[mercnet]

I work remote and have plenty of time to work on side projects and learn programming. I still get excellent reviews from my peers and manager so the raises and yearly bonus have been decent. I want to make the switch to a developer role but I am insecure about my coding skills. In addition, I love working from home and I would have to replace my aging car with something more reliable if I commuted to a new job.

[fleitz]

Whether your coding is up to par is for your employer to decide, you don't need to worry about it.

Find a remote programming gig, or just do a few hours on elance.

I had similar feelings when I was working tech support, now 13 years later I'm not coding so much anymore and am now managing devs.

[codezero]

How did you make the transition from tech support to coding to managing devs?

[codezero]

Quite a few companies take full time remote devs, check the who's hiring threads each month. Off the top of my head Buffer and Heap (full disclosure I work there) accept full time remotes.

[davyjones]

I mailed both of them. Got a reply from Buffer and it wasn't a template. The CTO had taken his time to look at what I had written and crafted an appropriate reply. I really really appreciated it.

On the other hand, I didn't even receive an acknowledgement from Heap, template or otherwise. It is fine, really. But I just want to get this out there as an addendum to your comment.

[matm]

Really sorry about this. We try to follow-up with every candidate, and you must have slipped through the cracks during the Thanksgiving holidays.

I'll make sure we get back to you ASAP.