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Should a self-taught indie developer with a resume proven to be ignored by tech companies in America take on an important product manager job at an international company for very little money to better improve his resume for future gainful employment?

• My resume reads as journalism and then oh look, as a hobby he's been making apps... how cute is that? I've gotten an offer with one company based abroad as a product manager but if I accept this I won't be allowed to run my own projects on the side and the salary is a considerable reduction from what I earn independently (which isn't much to begin with). No other company has offered me any positions but many have requested I re-apply for a non-technical position such as in marketing or business development but I want the painful return to tech (I was a self-taught IT nerd that helped configure my high school network before getting seduced by politics and history). How beneficial will it be for me to prove via this job that I can do this on my resume and how long would I need to stick around? Remember, this is a foreign company that doesn't even operate in English (I do speak local language fluently from prior global journalism assignments) but I will be managing English language apps.  The company is fairly well known but nowhere near the first tier silicon valley guys.

• Answer:

  No.  I'd suggest interviewing at startups, preferably in the SF Bay area.  They're desperate for talent and would be willing to take a risk on someone starting on a short-term basis (with option to continue full-time if both parties are interested), say as an intern or as just a part-time developer.  You seem confident in your coding skills, so this would just be a way to prove that you're good. You'd also probably be paid better. Working as a PM will not likely improve your development skills, and it would also not likely convince tech companies to hire you as a developer.  Working at a startup as an engineer would be more likely to convince them to look at your resume (the better the startup, the more likely you'd get noticed).  I'm personally impressed when I see a person with a non-CS/non-eng background who knows how to code.