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Try to contribute to 1 open source project, especially one someone can remember. At the same time focus your expertise into one area - something popular, like j
by mc_hammer 12y ago
Try to contribute to 1 open source project, especially one someone can remember. At the same time focus your expertise into one area - something popular, like jquery or laravel or rails. Once you can say you are an expert at one thing and have some experience behind you (open source or other released project), you can get a job easily, for $20-40/hr.
- jessehorne 12y agoI've found that keeping one of your own projects going is hard work. All of my own open source projects have died off, but yes, I understand where you are coming from. I've looked into a few open source projects before, but most of my time has been spent on various game ideas and such that weren't really open source. I claim to be a Lua expert but there doesn't seem to be any jobs out there for that (and it's simple, but according to some articles I haven't used it long enough). I should have listened to a couple mentors when they told me to master something else. I can't really dislike the experience though because I've learned a ton, and got to meet some interesting people in several communities.
- anonfunction 12y agoLua is really popular in the gaming industry and has been catching on as of late within SF as a great language to add functionality to nginx through projects like OpenResty.