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Social media for developers? Ummm you're pretty much on it right now :P Asking this question here is probably the best thing to do. Though it sounds like you'

Social media for developers? Ummm you're pretty much on it right now :P Asking this question here is probably the best thing to do. Though it sounds like you're still learning. Don't expect to make great money until you've proven yourself. In any country. Of course other countries you'll be paid according to local standards but still crap. And consultancy companies always exploit their employees. When I consulted the company charged 10x as much for my services as they paid me. And still managed to make a loss due to all the useless management layers and overpaying the sales suits that were so stupid they sold stuff we couldn't possibly make. But be aware a company looking for remote developers from Madagascar is probably doing this so they can pay you a pittance as well and think you'll be happy with it. If they're going to pay you their country's local wages for a starter job, they'll rather get someone actually local I guess. Makes the whole tax thing a lot easier too, they can keep an eye on you (like sick leave etc) and for moving you over the immigration process will be prohibitive for them. The problem is they're not going to go to this kind of effort for a starter position unless they have no choice. I think the best thing you can do is become a known expert in your specific niche. Make sure you're on all the fora and slack/discords whatever for the stacks and frameworks you use. Help people there when they have questions. Soon you'll become a known and this may lead to things. PS I have lived and worked in 4 countries. Though all Western well off ones.

e-pelaza 5y ago
I'm not in rush for money, I just want to maximise my chance to land a good job later on. And if a dev job is like any other job, networking is worth more than skill to get in. I was told to only brand me a remote dev and only specifying later where I'm from/where I live/my age to try avoiding location based paying and ageism. And yes, they will probably pay a pittance, but that will always be better than local wage. Imagine getting paid $1000/month for a dev job, scammed might you say, but that's 5 times the average income. > "I think the best thing you can do is become a known expert in your specific niche." Any niche you could suggest? I really have no idea what's wanted and what's not out there. Now I'm learning python in an introductory course from Berkeley, after that data structure from Berkeley again, in java. Also can you link me to those slack discord channel please? Thanks a lot.
- JPLeRouzic 5y ago
  > Any niche you could suggest? I think it's not question of learning a fancy programming language or web framework. It's about being able to solve problems for companies so it varies a lot with your interlocutor and time. So without work experience it is difficult to gain any expertise. Yet there are a lot of open source projects that deal with real life problems. If you have a provable experience with one of those project (simply running one with a large audience is enough, no need for contributing patches), it may count for a recruiter. Depending on your interest it could be something technical (storage, workflow, API) or something transversal like payment, accounting, human ressources, learning.

e-pelaza 5y ago

I'm not in rush for money, I just want to maximise my chance to land a good job later on. And if a dev job is like any other job, networking is worth more than skill to get in. I was told to only brand me a remote dev and only specifying later where I'm from/where I live/my age to try avoiding location based paying and ageism. And yes, they will probably pay a pittance, but that will always be better than local wage. Imagine getting paid $1000/month for a dev job, scammed might you say, but that's 5 times the average income. > "I think the best thing you can do is become a known expert in your specific niche." Any niche you could suggest? I really have no idea what's wanted and what's not out there. Now I'm learning python in an introductory course from Berkeley, after that data structure from Berkeley again, in java. Also can you link me to those slack discord channel please? Thanks a lot.

JPLeRouzic 5y ago
> Any niche you could suggest? I think it's not question of learning a fancy programming language or web framework. It's about being able to solve problems for companies so it varies a lot with your interlocutor and time. So without work experience it is difficult to gain any expertise. Yet there are a lot of open source projects that deal with real life problems. If you have a provable experience with one of those project (simply running one with a large audience is enough, no need for contributing patches), it may count for a recruiter. Depending on your interest it could be something technical (storage, workflow, API) or something transversal like payment, accounting, human ressources, learning.