Re:Ask HN: Washed out PHP Dev – What to do next?
by qup on Thursday December 28, 2023 @12:15AM
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Learn how to get a job next, 4 months isn't that long. Just get that situated.
If you have to learn a new skillset before getting a job in the skillset, you've got a mountain of work to do, and you probably will need to get lucky. Just get a job with the skillset you have, and then work on the new skillset.
There's lots of fun tech to explore. Figure out what you want to build, figure out what a cool stack would be for that, and build it. Deep dive the interesting parts. I'm playing with Rust because I think it fills in some of my weaknesses.
My advice is always for people to dive into things, but taking a risk here doesn't really net you any reward. Don't go broke for Python.
If you have to learn a new skillset before getting a job in the skillset, you've got a mountain of work to do, and you probably will need to get lucky. Just get a job with the skillset you have, and then work on the new skillset.
There's lots of fun tech to explore. Figure out what you want to build, figure out what a cool stack would be for that, and build it. Deep dive the interesting parts. I'm playing with Rust because I think it fills in some of my weaknesses.
My advice is always for people to dive into things, but taking a risk here doesn't really net you any reward. Don't go broke for Python.