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## When You Can Get a Job

TOP does a lot to make sure you know a wide variety of material before going on to look for a job in the final step. However, I think you might be able to hit that last step earlier than you might think. Even better than a Coding Bootcamp is an internship with a company, which not only will let you learn _loads_, but will also _pay you money_ to do it! An unbeatable deal! And you can still learn more on the side! I recommend trying to do some work toward applications (completing all of Course 7 ["Getting Hired as a Web Developer"(http://www.theodinproject.com/getting-hired-as-a-web-developer)]) right after finishing Course #4 ["Ruby on Rails"](http://www.theodinproject.com/ruby-on-rails).




## More Things to Learn

This is sort of more of an afterthought than it probably should be, but it could be useful to learn Python. Python is somewhat popular in the start-up world, though not nearly as popular as Ruby on Rails. However, Python is really popular in the academic world. It has [good support for statistical programming](http://www.numpy.org/) and has a platform called [Django](https://www.djangoproject.com/) that acts similarly to Rails. It's probably good to learn Python so you're not "pidgeonholed" into only one type of programmer job (though the demand is definitely there).
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Like I said before, "I’ve designed a guide here based on my personal experience." It's entirely possible that TOP is right about something and their original method was better for you, and I was wrong to disagree. It's also entirely possible TOP is wrong about something for you, and I didn't catch it, because it didn't come up for me.

Your mileage might vary. I'm not better than TOP -- they have their way, and I have mine. I just wanted to write up my experience. The best thing to do is just start, somewhere. See if this guide works for you, tweak if it doesn’t. Let me know.
Your mileage might vary. I'm not better than TOP -- they have their way, and I have mine. I just wanted to write up my experience. The best thing to do is just start, somewhere. See if this guide works for you, tweak if it doesn’t. Let me know.

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