# Work **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [February 16, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/work/85863 "2007-02-16T21:58:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![technodolt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e99b99/32.png) [@technodolt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/technodolt)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/work/85863/1 "2007-02-16T21:58:41Z")
I’ve got a question for the Rails community at large. I’ve got about 6 months of work with Rails under my belt, and I’m hoping to be able to make a career out of doing Rails web application development. What I’d really like to do is find employment with a consulting firm, as a junior developer. I have absolutely no idea how to go about reaching this goal. Where do you find groups like this? How do you get a job working with them? I really want to do this for a living, I’ve been programming (starting with BASIC) since I was 8 years old… this is just kind of a culmination of what I’ve been wanting to do my whole life… but I don’t even know where to get started at. Can anyone out there help me? ---
**Author:** ![technodolt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e99b99/32.png) [@technodolt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/technodolt)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 10:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/work/85863/2 "2007-02-16T22:13:29Z")
network at a ruby/rails user group ---
**Author:** ![technodolt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e99b99/32.png) [@technodolt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/technodolt)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 10:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/work/85863/3 "2007-02-16T22:19:27Z")
Keynan P. wrote: > network at a ruby/rails user group What Keynan said. I would look for Ruby/Rails jobs online that I do through telecommuting in order to have a portfolio of sorts to help get normal clients.