Re: [NWRUG] Getting Into Rails Development

Wow - these replies are so useful. It's really nice of everyone to help. Hopefully I'll get to meet some of you at the next meet up. >From Brandon's advice I've given myself a year to find something but I'm a bit worried about getting stuck in the 'too old with no experience' trap. But hopefull

Re: [NWRUG] Getting Into Rails Development

> On 19 Apr 2024, at 13:55, Paul Bennett-Freeman wrote: > > > I'm currently working on building a portfolio, but is there anything I > > should focus on in particular? > > Since you've changed careers, is there anything you could build the plays on > that? Something you can spin a narrative a

Re: [NWRUG] Getting Into Rails Development

> > From a more personal perspective, and definitely more controversial, so take > this as one person's option: Frontend in Rails (Turbo and Hotwire) is a hot > mess and very few companies actually use it. Learning some React, and > building against APIs you've written, or other people's APIs

Re: [NWRUG] Getting Into Rails Development

Hey, Daz! This is an excellent question, and I love the responses. I've bookmarked Brandon's, especially for future reference. thoughtbot offers an "Office Hours" service. You can book a remote session with one of their designers or developers. They are av

Re: [NWRUG] Getting Into Rails Development

> Is this normal or am I doing something wrong? Oh, it’s absolutely “normal”. In particular never turn down another offer until you’ve got a signed contract from a company and not just a verbal offer via a recruiter. On Sat, 20 Apr 2024 at 10:19, DAZ wrote: > Also, you mentioned recruiters a

Re: [NWRUG] Getting Into Rails Development

Also, you mentioned recruiters and they do seem quite soulless ... I've already come across a few that seem to have 'led me on' and then completely ghosted me - not even replying to my emails for updates. Is this normal or am I doing something wrong? -- You received this message because you ar

Re: [NWRUG] Getting Into Rails Development

Thanks Paul. I'm already thinking of some ideas from teaching, but nothing concrete yet! I have a few ideas that I will try and build to get into the swing of development. I actually already know how to use React and have found using Turbo and Hotwire quite nice in Rails 7 ... that might be a c

Re: [NWRUG] Getting Into Rails Development

//www.linkedin.com/company/196destinations > > > - Original message - > From: DAZ > To: "North West Ruby User Group (NWRUG)" > Subject: [NWRUG] Getting Into Rails Development > Date: Thursday, 18 April 2024 12:47 > > Hi everyone, > > I've

Re: [NWRUG] Getting Into Rails Development

> I'm currently working on building a portfolio, but is there anything I should focus on in particular? Since you've changed careers, is there anything you could build the plays on that? Something you can spin a narrative around of "As a teacher, I always wanted to do X, and so I built this tool t

Re: [NWRUG] Getting Into Rails Development

m: DAZ To: "North West Ruby User Group (NWRUG)" Subject: [NWRUG] Getting Into Rails Development Date: Thursday, 18 April 2024 12:47 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

Re: [NWRUG] Getting Into Rails Development

Thanks for that tip Brandon - I have a similar goal to be working as a developer by the end of this year! Until then I'll just keep trying to improve my coding and development skills by building things. Hopefully see you at a meet up soon! Daz On Friday, April 19, 2024 at 11:34:12 AM UTC+1 Bra

Re: [NWRUG] Getting Into Rails Development

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 y

Re: [NWRUG] Getting Into Rails Development

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 h

Re: [NWRUG] Getting Into Rails Development

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, a

[NWRUG] Getting Into Rails Development

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 Manches