A story about a 28-year-old local government employee who succeeded in changing jobs to a web-based in-house development company 8.5 months after starting programming

about me

Born in 1992, 28 years old 5th year of local public servant Waseda graduated liberal arts I didn't have any programming experience No experience in mathematics or science and mathematics

Who did you write for?

Those who are about to change jobs from inexperienced to web engineers

content of study

Approximate timeline

December 2019 Progate January 2020 Rails tutorial Instagram clone February 2020 Ruby on Rails 5 quick learning practice guide that can be used in the field March 2020 Portfolio creation April 2020 Portfolio creation May 2020 Portfolio creation June 2020 Interview July 2020 unofficial decision

Life rhythm when studying

Weekdays: 1 hour each before and after work Holidays: 8 hours

What you actually did and how much time you spent

[Progate Ruby on Rails] [link-1] 3 laps 40 hours [link-1]:https://prog-8.com/languages/rails5

~ Environment construction ~ 3 hours

[Introduction to Ruby on Rails that even elementary school students can understand] [link-2] 5 hours [link-2]:https://openbook4.me/projects/92/

[Rails Tutorial] [link-3] [link-3]:https://railstutorial.jp/

First lap: Roughly scan 10 hours Second lap: 20.5 hours excluding tests, deployments and exercises Third lap: No omission (An error occurred in the middle of Chapter 11 and I could not fix it ... so I have not coded or deployed from there) 25 hours

Instagram clone 52.5 hours

[Ruby on Rails 5 quick learning practice guide that can be used in the field] [link-4] 17 hours around [link-4]:https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E7%8F%BE%E5%A0%B4%E3%81%A7%E4%BD%BF%E3%81%88%E3%82%8B-Ruby-Rails-5%E9%80%9F%E7%BF%92%E5%AE%9F%E8%B7%B5%E3%82%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%89-%E5%A4%A7%E5%A0%B4%E5%AF%A7%E5%AD%90/dp/4839962227

Portfolio creation 185.5 hours

About programming school

I was taken care of by a certain camp. I don't think it is necessary for people who can run on their own at school. Decide what you want to do at school, what you want to get at school, and whether you need external coercion.

Now, job change activity

Entry into more than 100 companies, but ... repeated prayers and informal appointments

The job change activity was from June to July. It was a time when companies were narrowing down their hiring in Corona.

There are various recruiting platforms now, but I was wantedly chosen. I also used GREEN and agents, but I didn't use them from the middle because there was no company that came to me. Agents recommend only SIer and SES companies if they are inexperienced.

As mentioned above, I entered more than 100 companies, but only about 10 companies passed the documents. I've heard that it's difficult to change jobs from inexperienced people, but it's not like this ...

In the end, we received a job offer from a company that was selected in a hurry. It was a venture company developing in-house.

Looking back from the beginning of study

About two points, though I'm afraid.

・ Study is short-term intensive If it gets longer, motivation will inevitably drop, and knowledge retention will also worsen. Let's set a target date (strictly) and proceed, such as "I will do this by ◯ month ◯ day!"

・ Amount of entries from inexperienced Changing jobs from inexperienced was more difficult than I had imagined. Once you've created a high-quality portfolio and are ready for an interview, let's enter more and more. If there is a company that you really want to join, it's a different story, but basically you will enter without choosing a company (I think that you will not be able to choose one soon ...). Not only the job offers that said "I have no practical experience!", But also the companies that did not sing in a big way made a lot of entries. I'm sure there will be a lot of prayers, but don't be afraid to enter!

Thank you for reading to the end. I hope you all have a good relationship!

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