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Ask HN: What's the easiest way to land a job in RoR?
I'm new to learning RoR and read blogs that talk about how impossible it is to land an entry job (every job require 2 yr experience).
I plan to take 2012 to learn RoR full time. I imagine that working for a company (vs self learn) would expose me to more environments.
I applied to Hungry Academy, and will apply to either Code Academy or DevBootcamp. After that, I want to know what to focus on.
What is most important to learn to get employment?
What companies or industries are most likely to employ newbies?
- gamechangr 15y agoI should add that I'm working on the basics now (CSS/HTML)
- zeppelin_7 15y agoTry doing a small project yourself. This can help in a bunch of ways: - Learning is quicker. Till the time you can not get a job in a company, why not build something yourself? - Familiarize yourself with real world and give you the ability to design an end-to-end system. - You will have a portfolio to show off your skills. - Using open source tools/scripts on the way will allow you to make contributions to them later. Contributing back to the community helps deepen your understand, gain valuable feedback and also get visibility.
- gamechangr 15y agoI just opened a github account and will post an easy to deploy project soon. Is there a link or site that has step by step for more complexed ones?
- jhchabran 15y agoIt may not be the best "overall" advice but I've met a lot of people looking for freelance developers or simply rubyists to hire by going at local ruby meetings. I can't say anything about Ruby groups other than Paris, but at each of our meetings I talk with people having trouble to hire a ruby or rails developer. Conclusion: Get there and even try to do a lightening talk ! You'll learn a lot, create your network with Rubyists. It's simply about getting closer to other people working in this field.
- gamechangr 15y agoI'm from Kansas City (in the middle of the US) where they lack good Ruby groups. I may have to move to make it happen. I appreciate the feedback.