Disclaimer: I'm in the process of making the switch to software development, and I'm from a 3rd world country.
Is there any chance for someone with my profile to get a job in this? Remotely of course, as any remote job would pay times better than anything I could get in my home country. If yes, where does one learn about it more? I see Coursera has some course, but better asking from someone with your experience I guess. My approach to a job is that you do it in order to get money to fulfill whatever you enjoy in life, as long as I'm paid I'll be the best I can. Thanks
How is this even a question? Hiring someone is hiring someone to do a job. If that someone can do the job then he should be hirable/hired no matter the age, gender, race etc ...
After spending so much time working, and nothing more it's understandable. But now that you know what's the problem, all you have to do is try solutions until it clicks. Traveling is nice, learning new skills also ...
Money is the gateway to "fun" for me. Working enough to afford the stuff I like and never so much so that I can't spend that money. Find the right balance. And if your job/company makes you miserable, hire someone else to do it, you will earn less, but will have more time to do other things more meaningful to you, whatever that is, spend time with family etc...
That was a great read. Would you hire self-taught juniors? Someone from Africa, Madagascar especially? I'm in a process of switching career trying to get into software development. I'm literally following a course¹ teaching your tech stack, I'd really like to apply to your company when I'm done with it. Covid made remote work the norm, so might as well give it a shot.
Anything for apprentice? Would even take a customer support role. I'm a 30 dude from a third world country making a career switch and learning how to code.
I totally agree with you, but you have to provide something attractive for the people you want to hire. You mentioned FAANG, and you know why they get so much attention? They pay 40% above market rate. If you can't attract people with money, you have to find something else. An even with all the challenges, remote work is what attract people nowadays. Try putting yourself in the shoes of those who are looking for work.
So, assuming I can get Schengen Visa from another country, is the process easier? I want to immigrate and Norway, Sweden, Finland are my top 3 destination. The thing is, getting visa there is harder. But if getting a Schengen visa would help (probably from France), I'm interested about the process to follow, can we have a chat?
Are looking for local dev/designers only? Remote first is the hot thing right now, so maybe that would help as it would be more attractive.
PS: I'm a 30 year old dude from a 3rd world country learning how to code. I'm not good, yet, but I'm hard working and I learn fast. Just trying my luck, but do you guys take an apprentice? Or maybe in need of customer support? I'm just looking to learn. What's in for you is cost reduction and someone who would be grateful for life for giving him a chance.
Basically my plan right now, I'm from a poor african country where everything has to be built. So I'm studying / researching western companies from the last 50 years and how they became successful, in order to maybe replicate them here.
Yes, some of us do realize, that's why I, someone from a third world country (Madagascar), try do get in, hoping for better pay. Covid also changed the game rules and made working from home a real option, opening even more door to work from anywhere in the world. I'm a now learning form university courses that are open online, 2 from UC Berkeley and 1 from University of Helsinki. Anyone wanting to hire/train someone, we can chat about it.
I thought about this a lot, but is there really value in it? It's a huge time commitment, working on this kind of stuff is a lot of work. So if the return is low I better just use that time to study.
Thanks, I'll definitely take you up on that, later this week, probably when my profile is ready. Can we have a chat? I see you're from Sweden and it's in my top 3 for immigration goal. You can literally say no if you don't want to, and it would be totally okay, I don't want to bother in any way.
This. My country's average income is arround $200 /month. I would definitely go to Univesity if I could afford it. I could do it here, but they all suck, the only good schools are for business/management. I'd love to study in a Nordic country though, Finland, Sweden and Norway are my top priority for immigration in the next 10 years.
I'm not in rush for money, I just want to maximise my chance to land a good job later on. And if a dev job is like any other job, networking is worth more than skill to get in. I was told to only brand me a remote dev and only specifying later where I'm from/where I live/my age to try avoiding location based paying and ageism. And yes, they will probably pay a pittance, but that will always be better than local wage. Imagine getting paid $1000/month for a dev job, scammed might you say, but that's 5 times the average income.
> "I think the best thing you can do is become a known expert in your specific niche."
Any niche you could suggest? I really have no idea what's wanted and what's not out there. Now I'm learning python in an introductory course from Berkeley, after that data structure from Berkeley again, in java. Also can you link me to those slack discord channel please? Thanks a lot.
I already do, but none of them, at least the ones I know for now has contact abroad. Local market for dev is, excuse me for saying, kind of shit. I used to work for a non profit organization that had 2 devs working for them, and that was paid ok. It's them that led me to this path.