# Existential / Career advice

**URL:** <https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/existential-career-advice/5959>\
**Category:** Learn\
**Created:** [June 23, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/existential-career-advice/5959 "2020-06-23T18:09:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yoelis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.elm-lang.org/yoelis/32/2331_2.png) [@Yoelis](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/u/Yoelis)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 10:22am UTC](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/existential-career-advice/5959/17 "2020-06-28T10:22:08Z")

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@berend thank you for the Drupal suggestion!  
@Laurent, yes here’s [my portfolio](https://yoelis.net/portfolio), you’ll find a GitLab link for each project I want to showcase! Thank you for the Svelte suggestion, [Sapper looks promising](https://sapper.svelte.dev/). And I’ll read this blog.  
What is your opinion on Preact? I’m seduced by its small size as I want my apps to be environment-friendly and since it’s the same API than React I’ll have a strong argument in favor of the transferability of my skills. Svelte looks amazing but I guess it is partly because it triggers my hipster fiber and It doesn’t look adopted broadly enough so it can secure me my first job.

@Erkal_Selman Woah this a great resource, many thanks! What is your company?

@supermario thank you for the cheering, it means a lot! An open-source contribution is definitely on my roadmap. However, it looks like a huge step from my perspective. Do you know projects which are welcoming to beginner contribution?

@tibastral, thank you for those ideas. Actually I offered a company to build their website in Elm for free and I had the bus factor argument as an answer. People are pretty fucked-up.  
However, I think you’re right. Freelancing might be a way to convince people to give me money for the positive impact I can make on their business regardless of the nature of the technical stack I use. I just hate running after customers alone…

Also, folks, I have great news! My first job interview for a position in a lab where I might be able to use Elm is scheduled next week. I’ll keep you posted. Wish me luck 😀

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