Lies on the internet about building a career in tech:
- Learn to code
- Apply for jobs
- Make money
Painful reality:
- Learn code
- Open source
- Apply for jobs
- Rejection
- Technical writing
- Freelance
- Apply for jobs
- Rejection
- Do Free work
- Apply for jobs
- Get job
๐งตSoftware Engineering, a journey I started in Nigeria under less-than-ideal conditions. No laptop. No reliable power, limited internet, yet I did it. I'll share how you can too. This won't be flowery. It'll be the truth, straight-up. ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ป
Want to become a developer advocate ? Walk into any active open source project and start advocating for them.
It's actually that easy.
You gain:
- Experience and competence
- Connections and networking
- Evidence for your resume and interviews
Don't sleep on open source
How to build job evidence even if you have no experience:
1. Consistently contribute value to an active open source project.
2. Add it to your resume
3. Talk about your experiences in interviews
You can create your own internship. Don't sit around waiting
I was recently hired as a talent recruiter by an agency based in Singapore.
All three of the amazing talents I recommended have landed paid roles now in a space of 3 weeks. No stress with test or interviews.
Looking out for you guys going forward.
PS: Iโm still a designer ๐