Re: [rails-oceania] Junior/Intern Rubyist seeking a [JOB] in Melbourne

[Ryan Bigg]

Hey Issac,

You don't have to wait to be a part of the community. You already are!

Best of luck finding that job.

On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Isaac Norman <isaacd...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi All,

My name is Isaac, I am 24, and I live in Melbourne. I am VERY new to Ruby/Rails, and fairly new to programming in general.

Sure, back in high school I was pretty good with ActionScript 2.0, I even built a few websites with it. I also did a bit of Java at ANU for a while, but that study was tacked onto an Engineering degree which I didn't much fancy, so I left that alone pretty quickly. 

Since then I have been involved in the world of hospitality. I was even getting pretty good at it, working my way up to a management level at one of Melbourne's better known restaurants (Cumulus Inc.). But about a month ago I realised that I didn't want to be carrying plates and pouring wine until 1am the rest of my life, and that's when I thought of my old friend coding. So I have taken the plunge and submitted my resignation. I am now just looking for somebody who is willing to give me the chance to prove myself. I am very keen to learn and will pick up on things fast. I can write basic HTML/CSS and am currently studying as hard as I can to learn Rails. It's a fantastic language, and the first one I have really clicked with in a while.

I have started coming to RoRO meetings in Melbourne, and I absolutely love the community you have built. I can't wait to be a part of it. 

I understand that I would be starting from the bottom somewhere, and have no illusions of grandeur or supremacy. 

I basically just want a chance to do something that I am really enjoying, and eventually make a career out of it.

I would attach a CV, but as you have probably already figured out I have no relevant experience.

I do have a GitHub account, but at the moment it sits fairly empty, except for a few little exercises and the mandatory 'HelloWorld' test commit. 

If you have read this far then I thank you for your time, and hope to hear from somebody soon.

I promise that you will not be disappointed. I am committed to making this work

Any feedback or help is much appreciated as well. Thanks

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[Alex Bayley]

On 6/05/13 4:35 PM, David Carlin wrote:
> A couple of months ago at the Melbourne ruby group meet up, there were
> some great presentations about some not-for-profit orgs who were
> developing rails sites and looking for people to volunteer their time.
> If I were you, I'd try to get involved in one of them to get some
> experience and something impressive for your resume.
> GrowStuff was the one that caught my eye, but there were a few others
> I've forgotten.
> Can anyone fill in my old-man memory?
Growstuff here! http://growstuff.org for the main site and
http://wiki.growstuff.org for background info -- sign up to the mailing
list if you're interested in being a coder on the project.

One of the other ones was Open Food Web
(http://www.eaterprises.com.au/openfoodweb/) and I think another was
Open Australia (http://www.openaustralia.org/about/) who do a variety of
projects some of which are rails and some aren't... but my memory might
be leaky there. Rohan Mitchell was the one who gave the presentation,
and I'm sure he'll chime in.

A.

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[Nicholas Faiz]

It's a cliche but it's said that programming is a 10,000 hour skill. It's necessary to be something of autodidact in programming and to find the time to practice it, as you have to constantly keep learning and revising knowledge. So I think it's more a matter of finding an approach to become involved with programming than the perfect junior role ...

Find something in programming that you're passionate about. That might begin by working through a programming book, playing with UIs, etc.. Contributing to an open source project and finding ways to collaborate with other programmers is excellent practice - it also teaches you teamwork and exposes you to, hopefully, interesting code.

Work has a way of finding you if you engage with the coding world actively enough. So find something you enjoy doing in programming, pursue it and see what comes. 

Good luck!

Nicholas

On Monday, May 6, 2013 4:35:08 PM UTC+10, David Carlin wrote:

A couple of months ago at the Melbourne ruby group meet up, there were some great presentations about some not-for-profit orgs who were developing rails sites and looking for people to volunteer their time. If I were you, I'd try to get involved in one of them to get some experience and something impressive for your resume.

GrowStuff was the one that caught my eye, but there were a few others I've forgotten.

Can anyone fill in my old-man memory?