Ask HN: How does a hobby programmer get hired?
by neontomo on Hacker News.
I’ve been tinkering with code since a young age and I like thinking my way through problems and understanding the way computers work, but I’ve never had a programming job. For the longest time, I went in other directions even though I enjoy it a lot, because I was told that I shouldn’t spend my life in front of a computer. It turns out that I do that anyway, just not being paid for it. Without any programming jobs on my CV, what is a good way to penetrate into the market? I’ve had job interviews where I did a bunch of coding challenges (and passed), but didn’t get accepted because of lack of experience. I considered that maybe I need to do a bootcamp as an initial way to back my skills up.