I switched from pure infra (working in a technical college IT department) to front-end web dev (of which I had no prior commercial experience) pretty much throu

I switched from pure infra (working in a technical college IT department) to front-end web dev (of which I had no prior commercial experience) pretty much through knowing enough to get by, and a good attitude towards working collaboratively and being flexible. I beat out a guy with 10 years experience because his attitude was terrible. Note: this was many years ago, and was with a federal government department so hiring practices may be different to "normal"