u/theborgboogie wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
If you wanted to work as a self-employed software developer, starting from scratch, what route would you take? I read a post saying that self education is basically dead in this area? But if not - what free, online learning platforms and pathways are the best these days? (And
u/michaelnovati replied ·
Work on real Open Source projects, managed and maintained by companies. Contribute solid work there and build relationships with the engineers that work at one of the companies. They backdoor refer you and push hard internally for you.