aidan_kf

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Looking for critiques on my long running webmap project in c/gis@lemmy.ml
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Looking to transition away from GIS Technician to GIS Developer. What tools, platforms etc should I add to my portfolio? (lemmy.world)
 

I'm already proficient in Linux, Python, Java, web development etc from college, but what GIS specific APIs or frameworks should I focus on for my portfolio? Right now my job consists entirely of Esri products but I'd like to change that.

Thanks!

Why did you chose GIS as a career? in c/gis@lemmy.world
[โ€“] aidan_kf@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Like others here, I kind of stumbled into it. Went to college for software engineering, had a medical withdraw due to some severe illness, got that corrected but had a year to kill before I could re-enroll. Got a job to kill time as an entry-level CAD drafter. Transitioned to a GIS technician because Python, never went back. I plan on re-enrolling part-time this fall and hopefully transitioning back to a software dev role. But at least for my company, GIS = a little bit of CAD + a little bit of Computer Science. So it worked out well.