In almost all cases, you can virtually never go directly from college or another training program into a decent coding job. Job experience is mandatory for any worthwhile positions.
This means that, no matter what learning track you choose, you need to plan on searching for internships or equivalent entry-level coding job. Make sure you find one that complies with your country's labor laws, and that you will actually be doing actual programming (and standard related tasks). Interns and entry level coders are NOT go-fers, so if a significant part of the internship or job is non-technical grunt work, you don't want it.
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In almost all cases, you can virtually never go directly from college or another training program into a decent coding job. Job experience is mandatory for any worthwhile positions.
This means that, no matter what learning track you choose, you need to plan on searching for internships or equivalent entry-level coding job. Make sure you find one that complies with your country's labor laws, and that you will actually be doing actual programming (and standard related tasks). Interns and entry level coders are NOT go-fers, so if a significant part of the internship or job is non-technical grunt work, you don't want it.
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Jason C. McDonald ・ Aug 3 '19
+100 to this. I think its BS when a place has interns as glorified go-fers, I am glad to say I havent worked at a place like that yet and never will.