Here are six effective strategies for landing your first developer job. These are especially relevant if you're self-taught or breaking into the tech industry without a traditional CS degree.

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Landing your first developer job can be challenging, especially for self-taught programmers. Leveraging non-technical backgrounds, proactively following up with companies, building dedicated projects for job applications, starting with freelance work, and contributing to open-source communities are effective strategies. Combining several approaches will significantly increase your chances of success.

How to land your first developer job

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I still remember my first day of the job. Make sure you get picture of how you dressed that day (video of workplace would be better) since you’ll be telling that story to many folks.