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Coming here unemployed is not without risk. How good a programmer do you think you are? If you feel like you can demonstrate skills, then once you get here you
by mwsherman 15y ago
Coming here unemployed is not without risk. How good a programmer do you think you are?
If you feel like you can demonstrate skills, then once you get here you can go to tech meetups and let people know you are looking. You'll get interest.
- prophetjohn 15y agoI'm confident that I'm good enough to land a job in this market. Beyond that, it's hard to say. As the least experienced developer on my team, I feel like I'm able to consistently contribute at a level beyond what's expected of me. I coast through most programming-intensive courses at my university. My goal over the summer is to make significant contributions to open source, which I just don't have time for now with my schedule. Going to meetups is a very good idea. Is there a good way to find out about these other than just Googling "ruby meetup nyc"?
- eshvk 15y agomeetup.com has a good mix of tech meetups happening in NYC and the bay area.
- mwsherman 14y agoYes, meetup.com is good. Etsy also has "Code as Craft" nights, those are fun. There are co-working spaces like General Assembly, New Work City and Projective Space which are, naturally, techie-dense. Startup Digest is a mailing list for the week's events: http://startupdigest.com/ http://startupdigest.com/
- mnutt 14y agoIf you're looking for ruby meetups, come to NYC.rb. (http://www.meetup.com/NYC-rb/ http://www.meetup.com/NYC-rb/) The talks are usually very good and it's a great group of people.