# Elixir developer, skills required.

**URL:** <https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/elixir-developer-skills-required/32081>\
**Category:** Member Profiles\
**Tags:** phoenix, learning-elixir, jobs\
**Created:** [June 3, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/elixir-developer-skills-required/32081 "2020-06-03T19:56:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![mauric](https://forum.elixirforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@mauric](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/mauric)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/elixir-developer-skills-required/32081/1 "2020-06-03T19:56:29Z")

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Hello !

I’m looking for a remote job as elixir/phoenix developer.

I have a degree in software engineer, I have a reasonable programming knowledge and I learned functional programming using Haskell in the University.

The problem is that I have no working experience in the industry, due to personal reasons I always worked in something else but now I want to start working as a remote developer and after discovered Phoenix seems to be a good technology to work on.

This is what I have done:

- Read the book Programming Elixir ≥ 1.6.
- Read the book Programming Phoenix ≥ 1.4.
- Read the Phoenix documentation.
- Started 2 or 3 projects just to practice.
- Right now, I’m learning LiveView.

I learned this technologies:

- Elixir
- Phoenix
- Absinthe
- Git
- PostgreSQL
- Docker

The questions are,

- Witch other technologies or skills I need to learn to be more likely hired to work?
- There’s any open source project where I can work for free and gain experience ?
- Where can I look for a remote job ? beyond Elixir Jobs and Linkedin.

Thanks!  
Mauricio.-

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**Author:** ![tfwright](https://forum.elixirforum.com/user_avatar/forum.elixirforum.com/tfwright/32/20299_2.png) [@tfwright](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/tfwright)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 3:05am UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/elixir-developer-skills-required/32081/2 "2020-06-04T03:05:20Z")

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If you’re trying to land a programming job without any professional experience my advice would be to create a project, any project, that showcases what you’ve learned and know how to do in code you can share with interviewers.

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**Author:** ![amarandon](https://forum.elixirforum.com/user_avatar/forum.elixirforum.com/amarandon/32/37133_2.png) [@amarandon](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/amarandon)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/elixir-developer-skills-required/32081/3 "2020-06-04T21:48:07Z")

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That might be obvious but familiarity with Linux system administration is also important.

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**Author:** ![scouten](https://forum.elixirforum.com/user_avatar/forum.elixirforum.com/scouten/32/2055_2.png) [@scouten](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/scouten)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 3:41am UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/elixir-developer-skills-required/32081/4 "2020-06-05T03:41:37Z")

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What @tfwright says is so spot on.

I wrote about this in [my own reflection on my career as a software developer](https://www.ericscouten.com/about/programmer/).

I made my break almost 30 years ago. The technologies are obviously different today, but I believe the fundamental message I wrote then (search for “Hint to aspiring programmers” in that page) remains valid:

_Find a problem that needs to be solved and **solve it.** _

Your passion in having solved that problem will speak far louder than any bullet point you will ever put on your resumé.

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**Author:** ![rey](https://forum.elixirforum.com/user_avatar/forum.elixirforum.com/rey/32/12953_2.png) [@rey](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/rey)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 3:27am UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/elixir-developer-skills-required/32081/5 "2020-06-16T03:27:05Z")

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PM me. Looking for a junior dev.