How to get your first job as a self-taught programmer

[Codementor]( Weekly Newsletter - April 5th, 2023 TOGETHER WITH [SignNow]( Hey {NAME}, Are you a self-taught programmer looking to land your first job? Or perhaps you’re a junior developer looking to take your career to the next level? This trending Dev.to article, “How to Get Your First Job as a Self-Taught Programmer,” gives you specific and actionable tips such as: • Do not skimp on HTML/CSS • Have a GitHub presence • Use everything you’re building to bolster your resume • Contribute to open source projects • Consider code-adjacent roles 👉🏼 [Read on for more tips on landing your first developer role]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming online events Here are the community events coming up soon. Sign up even if you can't make it to the live event; we'll send you the recording afterwards. 🗓 April 8: [How to Build Healthy Code Reviews and PR's Culture]( Senior iOS Engineer @ Meta, Balraj, will go through a comprehensive guide on effective code review in this talk. He will talk about the importance of fostering a positive culture, providing good feedback, and using PR templates. 🗓 April 10: [How to Design Distributed File System]( Wengao, software engineer @ Google, will be covering the basics of distributed file systems and how to design operations in DFS. The talk is aimed towards those interested in distributed systems. 🗓 April 14: [AI Research Engineer - A Multi-disciplinary Role]( AI Research Engineer @ Meta, Wojciech, will cover the basics and daily tasks of this exciting and rapidly evolving role. Join to learn about career paths and success factors as an AI research engineer. 🗓 April 24: [How to Build Internal Tools in a Weekend]( This talk will cover how to build internal tools faster using modern backends as a service such as Supabase and Pocketbase. You will discover how to use tools like Supabase or Pocketbase to create apps for internal use with less code and more features. [Check out more events here →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [SPONSORED [jamf] Developer-friendly eSignature API that scales with your workflows. Try Now →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- This week's top community posts 🤖 .React.js: [Why we shouldn't use DIV in React.js]( In React, we commonly use div to put multiple components inside of it to return as a single component. Check out a better way to achieve the same result. 📈 Career: [Developer Job Boards: 15+ Best Job Sites for Software Engineers & Devs]( Looking to find a remote developer job? Here are some of the best tech job boards for remote software developer jobs anywhere on the internet. [Click here for more articles 🤓]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [[Codementor] Where you can get instant coding help, learn programming by building projects, and get your code reviewed.]( Interested in [sponsoring us]( 555 Bryant Street, #866, Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA [Unsubscribe here]( but maybe follow us on [Twitter](