A smart hiring manager knows that programming skill is far more important than being "up" on a specific technology. A skilled programmer with no Android experience will take about 2 weeks to begin earning his keep, and a month or two to become comfortable with the technology. A wet-behind-the-ears type will take 6 months to become productive (if ever), even if he has a few apps to demo. And someone who's "maze bright" in Android, say, will be lost if switching to iPhone or Blackberry, but a skilled programmer will switch modes in a few weeks.
If you know of an outfit you'd like to work for, go there and tell them you'll work for lunch money. Once you've demonstrated your skill (if you have them) you can negotiate for more money. Or, better still, work contacts you have (even old, long-forgotten ones) -- people who know your skills. On May 13, 8:02 am, "Knutsford Software" <i...@knutsford- software.co.uk> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Marcin Orlowski > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 12:15 PM > Subject: Re: [android-developers] How did you get into Android development > > On 13 May 2011 12:24, Knutsford Software <[email protected]> > wrote: > > How did people on this list get from learning about Android to getting paid > work developing apps. In other words how did you get past the no experience > no work stage? > > You miss the point. If you are not a programmer in general sense then I > suggest you look for other job. But if you are programmer then you got > experience. Experience "in programming". So it's irrelevant if Android or > anything is new platform for you or not. Or if Java or other language is > something you do know or not. These are just tools, like hammers or drills. > If you do not know certain type of tool then you can simply learn how to use > it because you got experience with that type of tools like programming > languages, software development etc. > > Regards, > Marcin Orlowski > > I am a programmer. The point is how do you get paid Android work if you > haven't already done some that you can show people. It is the catch 22 > situation. How have other people on the list manages to get out of it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
