How I Got a Job in Web Development
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How I Got a Job in Web Development
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Re: How I Got a Job in Web Development
#2In my experience dealing with bootcamp grads, the transition from bootcamp to full-time offer can be a really tough one, and it sounds like your experience roughly mirrors those I've seen. A combination of persistence, improving your online presence/findability, and working on stuff. Congrats on making it through :)
I wonder if the experience would have been different in the Bay Area due to the sheer number of folks in a similar position?
Re: How I Got a Job in Web Development
#3In my experience dealing with bootcamp grads, the transition from bootcamp to full-time offer can be a really tough one, and it sounds like your experience roughly mirrors those I've seen. A combination of persistence, improving your online presence/findability, and working on stuff. Congrats on making it through :) I wonder if the experience would have been different in the Bay Area due to the sheer number of folks…
Thanks! I'm sure it's more difficult for the people in the Bay Area because of the saturation. I saw that even in Seattle to a lesser extent.
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#4It is nice to see your journey. I think 1 year of dedication is good time to achieve any target you set if you keep your focus.
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#5I have a cousin who has been taking beginner CS classes and is actively looking at the steps she can take to eventually move into a job in web programming.
I've provided some feedback, but this first hand account is particularly useful. I've shared it with her. Thank you.
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#6This was really really interesting. As someone who has been around for a while, it was great to see the journey through your eyes.
One thing though. The fact that you were "offered a senior position in ruby, Rails, and front end development" after less than one year of development makes me worry about that "software development contractor company".
I wonder if the OP would have felt comfortable being in a senior role. More thoughts on what makes someone 'senior' here: http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/25564/when-sh...
(Hint, it isn't just time on the job.)
Re: How I Got a Job in Web Development
#7This was really really interesting. As someone who has been around for a while, it was great to see the journey through your eyes. One thing though. The fact that you were "offered a senior position in ruby, Rails, and front end development" after less than one year of development makes me worry about that "software development contractor company". I wonder if the OP would have felt comfortable being in a senior role…
Honestly I was a bit taken aback by the offer as well. I think that a big part was how I built my reputation and supply and demand of developers in Salt Lake. They did a pretty heavy technical interview with me, (but no actual code writing, interestingly) and I did very well. So maybe I did get good enough that fast, but I think it was a combination of other factors that might've helped me more than my actual skill.
I don't know if I would've been comfortable in that role. It may have played a part in me not accepting it. I know I wasn't comfortable with the team, and if they had to answer to me than it might have been an uncomfortable situation all around.
Re: How I Got a Job in Web Development
#8This was really really interesting. As someone who has been around for a while, it was great to see the journey through your eyes. One thing though. The fact that you were "offered a senior position in ruby, Rails, and front end development" after less than one year of development makes me worry about that "software development contractor company". I wonder if the OP would have felt comfortable being in a senior role…
Honestly I was a bit taken aback by the offer as well. I think that a big part was how I built my reputation and supply and demand of developers in Salt Lake. They did a pretty heavy technical interview with me, (but no actual code writing, interestingly) and I did very well. So maybe I did get good enough that fast, but I think it was a combination of other factors that might've helped me more than my actual skill.…
Fair enough. I wasn't sure if it was title inflation to bill end clients more.
Good on ya for knocking that interview out of the park.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Honestly I was a bit taken aback by the offer as well. I think that a big part was how I built my reputation and supply and demand of developers in Salt Lake. They did a pretty heavy technical interview with me, (but no actual code writing, interestingly) and I did very well. So maybe I did get good enough that fast, but I think it was a combination of other factors that might've helped me more than my actual skill.…
Fair enough. I wasn't sure if it was title inflation to bill end clients more. Good on ya for knocking that interview out of the park.
That could definitely have been a factor as well. Thanks for the compliments!
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#10Sorry, but this is exactly why there is no point in believing of "front end developer" being a career that can offer a sustainable living, in the western world at least, in the coming years.
Greetings, from somebody, who in the 90s, was a) still going to school and b) making 8.0000 - 10.000 DM per website, "on the side". Yeah, those where the times..
One question, just for fun: have you even heard of some "Zeldman"?
(To the inclined: We coded to the DTD long before he got off print design. Because only coding to standards was cool on the usenet, already in the 90s :-) )