[Chicago] Freelance Work

[Mark Graves]

Aaron,

I entered the programming world the same way you did about five years ago.
I'm by no means the most successful person, but I'm happy to offer up my
experience if you want to set up a time to chat.


On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 12:40 AM, H. White <white.heather33 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> There's also the ChiPy Mentorship program.
>
> Sent from my Cyanogen phone
> On Jan 30, 2016 12:37 AM, Hector Rios <that.hector at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hey Aaron,
>
> I came from a similar background: I have a math and an acturial science
> background.
>
> I would suggest going to local meetups such as ChiHackNight
> <http://chihacknight.org> or the Python project nights. That way you can
> ask for help from local Pythonistas and perhaps even get a mentor.
>
> Speaking of mentors, keep an eye out for the next ChiPy mentorship
> program. That would be an excellent place to get a mentor to build skills.
>
> Cheers,
>
> {
>     "name": "Hector Rios",
>     "title": "polymath",
>     "contact": {
>             "linkedin": "hrios10",
>             "gmail": "that.hector",
>             "site": "http://hectron.github.io/"
>     }
> }
>
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 2:59 PM, Aaron Elmquist <elmq0022 at umn.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hello Chipy,
>>
>> I am interested in doing more programming for fun and profit, but I don't
>> have a formal background in computer science (I have an engineering and
>> math background).
>>
>> So, I was wondering if anyone on the list could offers suggestions or
>> their experiences related to freelancing to build skill and a respectable
>> portfolio.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Aaron
>>
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