How I created my own Clojure job - Valtteri Harmainen

Many would like to work full-time with Clojure / ClojureScript but finding a job may not be easy. There aren't that many open positions to start with and even fewer for beginners. Relocating to a new city or country may not be a feasible option for everyone. A recurring discussion on Clojurians Slack is someone having angst that they love Clojure but can't find a full-time job in their area so they'll have to return to their mundane day job disappointed.
In this talk I want to share my story how I managed to create my own first full-time Clojure job and how it worked out. I'll also describe how Clojure and ClojureScript helped our extremely small team to deliver a real-life software project.
The goal of the talk is to encourage people to consider taking the leap from safe and certain to uncertain and exciting when chasing their dreams.

[@Simon-xi8tb]

This is so relatable. Thank you, great talk!

[@SimonGrayDK]

I can so relate to all of this and especially what he's saying at 14:30. I'm also working in academia as the sole developer on a few different projects and I use full-stack Clojure for everything (I love Clojure). Going from a team of designers, developers, testers, and managers has been incredibly liberating, but it's such a balancing act to have to manage yourself when all you have is a long-term goal.

[@DaniEIdiomas]

Bravo! I'm trying to approach this language to the Spanish-speaking community, as there seems to be need for some education in this language and there is not much. Thanks for the talk!