Hi, I'm currently looking for any kind of information or help to succeed in my (crazy) attempt to become a RoR Junior Developer in Australia (FYI, the * crazy* part will be explained very soon).
*Context:* * * I have 2 years experience in CakePHP / ExtJS, a Master in Computer Science, and a good experience with testing using Rspec/Selenium and deployment using Capistrano. It's just been a few months since I actively try to work my way around Ruby on Rails. Which means I'm reading a lot, and making a lot of test code/projects. No fancy professional rails app running out there, and no outstanding participation in the open source community yet. To top it all, I am currently not in Australia... I'm a bit of a * free-man-soul-who-can-live-wherever-there-is-food...* I happen to have already moved outside of my home country (Reunion Island [France] => Montreal [Canada]) and plan on doing the same once again, which means moving to Australia pretty soon. (so yes, I speak "*le" *french as a native language) *What I want is:* - Finding a job ;)? I would gladly accept any offer (if any), but this is not the main goal of me making this thread. I am truthfully more interested in *finding out what have made you* *a competent, funny-to-speak-with developer*. - As I heard, there is a *mentorship* program going on out there. I sure would like to spam all of you with stupid questions, but I would vaguely prefer if somebody would be interested in teaching me first. Who knows? Maybe I have something interesting to teach you too. Need a french native speaker to discuss with or learn the language? Have a problem on a legacy PHP or CakePHP project? Just ask. (*island spicy cooking<https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=reunion+island+dishes&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1279&bih=616&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=e--5T8GRI8f1sgbot4iJCA#um=1&hl=en&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=reunion+island+cooking&oq=reunion+island+cooking&aq=f&aqi=g-S1&aql=&gs_l=img.3..0i24.3933.5035.0.5281.8.5.0.3.3.1.375.970.2-2j1.3.0...0.0.naUypHWJYiY&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=8e6fe5fadaef54de&biw=1279&bih=616> * is still on top of the list though). - *Participating in the open source community*. I read pull requests and issues on a daily basis on Rails <https://github.com/rails/rails/pulls>, but happen to not have the skill to propose anything yet. Maybe you need help on a github project, or have a nice starting point where a junior can place his efforts. - Any plan which makes the difference. I've already looked around and read quite a few tutorials / books on various subjects, which goes from CoffeeScript, Backbone.js, Mobile Programming, Flexible design... To Cucumber, Rspec, Rails Best Practices* *(Thanks Code School...), etc. So maybe you want to add something here, which will really make the difference, which you hoped you'd knew sooner, *an advice or a few words*which changed your ruby developer's life. - Also, *making friends* would be a great starting point too ! :) (that actually may be the most important point during my trip...) Thanks for reading and have a nice day! -- Vincent -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rails-oceania/-/xGbRACCutFEJ. 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/rails-oceania?hl=en.
