- A good GitHub/GitLab code project portfolio will get you a job in software without paying for a degree. My degrees are in biological sciences and I’ve worked with people who haven’t gone to university or have liberal arts degrees (esp English and philosophy)
- The first gig is the hardest step. Companies hate hiring folks without professional software experience. Sometimes you gotta take that shitty, short, and low-paying contract
- IMHO the best advice from boot camps is to attend local tech meetups, ask for informational interviews, and assemble a portfolio of personal projects
- A good recruiter is gold; unfortunately, most are a combination of confabulation, idiocy, and chicanery
- if you’re driven and sharp, QA/support can be good entry points to engineering
this post was submitted on 13 Jul 2023
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