As a self-taught programmer, how do you know when you are ready to start looking for a job?

First start working for yourself.

@busuu I would also add that a small open source project demonstrating your skills would not be a bad idea. Even a small well documented project having modern programming paradigms in your linkedin account can be used as a resume.

when need money

I wondered the same, then a good friend of mine gave me a good advice... "fake it, untill you make it" hasnt let me Down just yet 😅

@blackfisk @busuu I am very interested in how you achieve this. Whenever I tried this my "fakeing" is usually exposed with negative consequences