[LRUG] Juniors

[Najaf Ali]

Glad you asked! Quite a few people who've read this email me about how they
used it to find them their first job:
http://happybearsoftware.com/kickstart-your-developer-career


On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Marc Burt <marc.burt at gmail.com> wrote:

> Since it's on topic,
>
> I'm one of these new Juniors (London unfortunately Ian) and have just
> started looking for my first job - I've been self-training for the past 6
> months through on-line courses.
>
>
> Does anyone have advice on what I should be doing to maximise my chances
> of finding somewhere soon?
>
>
>
>
>
> On 21 May 2014 16:41, Ian Moss <hello at ianmoss.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've just started reaching out to 2nd and 3rd year Computer Science /
>> Software Engineering students in Manchester to get involved with 196
>> destinations on a contributory / for experience basis. Pleasantly
>> surprised with getting 5 or so interested, given I've not had much
>> response from local experienced rubyists, who are happy with their day
>> rate, rather than taking a big risk on a startup. (Understood).
>>
>> If any of your juniors are in the Manchester area and want to get
>> involved on a similar basis, then it'd be great to hear from them. A
>> real opportunity to help shape a new company :)
>>
>> Front-end developers as well as server-side specialists are needed.
>> (Ideally with a love of travel, and a team orientated sociable outlook).
>>
>> We're an early days startup, with a partnership with several big travel
>> companies in place. Pre-revenue & pre-investment, but lots of potential,
>> with the right help.
>>
>> --
>> Ian Moss
>> http://196destinations.com - capturing your travel dreams & helping you
>> get on the plane!
>> http://twitter.com/oceanician // http://startupdigest.com/manchester  //
>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/alteris //
>>
>> ----- Original message -----
>> From: Thayer Prime <thayer at team-prime.com>
>> To: London Ruby Users Group <chat at lists.lrug.org>
>> Subject: [LRUG] Juniors
>> Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 14:22:07 +0100
>>
>> Hi LRUG
>>
>> I often come across juniors in my work (few a month), and almost none
>> of my clients ever want junior ruby developers, I get like 1-2 junior
>> roles in a team once or twice a year, sadly. And even then they're
>> often "juniors" that must have 2 years exp and a PHD and and and ;-)
>>
>> If any of you ever do want juniors (and I mean 0-1 years experience
>> types), drop me a line. If I have any at the time you're welcome to
>> them free of charge as I'd really like to help more juniors get into
>> our industry.
>>
>> Seems strange that there's so much talk about skills shortages and yet
>> not many companies seem prepared to train their own. *shrug*
>>
>> Thayer
>>
>> --
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>> --------------------
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>>
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