If You Want To Code From Home, Learn JavaScript 152
itwbennett writes "Earlier this month, remote-work cheerleader and Basecamp developer 37signals launched a job board called WeWorkRemotely.com that is, you guessed it, devoted to telecommuting jobs. At present there are only a couple hundred jobs listed on the site, so you'll still have to use other job boards as well. (Dice, SimplyHired, and Craigslist all have filters for finding remote working jobs.) But here's another thing that will help you land a work-from-home gig: Learn JavaScript. ITworld's Phil Johnson looked at a number of job postings for software developers open to people wanting to work remotely and then compared the frequency with which a number of popular programming languages and technologies were mentioned by the postings to determine the top tech skills for telecommuting jobs. Not surprisingly, the ubiquitous JavaScript topped the list, being mentioned in just over 20% of these listings. Other languages and tools used for the web are high up the list as well: jQuery at #3 (12.5%), PHP at #5 (9.5%) in the fifth spot, iOS at #8 (5.6%)."
Learn JS and compete with $2/hr developers (Score:4, Insightful)
Get on those sites, and you are competing with 3rd world wages.
But you can work from home, for $2 an hour.
Re:Or properly learn C++, move to DC (Score:4, Insightful)
Its a job, that actually is paying quite well, during a poor economy. Don't knock it.
Statistics (Score:2, Insightful)
"Employers looking for JS coders to work from home more than any other language" is not the same as "Programming in JS gives you the best chance to work from home."
They look similar, but one does not imply the other.
Re:Or properly learn C++, move to DC (Score:5, Insightful)
Well no one is going to hire you for 120k a year because you read a LEARN C++ in 24 hours book.
You need many years of experience and a computer science degree or mathematics to back you up with 5 managerial references minimum! Those who want to reply back or mod me how they didn't need that? Fine, how much are you making? I bet it aint 120k without all if not 2 out of the 3 of these.
For 120k a better have all as I can hire 2 developers for the same price or more if I want to have someone inexperienced in India.
Re:Or properly learn C++, move to DC (Score:5, Insightful)
*turns entire countries into catastrophes