| I'm the founder of Ruby online school, not giving a link for two reasons: 1) the name of the school doesn't matter too much 2) it's in Russian anyway. So what I found is that students find jobs pretty quick. Some of them after 2-3 months from the ground up, from nothing! Absolute beginners! (the entire course is for 6 months, 100 hours of video). I was thinking why is that, because here is some quotes from reddit: 1) "why is it still so damn hard to get your first job?" https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/6zxrzt/t... 2) lots of interviews, no offers https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/4s9foi/l... 3) "I graduated from GA Tech.. looking for entry level... position for over 6months but still nothing." https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/6ypimg/r... But in Russia it's different (99% of my students are physically located in Russia, I'm in US). There is huge demand for web developers. You can jump on the train after couple of months. Why it's so different than US? And I found explanation: there is no Russian-speaking cheap labour that can write code. Companies in Russia need Russian developers only because English isn't number 1 (or number 2) language in the country. For US (and English-speaking market) it's the opposite: lots of English-speaking cheap labour, while locals are struggling to pay their bills and asking for more $$$. $30/hour for any US-based programmer is not a big deal, but for some countries it's a huge deal. So countries like India, China, Russia, Ukraine all contribute to that. For companies it's easier to hire someone from these countries with experience, rather than finding local for the same money without experience. So the bar is pretty high if we're talking about US. If you're based in Russia, it's probably the best time ever to become web apps developer, especially FOSS webdev: sanctions force government to switch to open source solutions and demand is damn high. I'm also author of the book about Ruby for absolute beginners, if you're interested https://leanpub.com/rubyisforfun |