Andy Jeffries wrote: > So, just to ensure I'm clear - are you asking for shortcuts to be able > to > get you straight in to a senior position - or just after hints to > improve so > you may take a non-senior position and work up to it? > Well, if you happen to know black magic, I'll buy a shortcut for 400; otherwise, the proper way to do things would suit me just fine :-) > >> Most of my >> free time is spent studying and teaching martial arts, something which I >> would not trade for the world. >> > I feel you, I love teaching Taekwondo... Ooh.. Where do you teach? (I know, we're going off-topic!) >> > > Practice. Start thinking of small, useful ideas and launch sites for > them. > They could be small sites (dynamically generated) with documentation, > or > search engine automation/mashups. You then get to practice automated > testing, deployment, development. *nod* > > Set up a github account and make some gems/plugins and put them on there > for > potential employers to find. http://github.com/Trevoke :-) > > Start trying to help people on here - I always found that in putting > forward > help to those just coming in helped solidify my own learning, sometimes > I > was right (and got a hearty thanks), sometimes I was wrong (and got the > chance to learn when a more senior developer chimed in). Either way, > you're > getting value. Soon you'll be at a point when you can do everything and > easily answer questions in interviews (and then you can give more back). > > It boils down to learn, practice, teach - the same as in martial arts, > each > stage has it's own learnings and each is important. >
Understood :) And as far as the search for a position, it's .. Standard operating procedure? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" 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/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
