3 ms·
I found myself in this scenario pretty recently. I had about 5 years experience at a non-tech company with experience in a million things. I had to move and w
by jressey 10y ago
I found myself in this scenario pretty recently. I had about 5 years experience at a non-tech company with experience in a million things.
I had to move and was getting killed in interviews for sr. positions, until I wasn't. I found a company that saw my value and gave me a chance. I contracted for them for a few months then landed a 6-figure job doing stuff I'd never done before.
I would encourage you to hold your head up, build some stuff in your spare time, and find a company that values what you are. If you are capable with JS in any capacity, double-down on that since it seems a lot of people are being hired from that. Plus you can show projects that can impress people of all backgrounds.
I would also encourage you to reach out to any past associates or linkedin connections.
Another resource I recommend for people is Mike Hartl's book(1) on Ruby on Rails. Yes, it does teach you that language/framework specifically, but it also shows you how the web and server-side applications work. You will be able to speak about REST, DB Associations, OO concepts, TDD, and several other buzzwords that impress employers.
I don't know your work of course, but from the sounds of it you have a better shot than you think! Go get 'em.
[1]https://www.railstutorial.org/book https://www.railstutorial.org/book
- toexitthedonut 9y agoI'm on mobile so not much time to type, but I do have a few JS projects. Some of them novel. I made a software renderer in JS that rasterizes triangles and takes JS shaders, emulating a programmable pipeline. I hope that I would at least stand out from most JS developers with stuff like this. I don't really have an interest in making a Twitter clone with a Bootstrap UI. I'm hoping someone takes a chance at my skills with my not so typical JS projects.