I'm in that iffy part of the programming field, I'm self-taught, a few years worth of modifying PHP CMSs and websites, a few years worth of web designing, and now a junior CFML developer.
27 year old mid-level programmer, Junior CFML dev, that about sums me up I guess. I'm looking around to pick up a part time job as a CFML coder, I'm not getting enough work on my own, but I'm running into the "We need a junior dev with a BS in IT and 3+ years of experience, need to know Fusebox and FW/1", etc. so I'm trying to think of ways to make myself more valuable in the eyes of an employer. I'll toss in some other things I do too, CSS, HTML, some JQuery and AJAX, a bit of C but it's been a while. Does any of you CFML gurus and old-timers have any advice on where I should spend my time expanding? My CFML experience so far is newsletter systems, simple user managements and my crowning jewel at the moment is a dynamic webshop with dynamically handled articles (Admin CMS and PMS) with order tracking etc. etc. so where do I go from here, with the aim of becoming worth hiring for someone looking for a junior/mid level CFML dev? I've thought about creating packages and snippets, sharing things is always a good thing to get your name out there, but then I look at the code and think "It's too simple. Why would anyone take me seriously for releasing things that are this easy to make, it'll just make me look silly". Sorry for the rambling, it's getting late and I'm tired. Marcus Fernstrom -- online documentation: http://openbd.org/manual/ http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en
