5 Tips Aspiring Developers Should Know Before Breaking Into Tech
When I was 25, I spent months breaking into tech after graduating from university.
While I broke into tech after a lot of trial and error. I made some realisations on the way, that would have saved me a lot of time.
Here is a list of them:
You do not have to go to university
University is an excellent route for breaking into tech, but it is not the only route.
University helps if you are not sure what area of tech you want to break into. But it is time-consuming and costly.
There are other ways you can break into tech, using bootcamps, apprenticeships, self-learning, and freelance experience.
Soft skills are just as important as tech skills
What separates good developers from great developers is their soft skills.
The ability to communicate and work well in a team is vital as a developer. No one wants to work with a developer who is a pain. And as you progress to more senior roles, communication becomes more important. Good managers will look for junior developers with good soft skills, as this is an underlying skill of a good senior developer.
