Hear hear Richard! This is so true. The market will typically bear out more money for your services than that. Taking some small gigs at a smaller amount can sometimes bolster confidence ... but you definitely don't want to do that forever.
If you have any free time soon I'd love to hear from you. We have work coming out of our ears and we have several more seasoned devs who could help mentor you. Let me know, Thanks, Blair On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 12:41 PM, Richard K Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Patrick, > > I'm glad you're out of the short-term predicament. If you were able to do > some work with Cesar Felipe then I'm sure he got a great deal, which seems > fair since he was willing to act so quickly to offer an interview. > > I just wanted to offer some career advice. Long-term, you should never have > to work for $12/hour again. You have valuable skills as a web developer, > and many companies are hiring, so there should be many opportunities for > you. > > I noticed on your LinkedIn profile that you are self-taught. You're in good > company. One stat I heard is that as many as 50% of developers do not have > a programming-related degree. > > One of the temptations you'll face as a self-taught developer is imposter > syndrome. This is the temptation that you're not *really* a developer > because you didn't go to school for it or because you don't seem to be as > good a developer as everyone around you. It's easy to be hard on yourself > when you compare the real you to the appearance of others. Fight that > temptation. You already have everything you need to pursue as much > knowledge as have appetite and time for, and you can become as good a > developer as you want to be. > > Here is a podcast on how to find a job and get hired as a junior dev: > https://devchat.tv/js-jabber/180-jsj-finding-a-job > > Also, read Patrick McKenzie's blog and Twitter feed. Here are some > examples: > > http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-programmer/ > > https://twitter.com/patio11/status/693613189779447808 (scroll down and > read > the stream of tweets; some apply to hirers and some apply to candidates) > > Richard > > > On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 3:22 PM Patrick Curl <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Richard, > > I'm still looking for something substantial, or side projects. I'm > working > > pt for a web firm doing some small projects but so far haven't been given > > many projects so I'm still pretty open to opportunities. > > > > Thanks, > > Patrick > > > > On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 1:45 PM, Richard K Miller < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Patrick, did you find work to get through the short-term squeeze? > >> > >> Richard > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 5:40 PM Cesar Felipe <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Hi Patrick, > >>> > >>> I'm willing to hire you. > >>> > >>> Can you come for an interview tomorrow? > >>> > >>> Please call me at 801 854 2228 > >>> > >>> - Felipe > >>> > >>> 2016-02-17 16:45 GMT-07:00 Patrick Curl <[email protected]>: > >>> > >>> > Anyone know anyone willing to hire apprentice or junior level php > >>> > developers (I can develop full apps in Laravel with Twitter > Bootstrap, > >>> > etc..) -- I just lack unit testing experience and team experience > >>> -though I > >>> > have done Agile Sprints on a number of freelance projects. > >>> > > >>> > I'm getting a bit desperate, willing to go as low as $12 an hour as > >>> we're > >>> > in danger of losing our home if I don't find some form of income in > the > >>> > next week. Appreciate the help! > >>> > > >>> > Please feel free to pass my resume around. I'm also pretty > comfortable > >>> with > >>> > Ruby on Rails and MeteorJS. > >>> > > >>> > Regards, > >>> > Patrick Curl > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > _______________________________________________ > >>> > > >>> > UPHPU mailing list > >>> > [email protected] > >>> > http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu > >>> > IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net > >>> > > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> > >>> UPHPU mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu > >>> IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net > >>> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > UPHPU mailing list > [email protected] > http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu > IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net > _______________________________________________ UPHPU mailing list [email protected] http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net
