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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
by 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.