On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 21:06:42 -0700, "Sasha Pachev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Sure would be nice to code for a living though. > > I suggest using whatever spare time you have to contribute to some > open-source > project. Ideally, you want to have your own that you have created from > scratch, > as well as some bigger scale project to which you have contributed. Then > prospective employers do not treat you as the "entry level" programmer > any more.
Seriously. Even a long interview doesn't tell a prospective employer as much as having some nontrivial source code he can look at. I would say that contributing to someone else's project looks better than starting your own (unless yours is one of the few that attracts dozens of developers) since that says that not only are you motivated to keep learning, but that the project leads thought your code was good enough to merge. (And if you're a newbie, that's also a great way to get free advice, assuming you pick a project with friendly leads.) -Jonathan -- C++ is history repeated as tragedy. Java is history repeated as farce. --Scott McKay /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
