Hey Daz, Thanks for reaching out.
I went through a similar transition about 8 years ago so I've certainly had the same questions as yourself! The best thing in general is to get coding and working on projects that interest you. What worked for me was using a mixture of online tutorials, books, and chatting with the members of NWRUG. A lot has changed since I did this but it seems like a few good resources would be: - The Odin Project <https://www.theodinproject.com/paths/full-stack-ruby-on-rails/courses/ruby-on-rails> - They look to have a fairly up-to-date Rails course - GoRails <https://gorails.com> - Has a good set of up-to-date courses and screencasts. I'm pretty sure they have an active Discord as well. - The Rails Way 7 <https://leanpub.com/therails7way?ref=rubyhuntdev> - If you prefer books then this is a fairly up-to-date one. I'm pretty sure I read "Rails Way 4" when I started. - First Ruby Friend <https://firstrubyfriend.org> - A place to find a mentor. Some of the members here are mentors on that program In terms of finding jobs, that's always a tricky one! I've always found the best way is through meeting people. We'll occasionally have postings here, they'll also have job postings in our sister group LRUG <https://lrug.org>. There's a good site called Otta <https://otta.com>, which I've used in the past. A good way to meet people and learn about openings is at conferences. Brighton Ruby <https://brightonruby.com> is coming up which many of us will attend. It's certainly a more expensive way to meet people but it's a very good time. I found last year to be really inspiring! You could also look up the sponsors of past Ruby/Rails conferences to get an idea of which companies hire Ruby devs. I hope that helps and please reach out if you still have questions! Many thanks, Brandon On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 12:47 PM DAZ <daz4...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I've been a long time member of this group and been coding in Ruby since > Rails first came out, but it's only ever been a hobby for me. > > I've recently decided to have a career change from teaching to web > development and would like to get into Rails development, preferably in > Manchester or remote. > > I know a lot of you on here are already working as Rails devs - does > anybody have any tips about what the best things I should be doing? I'm > currently working on building a portfolio, but is there anything I should > focus on in particular? And any tips about the best way to find Rails > vacancies or opportunities? > > I'd also be interested to hear if anyone knows of any opportunities just > to get any unpaid Rails development experience. > > Thanks, > > Daz > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "North West Ruby User Group (NWRUG)" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nwrug-members+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nwrug-members/16950019-53fa-4139-a45d-6ba94c3c587dn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nwrug-members/16950019-53fa-4139-a45d-6ba94c3c587dn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "North West Ruby User Group (NWRUG)" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nwrug-members+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nwrug-members/CAE%2BHapmG8SqseJ63qR9KNz3%2BTZG1rZWEFbNnpoXdD_ujEjEQYg%40mail.gmail.com.
