Quincy Larson

But at the same time, the number of openings started to fall. So now there's this bigger gap between what needs to be learned and the rewards or the likeliness of being able to find a job. And I do think that if you just continue applying for jobs patiently as you continue to build your skills, your network, your reputation, then you will eventually get a developer job.

But at the same time, the number of openings started to fall. So now there's this bigger gap between what needs to be learned and the rewards or the likeliness of being able to find a job. And I do think that if you just continue applying for jobs patiently as you continue to build your skills, your network, your reputation, then you will eventually get a developer job.

But it may take a little bit longer now than it took in 2022. That is kind of my thinking on that. So my advice to people who are on the job market is just be patient and keep learning and don't give up because if you give up, you're never going to get a developer job, right? But if you keep at it, you will eventually be able to build out the, you know,

But it may take a little bit longer now than it took in 2022. That is kind of my thinking on that. So my advice to people who are on the job market is just be patient and keep learning and don't give up because if you give up, you're never going to get a developer job, right? But if you keep at it, you will eventually be able to build out the, you know,

through your community, through people you know, through different social groups you're a part of. Hopefully, you're going out and putting yourself out there and trying to meet people through building projects and publishing stuff on Twitter, Reddit, wherever you share your stuff. Eventually, you're going to have a decent portfolio.

through your community, through people you know, through different social groups you're a part of. Hopefully, you're going out and putting yourself out there and trying to meet people through building projects and publishing stuff on Twitter, Reddit, wherever you share your stuff. Eventually, you're going to have a decent portfolio.

Maybe you're going to build a big, impressive app that ties a bunch of stuff together and is impressive from an engineering standpoint, and you're going to be able to get a job. It's just going to be a grind.

Maybe you're going to build a big, impressive app that ties a bunch of stuff together and is impressive from an engineering standpoint, and you're going to be able to get a job. It's just going to be a grind.

Yeah. So I think like I'm reluctant to push people toward entrepreneurship because everybody pushes people toward entrepreneurship and that often means financial ruin.

Yeah. So I think like I'm reluctant to push people toward entrepreneurship because everybody pushes people toward entrepreneurship and that often means financial ruin.

But I do think that if you can work as a consultant and essentially like you meet somebody at the library or at the gym or something and they're telling you what they do and they're like discussing like one question I always ask people is like, what's the most frustrating part of your day to day? And that like helps identify like, oh yeah, I have to deal with these TPS reports or whatever, right?

But I do think that if you can work as a consultant and essentially like you meet somebody at the library or at the gym or something and they're telling you what they do and they're like discussing like one question I always ask people is like, what's the most frustrating part of your day to day? And that like helps identify like, oh yeah, I have to deal with these TPS reports or whatever, right?

And then it's like, okay, well, what if I like wrote a script that just like did that for you and you just, you know, go to a website and click a button and it did those for you. And then they're like, oh, that's possible.

And then it's like, okay, well, what if I like wrote a script that just like did that for you and you just, you know, go to a website and click a button and it did those for you. And then they're like, oh, that's possible.

Yeah. Well, I've talked to tons of people. So Free Code Game has a podcast and I've interviewed, I've done like more than a hundred interviews there, including like Jeff Atwood and Joel Spolsky and David Malin, the Harvard professor and people like that.

Yeah. Well, I've talked to tons of people. So Free Code Game has a podcast and I've interviewed, I've done like more than a hundred interviews there, including like Jeff Atwood and Joel Spolsky and David Malin, the Harvard professor and people like that.

And a lot of the people that I've interviewed have been entrepreneurial in the sense that they didn't necessarily work for very many people or they didn't even necessarily work as a developer for people. Maybe they had lots of other jobs, but they were able to like

And a lot of the people that I've interviewed have been entrepreneurial in the sense that they didn't necessarily work for very many people or they didn't even necessarily work as a developer for people. Maybe they had lots of other jobs, but they were able to like

build a consultancy or they were able to build a product focused company and potentially raise money or get enough grassroots support to like bootstrap it into a sustainable organization. I think that my general advice would be that is a little riskier than just going out and getting paid to learn by getting a job somewhere.

build a consultancy or they were able to build a product focused company and potentially raise money or get enough grassroots support to like bootstrap it into a sustainable organization. I think that my general advice would be that is a little riskier than just going out and getting paid to learn by getting a job somewhere.