How to Get a Job as a Developer in Less Than Six Months • Hacker News Board

Re: How to Get a Job as a Developer in Less Than Six Months

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Post by commanderkeen08 » Tue, Aug 21, 2012, 3:23 AM UTC

Just a heads up, that fixed position element makes for a verrry annoying mobile experience, especially when someone taps to zoom in. This is probably the most common source of my frustration with the mobile web--those annoying social share sidebars that are position-fixed are the primary perpetrators.

I noticed you're using onswipe though which helps, but if someone is using some third party Hacker News reader, onswipe won't load.

Having derailed this thread enough, I love everything about this. Ill never get enough of hearing people's success stories.

Re: How to Get a Job as a Developer in Less Than Six Months

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Post by alanning » Tue, Aug 21, 2012, 3:23 AM UTC

InfinityX0 wrote: post #2

Great to see that. There's plenty of "you should learn how to code" posts, Codecademy, Treehouse etc, but there are very few case studies of people who seemingly A) used these tools and/or B) actually ended up being able to wing it learning to code mid-to-late-stage in their career. Not sure if this post really qualifies as either of those, as well. If there's more examples of this that I'm missing, please let me kno…

Not really a case study but my sister went from never having coded, middle-school math teacher to junior consultant at ThoughtWorks in 5 months via DevBootCamp. TW may be a bit unusual though in that they are willing to train you for a year before actually making money on you.

Re: How to Get a Job as a Developer in Less Than Six Months

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Post by jeffreybaird » Tue, Aug 21, 2012, 3:28 AM UTC

meritt wrote: post #20

While I absolutely applaud the effort and tenacity of this individual, at the same time, I feel a substantial amount of trepidation regarding the current state of the tech / start-up industry. Virtually every hot new startup I see on blogs, it just takes a few minutes of basic penetration testing to find gaping security holes. Everything from simple XSS or CSRF to blatant leaking of sensitive user data. Obviously he…

When I was hired it was with the very clear understanding that I was to be taught a lot and I was being hired for my desire to learn. Sometimes if you can't find a qualified candidate you have to train them.

Re: How to Get a Job as a Developer in Less Than Six Months

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Post by eswangren » Tue, Aug 21, 2012, 3:29 AM UTC

Yay, that's exactly what our industry needs; more cargo cult programmers writing terrible software! Let's just be glad that this RoR guy isn't building anything safety critical.

Re: How to Get a Job as a Developer in Less Than Six Months

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Post by fscof » Tue, Aug 21, 2012, 3:29 AM UTC

Really awesome to see a self-taught success story like this. Love the dedication Jeff!

A side point of advice for anyone wanting to learn programming and still in college: DEFINITELY take an introductory programming class. There's endless amounts you can learn online, but learning the fundamentals through languages like C and Scheme gives you great perspective when you do pick up web code.

Re: How to Get a Job as a Developer in Less Than Six Months

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Post by jeffreybaird » Tue, Aug 21, 2012, 3:32 AM UTC

eswangren wrote: post #24

Yay, that's exactly what our industry needs; more cargo cult programmers writing terrible software! Let's just be glad that this RoR guy isn't building anything safety critical.

Either you didn't read the article or you missed the point.

Re: How to Get a Job as a Developer in Less Than Six Months

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Post by zalew » Tue, Aug 21, 2012, 3:36 AM UTC

jeffreybaird wrote: post #26

eswangren wrote: post #24

Yay, that's exactly what our industry needs; more cargo cult programmers writing terrible software! Let's just be glad that this RoR guy isn't building anything safety critical.

Either you didn't read the article or you missed the point.

elaborate the point then.

Re: How to Get a Job as a Developer in Less Than Six Months

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Post by macoughl » Tue, Aug 21, 2012, 3:37 AM UTC

eswangren wrote: post #24

Yay, that's exactly what our industry needs; more cargo cult programmers writing terrible software! Let's just be glad that this RoR guy isn't building anything safety critical.

How very positive and encouraging of you. Exactly what our industry needs, elitist developers who don't want to grow the industry. You know, there is a shortage of strong developers available and you were a beginner too at one point.

Re: How to Get a Job as a Developer in Less Than Six Months

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Post by johnnymonster » Tue, Aug 21, 2012, 3:38 AM UTC

Might help credibility if his site wasnt down... http://imgur.com/fhK0M

Re: How to Get a Job as a Developer in Less Than Six Months

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Post by technotony » Tue, Aug 21, 2012, 3:38 AM UTC

It's really frustrating reading all the negative comments here. What happened to positive support for people in our community? This guy had a passion, worked his butt off and got a good result... I'm sure he'll go on to many more good things in the future. We should applaud and celebrate this, not knock down how he's not a senior developer yet. Congratulations Jeff!!