Re:Ask HN: Advice on finding a junior developer position
by voidlogic on Saturday June 15, 2013 @10:37AM
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I don't mean to be negative, but a few thoughts:
>I did not go to school for CS, and don't have a degree.
Where do you want to live/work? Depending on where you want to work this may be more permissible or less. In the valley if you have a good rep and past projects this will matter less, but in many places in the US this is actually a non-starter. If you love programming have you considered that working (even part-time) towards a B-S in CS might be worthwhile?
>before rupturing a disk
I'd advise just saying an injury. This is a little bit a case of too much information, esp. for a perspective employer.
>github:....
Everything I see is Ruby. This is fine, people often have a primary language, but you should pick another language, very different kind of language, and write a project in it. This shows people you are flexible and are the kind of professional learner who can re-tool quickly. I'd suggest considering C,C++,Go,Java,Scala or Haskell.
>I did not go to school for CS, and don't have a degree.
Where do you want to live/work? Depending on where you want to work this may be more permissible or less. In the valley if you have a good rep and past projects this will matter less, but in many places in the US this is actually a non-starter. If you love programming have you considered that working (even part-time) towards a B-S in CS might be worthwhile?
>before rupturing a disk
I'd advise just saying an injury. This is a little bit a case of too much information, esp. for a perspective employer.
>github:....
Everything I see is Ruby. This is fine, people often have a primary language, but you should pick another language, very different kind of language, and write a project in it. This shows people you are flexible and are the kind of professional learner who can re-tool quickly. I'd suggest considering C,C++,Go,Java,Scala or Haskell.