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“Coding leads to insomnia…”
One of the best ways to get yourself hired, and keep a job is to make yourself an indispensable resource. Instead of throwing you a bunch of meaningless examples, let me instead pose a different kind of scenario. Take an at-glance of what it is you do on a day-to-day basis at your job (or what it is you would like to do if you’re looking for a gig). If you see people in your company doing things (or job descriptions) you’re interested in learning about, or could do better, the only thing stopping you from moving forward with those opportunities to be a professional Swiss Army knife is yourself.
If that doesn’t make any sense (which it probably doesn’t because I’m running on about 3 hours of sleep). I worked in social media on an earned & owned capacity and am now at a job where I’m doing social media on a paid-basis. Last week I decided to go completely rogue and teach myself… how to CODE. That’s right. I’m going to build websites, tabs, and hell, maybe apps in the next few months when I’m done with my studies – whenever that may be.
I know there’s no way I’m going to be building a Matrix – mostly because if given the chance, I’d take both the red and blue pills, ya know, just to cover all my bases. Perhaps you’re interested in following my route and becoming a sleep-deprived developer. If this is the case you should check out some of the following websites, Code Academy for javascript (no, java isn’t the cool way of saying javascript, as I learned the hard way), Ruby Monk, Learn Code The Hard Way. They each cover different types of coding language, one which I’m presently learning and know nothing about so If you decide to take the same path as me, at least hit me up and maybe we can join the sleepless express together.
For the record, I took two semesters of Arabic in college… That was easier. *sips coffee*
