Going Pro (aka getting paid to code)
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Takeaways from two years of #job-hunting within techThat’s a rocket.Job Hunting — Am I right?Let me begin by asserting that job hunting is the worst. If you disagree, you don’t need to read this. See ya. ✌️ It’s even more horrible when you find yourself in a situation where you need the job for which you’re applying/interviewing.I’m fairly happy where I am right now. Sure, I could be paid better, I’m not crazy about the tech stack I’m working with, and I don’t love the amount of system administration work I’m doing, but I get to code, work on things I believe in, etc. I really couldn’t have asked to be in a better spot with two years’ experience and no formal education in software development (read more about that on Hacker Noon).But, it wasn’t always like that. In fact, just over two years ago I was (...)