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When I was a junior dev trying to get my first jobs, what was frustrating was the range of what 'junior dev' meant. Anything from knowing what JavaScript is to
by paublyrne 10y ago
When I was a junior dev trying to get my first jobs, what was frustrating was the range of what 'junior dev' meant. Anything from knowing what JavaScript is to having 2+ years of experience with a JS framework, and having a Github full of interesting side projects.
The latter style job posts were very disheartening to read, and I sometimes wondered how I would ever get enough experience to get a job as junior dev!
- alinalex 10y agoI had the same feeling in the beginning. It seemed to me so hard to have the credentials asked by a junior job requirements and felt very discouraged.
- magic_beans 10y agoI couldn't agree more! I looked at junior dev jobs that wanted people who contribute often to open source, had awesome side projects, etc. Sounds like they wanted midlevel but only had budget for junior.
- g00gler 10y agoPlease note, I've never seen your code, so don't take this personally. That's because they want you to be productive. IME/O, having someone on the team that can't really make an app is antithetical. You could definitely look for a job in QA and ask them to set you up as a dev, then work on dev in your spare work hours.