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11-14-2012, 12:41 AM
Anyone know of any good forums for people who want to get into freelance programming? I have a buddy who wants to get into it and told him I'd line him up a list of quality resources. I've got a list of programming stuff for him but would like him to learn some marketing and the business side of it as well if is serious about it.
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11-17-2012, 09:08 AM
Quote: (04-07-2012 12:56 AM)bface Wrote:
Quote: (04-07-2012 12:09 AM)xmlenigma Wrote:
Where in Europe are you working? Where all is there LACK of good IT people?
Not working yet as I am still on the road but did some recon with friends in the industry. Looks good.
Switzerland. Germany is the same from what I've heard (met a chick whose father has a company and hasn't been able to fill a position in 3 years, nobody is applying).
I have had a tough time finding ONLINE POSTINGS for European opportunities. I'd like to connect with this company and find others who are looking and short staffed.
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11-18-2012, 12:40 AM
I'd focus on making an application that you can show people. Be it a mobile android/ios app or a web app with python or similar. It gives you a goal and a skill set for a software developer type people look for.
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11-18-2012, 01:43 PM
I think open source languages like Python and Ruby are fun, but they generally won't have the same corporate ecosystem that Oracle or Microsoft provides in terms of licensing, support, training, certifications, etc. PHP has stood the test of time, and it has always been very easy to get set up on the traditional LAMP stack, but PHP programmers are a dime a dozen. If you really want a solid career as a Web developer I'd recommend ASP.NET MVC (.NET) stack or the Rails stack. Django is decent if you need to interface with certain Python 2.6/2.7 libraries but you might have a harder time finding work. Check out indeed.com and other sites and plug in terms like "ruby developer" to get an idea of the salary ranges and Google around see what the company expectations are. Stack Overflow is a great resource for programming Q/A and Careers 2.0 has job listings as well.
I'd argue against working for a Java shop, but if you really can't find anything else then it might be your best bet if you are comfortable with the C family of languages. If you are crazy about high performance, embedded, or graphics programming then C++ is a must. Breaking into iOS and Objective-C programming is on the more difficult side since employers generally want to see that you've already shipped at least one solid corporate app but indie developers will still have a chance here.
Disclaimer: I'm a software engineer who's worked with all of the above, transitioning from C#/WebDev into iOS/Obj-C
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12-03-2012, 12:05 AM
Quote: (12-31-2011 03:58 PM)basilransom Wrote:
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Just finished the Javascript primer at Codecademy.com. I'm aiming for proficiency at Jscript/CSS/HTML5 as Caligula has suggested.
I want to make a business/merchant game app for android, so I'll be learning Java as well. Are there any particular websites/books recommended for this? Thanks.
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