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by eddie_31003 4148 days ago
I would get really frustrated at that question as well. Due to those same circumstances. Family, Work, etc. Especially, when I was trying to get into an entry level programming gig. I think what ultimately got me over this hurdle was getting on GitHub. GitHub allowed me to have this public place that I could point to. At first, it was very sparse. But as time moved forward and I forced myself to upload even the most trivial things, I began to collect a lot of my coding samples. Whenever I wanted to learn a new technology like RoR or whatever, I committed it to GitHub. It became my playground. Now, I actually have something I can point people to. Overtime, you can clean it up and point people to your better stuff.