Working on your own projects will give you plenty of opportunities to do things "the wrong way" (and believe me, it takes a while ;p). It also gives you the chance to develop your own coding style, and improve upon. There's nothing worse than using a new framework for a work project, then two years later having to maintain this code, because often enough, the first projects are usually the worst written.
On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 5:03 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.
