On: Ask HN: Is spending a year learning from MOOCs a g...

[runT1ME]

Here's what you do. Find a couple companies you want to work for. Find folks who work there on twitter/irc/github.

Email them and say "I'd love to work at your company in a year, what can I do to prepare".

They'll tell you. You do want to get a job, be it contracting or something, so you have some professional experience.

But the main thing is you learn what you need to learn, you figure out if you need some github contributions, moocs, read a books, etc.

[karolisram → runT1ME]

That's a real good advice right here! So in summary, decide what you want to do, find someone who does it, ask them how to get where he/she is. Even if it's not the same company, you will still get a similar job if you follow person's advice.