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> Not a novel thought but regular attendance of a local meetup or joining an online community like some projects discord will be useful for getting your name ou
by bsder 5y ago
> Not a novel thought but regular attendance of a local meetup or joining an online community like some projects discord will be useful for getting your name out there.
Absolutely. But also do something for yourself with your programming so you can talk about it. If it's important to you, you will be able to convey that to people in your group.
Track your pokemon cards. Record your bikes. Make some decorations that blink. Something. Anything. As long as it's actually relevant to something you want to do, you'll be fine.
- leesec 5y agoYep. I got a job because I followed comma.ai's self driving car project and then did a port to a new car. I got a lot of help from community and explained this to my employer but they didn't really care, only cared that I was passionate enough to do my own project.
- bsder 5y agoWell, it wasn't just that you were passionate enough ... Doing a port shows that you can work with an existing codebase and work with others. This is vastly more important to a business than pure programming chops.