[donalbrecht]

Many years ago, I was basically an it guy in a rust belt city with a slightly inflated title and no cs degree. I started blogging about interactive web development as I was teaching myself. A year later I decided to look for a new job.

To my surprise, that website got me past pretty much every first round, and within 2 weeks of starting to send applications I had 5 job offers at 2-3 times my current salary.

I relocated to Chicago and the entire trajectory of my career changed. I will always recommend blogging or some form of content creation. Especially for someone thinking of a career pivot.

It keeps you focused on deliverable products from your learning and experience.

Helps keep you consistent if you have a posting schedule.

Creates tangible evidence of your skills and experience.

And perhaps most importantly. It really improves your communication skills around the problem space which is a huge benefit.

[lewdev]

What blogging platform did you use?

That's an amazing story! I feel motivated to start blogging myself.