Can I volunteer for an Elixir role?

AstonJ · February 3, 2025, 7:13pm

I don’t, but this may help you which I posted in another thread:

How can a junior developer find an Elixir job?

Generally there aren’t shortcuts - you just have to put the work in to stand out (especially because Elixir is one of the most highly paid languages and so competition for jobs is high).

Here’s a quote from a recent interview with @redrapids over on Devtalk:

Elixir is a great place to get involved in those areas, and it’s one of the most highly paid programming languages. I think that there was a study that said it was the sixth-highest paid language, and there have been other listings in the past that have said it’s been as high as the third–highest paid language. So I do think that Elixir has a pretty good outlook, but I think ultimately, the thing that you have to do as a programmer is to be able to learn and expose yourself to programming languages and keep up your learning journey. That’s something that you have to do for yourself. You can’t rely on your company to do it for you.

It’s something many of us have echoed in similar threads here on the forum - you need to do your bit to stand out, and you can do that by things like:

Reading as many books or doing as many Elixir courses as you can.

Blogging.

Creating libraries.

Sending PRs to existing ones.

Being visible/active/answering questions on places like this forum.

Good luck, and welcome to the community

Everyone’s path will be different, but ask yourself what you can realistically do to make yourself stand out/be more attractive to an employer… then follow your gut

If you want to be employed make yourself as employable as possible, make yourself stand out by showing prospective employers you are worth giving a shot. You can do that by things like reading books, making projects you can show off, blogging, being active within the community helping others, etc.

Good luck