| Another self taught developer here who found work just after I started to take it really seriously and let my ambition take hold. You say you have been getting freelance work. Put all that on your CV if you haven't already. And work on building a proper online portfolio using your current skillset. The benefits of doing this are thus: 1. Professionalism. You're a bona-fide freelancer ostensibly running a business under your own name. Taking advantage of this shows you mean business. 2. Publicity. Potential employers can find your website (after pimping it out everywhere and making it known wherever you can) and have all the information they need to consider you as a candidate right there. It also helps for contracts until you find full-time employment. Speaking of your site/portfolio, it's dreadful. Setting a proper site up for yourself and identifying what makes a good portfolio would be a good thing to do. Finally, and being totally honest, the last thing I would do when looking to hire a developer is trawl through a potential candidate's github account, finding out what sort of contributions were made to the JS flavours of the month. I'm not interested in seeing code samples right off the bat, I'm more interested in seeing how you sell yourself - how your website and portfolio and demonstrable skills* paint a picture of the sort of person you are - and how enthusiastic you are about getting a job. I'm interested in you, the person, and the specifics of your work (eg. the code samples) and other contributions would come up later in interview. I don't mean to be overly harsh but your online presence and how you present yourself/your work are, in my opinion, key to better finding the work you want. *demonstrable skills not as in bug fixes on github but as in the work put into your website. |