Was a long time ago now (1995) when I was aged 19, so I'm not sure how relevant or useful this advice is...
I made a list of all IT related businesses within a certain radius of my home - and sent every single last one of them a letter introducing myself and asking if they would be interested to hire a young, enthusiastic programmer. I had no qualifications, and almost no professional experience (I had been paid for assisting in the conversion of some kids maths software from one platform to another when I was 16). I had taught myself programming from the age of 7.
I would say 80% of the companies didn't even respond, and most of those who did just sent a polite "thanks, but no thanks" letter. I did however, end up with about 4 interviews... one of which led me to join a small husband and wife software company who wrote desktop software (in VisualBasic) to assist with running warehouse businesses. From there, I never looked back... 😀
Was a long time ago now (1995) when I was aged 19, so I'm not sure how relevant or useful this advice is...
I made a list of all IT related businesses within a certain radius of my home - and sent every single last one of them a letter introducing myself and asking if they would be interested to hire a young, enthusiastic programmer. I had no qualifications, and almost no professional experience (I had been paid for assisting in the conversion of some kids maths software from one platform to another when I was 16). I had taught myself programming from the age of 7.
I would say 80% of the companies didn't even respond, and most of those who did just sent a polite "thanks, but no thanks" letter. I did however, end up with about 4 interviews... one of which led me to join a small husband and wife software company who wrote desktop software (in VisualBasic) to assist with running warehouse businesses. From there, I never looked back... 😀
That’s really amazing. Learning programming at the age of 7. I wish i had such an opportunity