In order to get a job as a fullstack python dev, at the minimum you need to know: - Python - JavaScript - jQuery (bonus for knowing Angular or something othe

In order to get a job as a fullstack python dev, at the minimum you need to know: - Python - JavaScript - jQuery (bonus for knowing Angular or something other framework) - Basic Git skills - SQL - HTML / CSS - Flask or Django - Basic Unix skills - Basic knowledge of algorithms and data structures I cover how I personally approached this here: http://alexkrupp.typepad.com/sensemaking/2013/11/2012-my-year-of-code.html http://alexkrupp.typepad.com/sensemaking/2013/11/2012-my-yea... Once you have these skills, it's still going to take a couple months because every place you approach is going to ask you to do a code challenge, since presumably you don't have a well-developed GitHub profile. The best strategy is to take a job as a consultant at a dev shop, even if it's at somewhat less than market rate. Then after a year or two you'll be extremely employable and your salary will basically double, assuming you've been using all your free time to teach yourself new skills and build a portfolio.