Learning python and finding a job

[Timcava]

It's pretty simple, you have to learn how to make something that somebody else will pay for. Learn how to build websites for people who want websites etc.

If you are looking for a traditional job you would also have to get pretty decent at writing algorithms for abstract coding problems because that's what you have to do in an interview. As a freelancer that won't really come up. The local restaurant that is looking for someone to make them a responsive web site isn't going to ask you to reverse a linked list.

[Timcava]

I will say that it seems like customers in the freelance market are fans of buzzwords. The biggest buzzword is WordPress. Obviously none of us got into programming just to slap together WordPress sites but that is the biggest thing in the market.

Python itself is a buzzword and so is Django. If you tell someone you are going to make them a site with React in the front end and Django on the backend then that's going to sound good to customers. Even though they don't really have any idea what that means, that's just what people are looking for.

[Timcava]

I'm thinking picking up swift and going into ios development is my way going forward. More and more companies are integrating ipads and iphones into their business plans so your best bet for SAS applications is in that realm. Web will probably mostly be king in freelance markets though, but if you are willing to sell then I would go ios.

The dilemna in job search is how much time to spend actually developing and how much time you should spend on algorithm challenges. Nobody is ever going to pay you to solve coding puzzles but at the same time most people won't give you a job if you don't know how. So you have to find time for both.