To answer the “where”, the response is in a workplace environment. Some people seem to be able to develop that set of skills by joining serious open source proj

To answer the “where”, the response is in a workplace environment. Some people seem to be able to develop that set of skills by joining serious open source projects. But really, you have to learn that on the spot. Great teams do take that in account and will train newcomers in what it means to be a “professional” developer. But then the question becomes, how do you find such a team? And I don’t think there is a trick here. You have to look around, follow people who seem great, try to join teams and see how it goes