Would you hire me for a junior programming job?

Question

I have a B.Sc. in chemistry, and I've been self-teaching C++, Python and SQL for a while now. I'm currently on my job hunt, and I'm finding quite a number of rejections. Note, that I have had two interviews almost two years ago, even though I knew almost nothing (Guess I still do...). Regardless, would you hire someone like me for a junior position given my resume and GitHub below? Feel free to give honest feedback, I would very much appreciate it :)Resume: https://imgur.com/jR8iPfEGitHub: https://github.com/Karsteski

gus_massa · Accepted Answer

There is an official monthly "Who wants to be hired?" post. Try to post there, and follow the instructions at the top. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25989762
(Also take a look at the other threads https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=whoishiring )
It's weird the resume as an image in imgur. Do you have a PDF version, perhaps you can post it in github. (Is there an official or unofficial protocol to post resumes in github?)

chunkles · Answer

I'm in a somewhat similar position. Although my degrees are a B.Sc and M.Sc in mechanical engineering. I'm in a programming role at the moment but am looking to move on. I have been facing rejections for about a year and a half.
If you search for the role computational scientist (on LinkedIn for instance) you'll find some that actually look for degrees in biology or chemistry which might be a good place to get your foot in the door.
Good luck!

new_guy · Answer

I'd say one major red flag is you're 'self-teaching', should be 'self-learning'.Little things like that are going to make people reject you, even before they look at your code or resume.