How to Get a Job in the Tech Industry

[shakilkan]

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-get-job-tech-industry-shakil-kanji

[rchaud]

I left a comment suggesting a follow up article that might flesh out some of the aspects he wrote about (covered succinctly in the TLDR in the comments here). On its own, the article isn't all that helpful aside from confirming the general adage of "work hard".

[degenerate]

TL;DR:

1. Quit your insurance job

2. Learn to code all by yourself

3. Work as a free intern for a startup

4. Work really, really, hard

5. Already have motivational friends (??)

That's it guys! 5 easy steps!

This blog is just one person's success story and should not be written as a guide, because it's not.

[wmeredith → degenerate]

This falls under the category of "how I won the lottery" vs. "how to buy tickets". The former isn't useful, the latter is. You can see an excellent talk about the difference here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_F9jxsfGCw

[cheez → degenerate]

This is actually a guide to increasing your probability of becoming a coder.