+1 While it is possible to learn how to code completely independently, the craft of building a maintainable system which can scale and be supported by multiple developers really can only come from working as part of a team. Think of it as an apprenticeship. School/bootcamp/books can teach you the raw skills needed to produce code, but it really takes a mentor and team can build upon those raw skills and turn you in to a craftsperson.
Good luck! -Joe > On May 7, 2015, at 11:01 AM, Jonathan Christensen <[email protected]> wrote: > > I highly recommend to anyone wanting to be a professional software developer > to do at least 4 years in one or more proper software development companies > as an employee developer. You will learn professional software development > practices that you don't really pick up other places. And you can also use it > as an opportunity to build a network of trusted colleagues that will be a > great source of future contract work if you do decide you'd rather freelance. > > If you're absolutely dead set on freelancing right from the get go, then > consider freelancing as a team member on larger teams rather than taking on > your own full stack projects. > > Cheers, > --Jon > > On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 10:54 AM, Nicholas Shook <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > sorry this is late. fwiw, I got my first job after doing a live coding kata > at my local ruby group. I tried and failed a few times before (and very > miserably so), but once I got it down it wasn't too hard to find a job. > > > On Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 11:37:25 AM UTC-7, Chad H. Naylor wrote: > Thanks for the responses guys! Is it hard to find remote and freelance stuff? > How does that usually work? > > Thanks again, > Chad > > On Friday, April 10, 2015 at 7:41:52 PM UTC-7, Chad H. Naylor wrote: > Hey Everyone, > > When I graduate in June I am going to be looking for my real rails gig. I > have been working part-time in a small rails team at calit2 for the past year > and a half ish, but I have no real experience in looking for or applying to a > real full-time developer position. Does anyone have some advice on how to > find and land my first rails gig? > > Thanks in advance, > Chad > > -- > -- > SD Ruby mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby <http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SD > Ruby" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > -- > SD Ruby mailing list > [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby <http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SD > Ruby" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- -- SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SD Ruby" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
