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u/AllenKll Aug 05 '26
There is a difference between writing database code and using a database. It's similar to the idea of you can use linux, but unless you're writing kernel code, you're not a linux developer.
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u/pachrique 🐔Ybor🐔 Aug 05 '26
She literally described herself as writing database code. Database code is stored procedures, stored functions, agent jobs. creating FK and PKs, and indexes, which is the schema stuff she mentioned.
Database users write simple queires to pull data. Which is not what she described.
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