I heard yesterday about a certain popular accounting and HR company in Lancashire hiring senior rails developers on £65k a year. I know you probably don't fit the category as you don't have commercial experience. But it might be a suitable place to look for an entry level position.
I can't name the company, but someone will "get it" I'm sure. Lee Hambley -- http://lee.hambley.name/ +49 (0) 170 298 5667 On 23 July 2014 16:47, Adam Akhtar <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm currently living in Japan but strongly considering about returning > back to Manchester with my wife. This all depends on how easily I can > become a rails developer back in Manchester though. > > *I'd love to get local devs opinions on the following - * > > * How is the ruby / rails job scene back in Manchester. Big or small? > Growing or shrinking? > > * What is a typical salary for entry ~ mid developers? > > * Who is hiring? Beyond this mailing list are there any other good sources > for hiring announcements? > > *However.....* > > I don't have commercial experience. This will be a career change from > teaching in a japanese secondary school. > > *But....* > > I have been programming with ruby / rails for over 5 years now > individually. > Since then I've created various rails apps such as > > * Online proposal software aimed at freelancers > > * Pandora like music video player > > * User messaging engine - A rails *engine* you can drop into you app to > get instant messaging between you and your users just like in Intercom.io > (in progress but pushing soon to github ) > > I also read open source code regularly so quite comfortable in others code. > > *So...* > > How easy do you think it will be for me to find a job given the above? > > Im busy making a portfolio site with links to my code - just want to get > some feedback as soon as possible. > > Any pointers will really help out! > > Adam > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NWRUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NWRUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
