Could you share your experience on how you get your first job as a developer without a solid background?

I went the other way, took a retail job with a small business and built out their e-commerce and warranty systems while I was there.

From that, there's a massive kick to the CV 😉

Just started applying for jobs. My first one wasn't great but was a foot in the door. After that just take any opportunity to expand your knowledge or move up the ladder.

With no official qualifications I started a junior in 2010, moved to a better company in 2012, medior by 2015 and senior by 2019.

Signed on as the only IT/Dev for a shitty electronics and drop shipping ecommerce portal startup at $14 per hour pre-bubble.

It was a shitty job, and went bust when the bubble burst, but I learned a lot about IT and web dev, payment portals, linux admin, early DDOS mitigation, PPC, SEO, etc etc etc

I was bored. I was tired of uneven flow of income in my previous line of work (work was event based). So I looked for jobs, and applied just for fun. Wasn’t expecting anything. A week or so later got on an email asking me to do a coding test. Didn’t do it for a few weeks, mostly because I was in and out of a flu most of that time. Eventually ended up doing it and got a call from my current manager to schedule an interview. Went to it, absolutely sure I wouldn’t get the job. Got hired on the spot. Googled what even was PHP omw home...

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