No worries at all! One thing I forgot to mention is that it might help to set yourself a deadline for landing your first developer role. For me, I gave myself a year. It worked in my case but even if it didn't, it helped to focus me on the goal of becoming a software developer. It might work for you too.
See you soon! On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 8:29 PM DAZ <daz4...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Brandon, that's all really useful. > > I've been working through Agile Web Development with Rails 7 and trying to > get to grips with Turbo Streams and it's going quite well. Really enjoying > using Rails again! I'll just keep building apps to get more practice. > > Gorails looks great and seem to have some active forums which will be > useful and I've just registered for First Ruby Friend, which seems like a > great scheme. > > I'll make sure I come to the NWRUG meet ups and might even get to Brighton > as well! > > Thanks again, > > Daz > > > > > > On Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 5:33:50 PM UTC+1 Brandon Burton wrote: > >> 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 <daz...@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-member...@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/e4dd8655-7651-4212-b620-91d0b394258dn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nwrug-members/e4dd8655-7651-4212-b620-91d0b394258dn%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. 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