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I don't think it's vastly different from someone younger who wanted to shift career into tech without previous experience. I would recommend him taking one or
by welfare 5y ago
I don't think it's vastly different from someone younger who wanted to shift career into tech without previous experience.
I would recommend him taking one or a few bootcamp classes to bring him up to speed, maybe focus on one area in particular (e.g. web development) then find a smaller dev shop where he could come in and support in a junior support role to start with and then take it from there. Maybe develop a few pet projects to build his portfolio in parallel.
It's not impossible but maybe manage his expectations a little bit that he's going to have to start more or less from scratch.
- meken 5y agoWhat is a “dev shop”? How do I go about searching for one? FYI I’ve been a software engineer for like 5 years, but took the past 1.5 years off.
- welfare 5y agoA small dev shop in my view is a company (1-20 employees) that typically develops bespoke applications as turnkey projects, either from scratch or leveraging some existing stack (e.g. Wordpress applications, Salesforce applications, etc.) I would look for companies that describe themselves as: - Website design agencies - Creative agencies (look at their webpage if they also have development and not purely design) - Design & Development agencies You should be able to find a handful just through a Google Maps search. Reach out to them and ask if they could use some junior development support, and if there's a particular area they need support in.