Here's my advice as a developer/manager/recruiter: - get a great book on JavaScript and learn it well, including idioms - for interviews (and to be a better p

Here's my advice as a developer/manager/recruiter: - get a great book on JavaScript and learn it well, including idioms - for interviews (and to be a better programmer) take a data structures/algorithms course, there are many free online. I've got a big list of resources here: http://www.madeupname.com/programming-interview-preparation-resources/ http://www.madeupname.com/programming-interview-preparation-... - React is getting more popular, but I do extensive research on the job market and in California at least, AngularJS has about twice as many jobs as React. I'll add that Node.js is an absolute juggernaut. But if you've only done front end, stick with it for now. Plenty of work for an AngularJS expert. - if you can't get paying work, contribute to an open source project any way you can. That always impresses hiring managers.