<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 12:46 PM, Scott M. Jones <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eff@dragoncon.org" target="_blank">eff@dragoncon.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On 2/2/17 12:37 PM, leam hall wrote:<br>
> I've coded in a few languages and have a couple I really enjoy. However,<br>
> they don't tend to fall in the "lots of jobs" or "direct tie to Linux"<br>
> category. The idea I've had so far is to pick a language I really enjoy<br>
> and learn things like OOP, TDD, refactoring, etc.<br>
><br>
> Not sure this is a good path though. I'm not young and am still trying<br>
> to move from Linux admin to coder type of guy.<br>
><br>
> Thoughts?<br>
<br>
</span>These days companies and interviewers often want to see your<br>
"portfolio", specifically on GitHub. So, start a project or two and<br>
"Git" some of your code out on GitHub, if you want to be a coder.<br>
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Also keep in mind that larger organizations are typically very<br>
specialized, i.e. coders are not allowed to do Linux admin and may never<br>
have root access anywhere. They just code. You're more likely to wear<br>
many hats and use the full range of your experience in a smaller or<br>
newer organization.<br>
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-Scott<br><br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Scott, thanks for the quick response!</div><div><br></div><div>Understood that crossing boundaries isn't likely in a large organization, I've been in a few. Since I'm enjoying Ruby, being a DevOps/Puppet sort of guy is one path. However, if I understand correctly the Puppet DSL is less and less Ruby as the days go by. Still, the coder skills like testing, can carry over. I do have some active stuff on GitHub.</div><div><br></div><div>I know other languages like Python, Java, and C++ have a lot more jobs. I just code less in them, though it's been a decade or so since I looked at Java. </div><div><br></div><div>Leam</div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div><a href="http://leamhall.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mind on a Mission</a></div></div>
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