Hi finished doing 3 IT diplomas, I have customer service experience, have just started an open source project and will be joining some others already going...
Had anybody got any other hot tips on how to get my foot in the door with a programming job?
Anything, be creative with your answer... or don't be... anything will be good from someone already programming for work...
Cheers folks, Hope you're having a good one :)
firstly question yourself, why do you want to get into programming? what is it about programming that motivates you?
then ask yourself if you were given a choice between a programming job and a job doing something other than programming, how much would you want to do the programming job?
once you know the answers to those questions, getting a job won't be a problem.
it is a matter of motivation. you sound somewhat motivated to me since you are doing OSS work (keep it up).
i've been programming for the last few years, but starting to get the jaded feeling, and losing the motivation, so will probably move to a different field at some point soon, then look into whether it was a sincere desire to understand programming or just doing the work to pay the bills.
remember there are always companies out there looking for good programmers, so it's not a matter of if but when you will get a job, so be a bit picky if you know you have the skillz.
also don't take yourself too seriously. make sure you have fun. if you're not having at least some fun in programming, do something else.