How to Get a Developer Job with No Experience (Like I Did)

Written by Syknapse | Published 2020/03/17
Tech Story Tags: career-advice | web-development | careers | javascript | coding | programming | career | hackernoon-top-story

TLDR There's a lot that you can do to improve your chances of getting that first job in tech. Your programming skills are not the end of it. Without experience, you will need to take steps to convince employers that you deserve a chance. You need to make yourself visible for employers and then give them a reason to want to talk to you. Get referrals. Reach out to people you know or old contacts. An active GitHub account shows what serious and serious work you're doing. It's what serious employers will look at.via the TL;DR App

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Written by Syknapse | Front-end developer based in Madrid. Transitioned from an English teacher in 10 months.
Published by HackerNoon on 2020/03/17