OP here. I've got a still-live Digg-like PHP site that I built two years ago with a few buddies. How much cred does that buy me if I'm looking for a Django job? Do I need to specifically build and/or open source Django?
Thanks for the advice guys - much appreciated! On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 1:10 PM, garagefan <monkeygar...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was once in your shoes. No real resume experience to show... no > sites to display my knowledge. > > My advice... makes more friends. It's all in who you know. Met some at > an intro html course at a community college, ended up being good > friends. He was a developer already, but a few years later he tells me > about a company he got placed at and said I could easily do the > work... then he helped me get an interview, then I got hired... > knowing basic stuff. > > Moral of the story, network > > On Dec 17, 12:03 pm, Dopster <ken.kyhu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > *This is a question that can be generalized for any other amateur > > programmers looking to get into software development, and specifically > > startups. I specify Django/Python in my own details below, but it can be > > replaced with PHP, Ruby, etc.* > > > > As an amateur, how could I position myself to get in the door at an > > established startup (i.e., not founding team) or web dev shop as a junior > > Django/[insert language/framework here] developer? What could I do that > > would give me a chance of getting a job? My guess is that actually > building > > something is the right way to go about this? > > > > Build a really simple web app? Build a web resume? Start a technical > blog? > > Contribute to open source? (though as an amateur, making meaningful > > contributions is unlikely...) > > ------------------------------ > > > > My own personal details, as to define what I mean by "amateur": > > > > Academic CS knowledge: > > > > - Non-CS degree > > - Two Java courses in college as a non-CS engineer (4+ years ago), > which > > I admittedly have since forgotten, but helped me establish... > > - Comfort with basic CS elements (i.e., classes, functions, basic data > > structures, control flow tools, etc.) > > > > Practical experience (from a failed startup and work): > > > > - 1 year of HTML/CSS/JS > > - 1 year of PHP > > - 3 years of SQL (mySQL, Oracle, MS Access) > > - 2 years of VBA development in Excel/Access (front-end and back-end) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<django-users%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
