## 1 Mindset

Dedicate a year to do it.

A Place that guarantees for a $22,000 tuition you will find a $50,000 year job if

1. You apply for 10 jobs a week (520 in that year)
2. Reach out to 10 professionals a week (520 in that year)
3. Post at least 5 git hub contributions a week (260 in that year)

Watch [How long does it take to get a job self taught? Here's the TRUTH!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOs_eIHeloY)

## 2 Location

Remote work is it's own thing.

For actual work at a business the wages have a lot to do with cost of living. Many markets pay less than 100k, and that has to be balanced against cola.

## 3 Social Media

Hashtag # techtwiter

* Follow people who you want to be hired by
* Make a profile that makes it clear you are on a journey to land your first job in tech.
* Respond to other people who are looking for work. It makes you look like a good person they may watch to see good things happen for them.
* Hack the twitter algorithm
  * Whenever you learn something new, post a thread about it
  * If you have any good code tips use `carbon` to format and post it and add lots of emoji
  * Create lists with resources for developers. Like best channels to learn programming from.
  * Tweet out open ended questions
  * Post your own memes.
  * Tweet every day
  * Multiple times per day if possible, but at lest once a day
  * Keep political/cultural out of it.

## 4 LinkedIn

* Find people you look up to and send them a message that your looking to get into tech
* Join groups for different technologies your interested in (Flask, VueJs, etc) and participate
* Can take your social media posts and post them as content here

## 5 Github

* Make at least 5 github commits a week. Preferably daily.
* Make changes to other developer's projects
* Post issues
* Look for the "good first issue" on other projects

## 6 Build One Thing

* Build a showcase app that takes 3 to 6 months to build
* Build it in public

## 7 Build in Public

* Build it in public
* Blog about it on your own site

## 8 IRL Networking

* Attend local [meetups](https://www.meetup.com/)
* Attend conferences when possible
* Read: How to win friends and influence people on small talk

## 9 Get A Mentor

* Someone else self employed

## 10 Become A Good Fit

* Find out companies core values.