Quote: (03-23-2011 09:39 AM)familydude Wrote:
My two-cent for the long haul, I know many will disagree :
- Finish your education
- Spend two years building industry contacts :
-- Do contract or short-term projects in big firms in the Bay-Area or Seattle
-- Be noticed, speak up, make a difference in the projects, become the "go to" guy, kick ass
-- Make friends with managers and learn from more talented programmers
- Get the fuck out. Now you know people in the industry and you know how to finish projects. This sets you apart from 90% of the Indians and Eastern-Euros and will help you get projects or work without having to go through standard means.
Not exactly what you want to hear I guess. You want money "now". Forget about specific technologies, they come and go, some Ukrainian fuck in karkhov will always be able to learn emerging techs faster and better than you and get contracts for 60% of the price.
Good post, definitely not what I wanted to hear but very down to earth and I like it. You could say that becoming the "go to" guy is what I'm really looking for, but that will take some time.
I guess I could find a job non programming related while I finish my education at the same time?