Time for the #DevDiscuss Twitter chat 😁
Tonight's topic is Jobs available in IT
We're going to talk about all the things you can do for money in this industry. It's more than just JavaScript web development 😳
The chat will last about an hour and we use the #DevDiscuss tag.
Rules:
- Stay on topic
- ALWAYS ALWAYS use hashtag #DevDiscuss
- Be NICE/POSITIVE ❤️
- Quoting tweets for clarity is encouraged
(ALWAYS use the #DevDiscuss, even on replies where appropriate 😄)
Developer relationships, very interesting job, a solid mix between event organization, conference speaking, coding demos of products and managing communities #DevDiscuss
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I currently work two jobs alongside being a full-time student at college.
Job #1 is a tech support gig where students come in with their laptops to get things fixed.
Job #2 is writing Pyt
#DevDiscuss I currently work two jobs alongside being a full-time student at college.
Job #1 is a tech support gig where students come in with their laptops to get things fixed.
Job #2 is writing Python to interact with databases (for now).
i've been in the microsoft/.net world since .net 1.0 and i really haven't had a hard time finding a job since :D we're not ultra high paid but i think we're rare enough that i haven't gone w/o a job more than a month since 2002 xD #devdiscuss
I’m a software development consultant specializing in cloud ☁️ development on Azure. I started as a paramedic wanting to learn more about software development. 😀 #DevDiscuss
I had a really round about way of getting into tech -- took a few CS classes, then quit, then got back into it. So, mostly self taught.
I used to do software engineering between webdev and data science.
Now I teach people how to code, which is SO much fun 💻 #DevDiscuss
Published my first software at 12 (and 4 others in the next 8 years) — but actually never considered working in IT before being 19. I was sure I could become a professional cellist by then and studied music like crazy. Silly me! #devdiscuss
I'm a developer + agency owner.
1. High school student, freelancer
2. Undergrad student, freelancer
3. Grad student, freelancer
(No more school!)
4. Fellow/Developer at CDC
(Lasted 9 months...)
5. Full-time freelancer
(Then I started hiring people)
6. Agency owner!
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IT Manager for a paper and consumer packaging company. BS in Computer Science, followed by sys admin / sys analyst positions professionally. Lots of dev/sys admin contract work on the side. #devdiscuss
I work with .NET (desktop, web, and cloud) and also machine control programming on various hardware systems. I started on a drawing board as a mechanical drafter and helped the company I work with pick their first production CAD system (CADRA). #devdiscuss
Went to school for Music & Political analysis.
Got a job cold-calling businesses to take a survey about Yelp.
Wanted to stay employed, so got opportunity to learn website development.
Learned ads & strategy.
Now running Digital Marketing at an agency. #DevDiscuss
Forgot the "now" part: CTO of a startup I co-founded now 3 years ago. It made me move from France to Canada – quite a life change! (Still play the cello sometimes though!) #devdiscuss
I'm a front end engineer specializing in accessibility at a consulting firm that makes beautiful things. I have a background in psychology and physics, and career changed to dev work via a bootcamp. I've been a Rail fullstack dev and a front end dev previously.
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DevOps Engineer by accident. Did business intelligence for an internship and the first year of my now full-time job, wasn’t feeling it after a year, and a manager thought I had potential #DevDiscuss
I’m a technical consultant. First, I learned HTML/CSS with Neopets/Xanga/MySpace. Then, I took CS classes in HS. Then I taught myself. After that, I went to a coding bootcamp.
It’s a lot, but I’m here! #DevDiscuss
I'm an email developer in my current role. I majored in graphic design, people assumed I did websites (not really) so I started to learn code / web on my own time. Somehow that evolved to email design / development #devdiscuss
Between undergrad and now:
1. research coordinator for a magazine
2. math ed grad school (left after 1 yr)
3. corporate retail management
4. managed a costume store (RAD!)
5. bootcamp
then dev jobs!
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I developed @coach_evaluator to help a friends school perform athletic Department evaluations online as a software side project, and 2.5 years later I have 300+ schools around the country using it and it is now my full time job #DevDiscuss
I should also add that I had no formal training to get to this point. I'm self-taught and my degrees are a BS in Psychology, Master of Social Work, and Master of Public Health. Quite a nontraditional career path. #devdiscuss
I'm a Scrum Master, UX Dev & Accessibility Compliance Specialist. (I like variety.)
SM: I spent many years from HS on leading teams in extracurriculars and actively like learning & scrum is a passion.
UX&ACS: Studied CS in school, loved usability & proper HTML #DevDiscuss
#devdiscuss always trying new things and being willing to take on tough work. Now I do security / devops / SRE. Just have to have a passion for tech and you'll find the gaps that pay well
I am the VP of engineering. I got here by coding furiously for tree decades and by investing lots of time trying to understand people, how they think and what drives them #DevDiscuss
I've always worked on development alone... never had much chance to interract with other developers. Just now, after 30 years, starting to write libraries used by a co-worker. #DevDiscuss
I'm a Developer Evangelist...love programming since the last 20 years...I guess I love programming so much that this is the only job that fits me :) #DevDiscuss
If anything, it's taught me that everything is related.
Political analysis = web analytics
Qualitative analysis = business intelligence
Polling Design = CRO
Music Composition = Coding
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I'm a full-stack web dev with an emphasis on interfaces & human-computer interaction!
I started programming early, got into making web pages as a middle-schooler, and went to college for comp sci before going on to make yet more internet stuff. #DevDiscuss
I'm a software engineer working in Python and Java. I used to be a jazz pianist, then a nonprofit administrator, then a burrito roller. I kind of fell into all this by accident by way of @devbootcamp (RIP).
Couldn't be happier it worked out.
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Software Engineer for Web & Mobile at Blizzard. Full stack developer working on the company's wide variety of sites. Got here by constantly challenging and improving my skills in web dev✌️ #devdiscuss
I am interning at a large healthcare corporation as a sysadmin. I had no experience in enterprise infrastructure, my specialty was in front-end development, but this position has helped me understand the backend realm and has changed the way I view programming. #devdiscuss
I should also add that I had no formal training to get to this point. I'm self-taught and my degrees are a BS in Psychology, Master of Social Work, and Master of Public Health. Quite a nontraditional career path. #devdiscuss
I'm a developer + agency owner.
1. High school student, freelancer
2. Undergrad student, freelancer
3. Grad student, freelancer
(No more school!)
4. Fellow/Developer at CDC
(Lasted 9 months...)
5. Full-time freelancer
(Then I started hiring people)
6. Agency owner!
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I work as a junior developer now, but I was a music publicist. I decided to leave my job and go to a coding boot camp. Best decision I could have made! #devdiscuss
I'm an entrepreneur. I don't think it's for everybody, but I couldn't do it any other way. #DevDiscuss
(In this world, in an alternate universe maybe I'd just be an artist or something)
I'm a lead developer in charge of a team of 6. Spent years freelancing and self teaching after doing an arts university undergrad. Spent my life learning coding, and it turned into an awesome career. #DevDiscuss
The kids at my school in junior high got into coding with role playing games. I never took much interest until I saw benefits to my dad's business back in the BASIC-A days. #devdiscuss
I'm a developer evangelist helping to build workflow tools for ML, AI, and Data Science devs from students to big co's. I studied Biomed Engineering & Math but realized what I really loved was using data and code to solve impactful problems more than lab experiments. #devdiscuss
When I was in middle school I had a super mean and emo blog (static HTML and CSS) that I coded myself. I even had my own domain name.
I didn't keep up with it going into high school, but it planted some seeds. #DevDiscuss
I went the very typical way of getting a CS degree and accidentally becoming a frontend web dev. Now I work to help people without CS degrees that REALLY want to be web devs. My story is boring, but the stories of my students are really interesting! #devdiscuss
I'm a freelance web developer. I majored in teaching. I started learning how to code in summer 2015 when I took a Skillcrush blueprint. Today I'm a mix of self taught and online courses. I often write about my tech experiences on my blog #devdiscuss
#DevDiscuss I've had my own companies, C-level jobs, contract (web dev, internet marketing, business analysis), f/t (entry lvl IT Pro, senior sysadmin, architect, automation dude), p/t (instructor, author) and more. Too many cool opportunities to do things I love!
I'm an Android developer. I was hired 2 years ago as a tester, but I was already building some apps. I showed it to my former boss that asked me if I wanted to become a full time developer, and obviously I said yes. #devdiscuss
I'm a director of engineering. I got here by consistently focusing on value delivery, demonstrating a bias for action, and an unwavering commitment to helping those around me be more successful. #devdiscuss
It was pretty awesome. Until my cousin found the super awful post I wrote about him after we went on a road trip together. Killed my momentum a little bit.
But I think having a couple basic web concepts tucked in the back of my brain really helped later on #DevDiscuss
One of the really interesting things to me is that so many web devs of *a certain age* were exposed to web dev via stuff like Neopets, BBCode, Xanga, Livejournal, Geocities, even if we didn't think of it as dev as such
I wonder if that still exists for folks?
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It was everything! We had a horrible platform in France and you had to get a blog there to be one of the cool kids. I had my own website so I wasn’t one of them. Thought it was cool nevertheless 😛 #devdiscuss
I started as a freelance web designer 7 years ago, working mostly with Adobe Flash & Php.
Then I worked as a .NET web dev for a company 3 years and then as a tech lead for the same team 2 years. Now I'm working hard to become a successful entrepreneur someday :)
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I think it's a little bit of a shame so many currently-popular social media networks aren't very customizable, but it seems like there's a lot of young developers on tumblr making themes #DevDiscuss
I do a mix of Win server and Red Hat. Mainly, I deal with Win server 2012 R2 - 2016. The infrastructure is built on top of VMware so I usually maintain VMs on Vsphere. #devdiscuss
Definitely. The platform in France was called Skyblog and let their users write in red blinking text over dark background. We were DEFINITELY the cool kids #DevDiscuss
I produce stuff that runs over the internet using bits and bytes for one of the largest radio station here in Australia. My favourite things to use are scss, gulp, eslint, ES6, React, JavaScript and most importantly anything that results in sane results. #devdiscuss
I make interactive mobile ads. I'm a graphic designer and needed a job. I knew a little bit of html/css and my boss taught me enough javascript to get me started and just a few months ago made my first big project for a major brand! #devdiscuss
Currently in college as a systems administrator and dev. Sysadmin because my professor knew I know Linux, and dev because the college was looking for devs for a side project they were doing. #devdiscuss
I’m a Software Engineer (primarily Java and Python). I didn’t listen when I was told to try something else. Instead I worked, practiced, studied and had faith. And now I’m here. Believe you can do it and then go do it. #DevDiscuss
I run the Developer Program at @riotgames but started as someone going to school for Law. Went to a few Hackathons and became a Developer and have been a software engineer at 3 companies now #DevDiscuss
I lead a small team writing in-house line of business software. After more than a decade as a contractor and a growing family, I'm happy with the stability and lack of stress. Took me a while to learn how important quality of life is. #devdiscuss
I started developing games in of high school, decided to start my own company, and taught myself how to code in multiple languages. Eight years and dozens of misadventures later, I'm a writer, speaker, coder, lead developer, and internship supervisor. #devdiscuss
I started developing games in high school, decided to start my own company, and taught myself how to code in multiple languages. Eight years and dozens of misadventures later, I'm a writer, speaker, coder, lead developer, and internship supervisor. #devdiscuss
Self-taught programmer, my first real job was working as *nix Administration for a large hosting provider. Now I am a systems programmer specializing in datacenter automation systems. #DevDiscuss
I took it upon myself to learn C after a professional programer took forever writing a program that missed my specs entirely and was 10 pages of code. I bought a book, wrote my own version in a single page, and it worked like a thing of beauty. I never looked back. #DevDiscuss
I wear many hats now. Started as an infrastructure intern. Then a part time developer, now I work on the "devops" team trying to help bring us to the cloud age. Some days I do dev, some days are focused on ci/cd, others on architecture & tooling. #DevDiscuss
I am! I had 1-2 web classes in college, but they were pretty basic. I learned more about web standards, troubleshooting and ultimately email development on the job #devdiscuss
Along the way to this point: I was an IT in the @USNavy, help desk analyst, systems administrator, freelance developer, small business owner, FTE developer, lead developer, and development manager. #devdiscuss
I'm an engineer at AWS, and my current role is in support of a system engineering team. I'm self taught, and started at the age of 12 building game servers with old PCs/RHEL. Kept learning every day and now here I am. :) #Devdiscuss
I'm a one-dev shop in the coolest nonprofit ever (we help nonprofit staff in their use of tech). I got here by using what I learned in journalism school. Always be intellectually curious. Free time spent learning is both professionally and personally rewarding. #DevDiscuss
OTJ is best training! Time constraints, client input, intra-company communication, and real projects -- all the things that kept me from really learning stuff only on my own #DevDiscuss
After years and years of working as analyst on shitty products like SharePoint, I realize I love coding. The last 2 years I learned angular, https://t.co/3lThJqOBj8 mvc and xamarin and now I'm working on my personal projects. It was the best decision of my life! #DevDiscuss
The programmer/musician overlap is real. I see it almost everywhere I go. There's a psych/sociology thesis in there somewhere, I'm sure of it. #devdiscuss
Also, by “pursuing my own dreams” I’m developing an app -> @tagappofficial [App is down currently for updates]
Which I hope changes the way we do shopping & marketing. Making it more personal. :]
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I'm a software engineer- primarily an "automationeer" who specializes in test frameworks. I started in QA during college, and l worked hard to learn and perfect automation. Now, I blog about it! #DevDiscuss
@ThePracticalDev should mention I started that journey going into my junior year of high school. All those positions were with the same company. I graduate next spring, cannot wait to be done with school for now. #DevDiscuss
My first project for income was a royalty based project as a teenager. I wrote the logic for a simple robot using an Allen-Bradely PLC that took downspout elbows out of a machine my dad designed and put them into a crimper before dropping them into a box for shipping. #devdiscuss
I'm a senior software engineer. Been coding as my primary job for a little over 4 years now. Before that, I was in IT for about 12 years. Then one day, I decided to make do my hobby as my job. Had a lot of great bosses who mentored me and gave me chances to shine. :) #devdiscuss
At 20 I failed a intermediate comp sci class and switched majors too Economics.. deadend. In 15 graduated with my masters in comp info systems. Currently I work in state government.. tracking some bills! #devdiscuss
I think musicians make good programmers because both have structural things that hold true across problem spaces(musical genres) but much of the nuts and bolts of coding/composing comes down to personal preference and style.
You get used to that brain space #devdiscuss
I had the passion for coding since I was a kid, but kinda fell into IT for so long because I was good at it and was afraid to ruin my hobby if I didn't like it as a job. Taking that leap of faith was one of the best things I ever did. #devdiscuss
UI engineer! Built things in HTML and CSS in GeoCities. Learned PhotoShop along the way. Got an English degree and started working as a technical writer. Worked my way into the front-end. Have been here professionally for 5 years, now mentoring people at @trybloc :D #devDiscuss
Architect in NZ fintech company. School CS club( early 90th), Apply Math degree, 16 years of programming ( some front end, mostly jvm backend recent years). Moved to NZ 6 years ago from Ukraine(that was a big change tbh) #DevDiscuss
I work with a fine team of developers @tenetpartners building custom tools to facilitate brand innovation. Three years ago, I typed my first 'Hello, world" into @Codecademy's JavaScript tutorial, and have mostly taught myself since. #DevDiscuss
In reply to
@ThePracticalDev, @tenetpartners, @Codecademy
One of the really interesting things to me is that so many web devs of *a certain age* were exposed to web dev via stuff like Neopets, BBCode, Xanga, Livejournal, Geocities, even if we didn't think of it as dev as such
I wonder if that still exists for folks?
#DevDiscuss
Managed a few Chick-fil-a restaurants for years, then did a bootcamp. Started as a front-end dev at an agency, then internal tools at a marketing co. Learned back-end + other languages there. Now lead (AKA only) engineer for a startup, doing some of everything #devdiscuss
I’m a front-end engineer. Started writing Tumblr themes at the age of 13, joined college to pursue a degree on Computer Engineering, worked for a small startup in my city, then moved to a bigger one and now work remotely as contractor and instructor. #DevDiscuss
I'm currently a UI/UX designer. :)
To be honest, I wanted to go the front-end developer route since I knew how to design and build websites (+ college gave me the CS background, that I used to my advantage also even though I'm not good at it hahaha)
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I run the tech side of @KnottyTie, a custom products social enterprise employing resetting refugees. Got here with a ton of hard work, a lot of accidents, being the one willing to learn the technical side of things, and a 3 month sabataical to attend @GA_Denver#DevDiscuss
Like. There are things that are objectively wrong in both music and programming. But it's hard to point to what's objectively right.
And curmudgeons in both disciplines will take personal preferences and try to explain why they're objectively wrong. 😅
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I was an webmaster at a MNC who started answering @StackOverflow and #iis forums cause I was bored of doing the same thing at my job. Today I am a software architect at a legal firm ... #DevDiscuss
I found out about UX design from a friend, though, which made me realize that hey, this is what I want to do!
I'd still like to code though. I have yet to learn how to properly make web apps, at least! Hahaha
My goal is to be able to mix code and design together. :D #DevDiscuss
What's funny is this is non-Flash devs reactions to Flash, but all of us former Flash devs are like: things were so much simplier back then! #DevDiscuss
Founded a software company (https://t.co/UvDgrgSPws) from my graduate work (software eng) a gmdss simulator. Worked in several projects using technologies as delphi, java, c#, Vaadin, unity3d, gwt, spring, oracle, postgresql, embedded c, etc #DevDiscuss
My background is that I learned HTML, CSS, and a bit of JS on my own, through sites like Neopets and eventually, Tumblr and WordPress. 😆
My hobby is drawing, or making art.
I'm still looking for a way for me to mix these two things together 😄 #DevDiscuss
I was working in academia doing neuroscience research after school, than did an MS in CS to transition into data science. Got a data science intenship in grad school, a return offer, and switched a few months ago to a data science role at @Twitter. #DevDiscuss
my app was approved by apple for beta testing! it’s a linux-like environment for iOS devices. if you’re interested, give me your email and i’ll add you to beta testing. #DevDiscuss
Coded for fun through middle and high school (web sites, small games, etc). After college got a software engineering internship that somehow morphed into data science/engineering and I’ve been at it for 3 years now! Also working on a PhD in machine learning
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Had a career as a designer in theater, met some artists who programmed video installations. Tried to self teach, failed, tried again, failed, went to bootcamp and now I'm a full time software engineer! #DevDiscuss
Equity analyst. Phama co analyst. Started a decision support co. Moved to a tech analytics co. Jumped back to investment banking then to equity research. Worked to start a retail health co. Learned to program and build apps and websites. Now work building startup cos #DevDiscuss
I’m a Front-End Web Developer. I specialize in writing lightweight, responsive css & building custom sites in Drupal & Wordpress. I first started as a web designer but find coding more enjoyable. Code is either right or wrong. In design, everyone’s opinion is valid. #devDiscuss
I'm a junior front end developer, well actually my basics is networking and server stuff. But after awhile i don't think it suits me. So i try a new path for my career and i really enjoy it! Wish me luck for my new journey! :)
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Just got out of the 3 most intense/funniest/challenging weeks of my career developing something called @teamtabhq. Blogged about it, I’d *love* to get some feedback on it. #DevDiscusshttps://t.co/zjJB61qlvS
I think it's hard to say one project since I'm usually paired with a designer on projects—I think it comes across in smaller ways, like being aware of what size clickable areas need to be, ideal color contrast, knowing what UI patterns people expect #DevDiscuss
Typescript 2.4, angularjs and MVC 5 developer. Its kinda sad because I been working hard to be a good software architect for 14 years. But need to pay the bills #devdiscuss
I'm still at the start of my career, just 2 years out of college! Still trying to learn the ropes 😅
I was hoping I can become a freelance front-end developer / UX engineer (??) in the future (who conducts talks and workshops so I can share my knowledge...?) 😅
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