I know a self-taught developer. The way he got a job was to have a solid portfolio of cool shit that he had developed. There are people who value experience just as much as - if not moreso - than a high quality degree. Just put together something solid and show off your skills.
This is probably why I'm not happy with the coding job I'm at right now: the work isn't interesting to me. It used to be when it was tough, but now it's just unmotivating because it's the same problem.
I'd love to get into game programming, or to write a complete fitness app for iOS since all the ones I know are garbage (e.g. they don't fit all of my needs in a single experience). Maybe then I'll actually love it again.
Go for it, write a shitty simple game or app and then improve it so it is decent and then expand on it so it meets more of what you want it to. You have to start somewhere, and I'm willing to bet that if you look back at your own history you will find you normaly start shitty and then have gotten better so go for it.
This is surprisingly accurate. As both a self-taught musician and developer, you have to work a lot harder but your skills are more diverse and you tend to enjoy coding more.
Not an IT professional myself but I have a friend who uses ITguru.com to find contracts. He has worked on loads of independent contracts from that site and he has suggested it to others. Figured I might pass this on, though it might be not exactly what is being asked for.
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6 u/Dashippy 15 May 2017 13:26
I know a self-taught developer. The way he got a job was to have a solid portfolio of cool shit that he had developed. There are people who value experience just as much as - if not moreso - than a high quality degree. Just put together something solid and show off your skills.
3 u/Hilarious_Exception 15 May 2017 14:04
This is probably why I'm not happy with the coding job I'm at right now: the work isn't interesting to me. It used to be when it was tough, but now it's just unmotivating because it's the same problem.
I'd love to get into game programming, or to write a complete fitness app for iOS since all the ones I know are garbage (e.g. they don't fit all of my needs in a single experience). Maybe then I'll actually love it again.
0 u/thrus 15 May 2017 14:09
Go for it, write a shitty simple game or app and then improve it so it is decent and then expand on it so it meets more of what you want it to. You have to start somewhere, and I'm willing to bet that if you look back at your own history you will find you normaly start shitty and then have gotten better so go for it.
1 u/PlasmaDistortion 15 May 2017 14:10
This is surprisingly accurate. As both a self-taught musician and developer, you have to work a lot harder but your skills are more diverse and you tend to enjoy coding more.
1 u/LittleEntropyMachine 15 May 2017 16:50
Not an IT professional myself but I have a friend who uses ITguru.com to find contracts. He has worked on loads of independent contracts from that site and he has suggested it to others. Figured I might pass this on, though it might be not exactly what is being asked for.
1 u/roznak 16 May 2017 19:29
Luck, that is how I started.