5 ms·
I'm in a similar boat at the moment. I've just been applying to developer positions that don't require senior and prefacing my cover letters with the fact that
by BWStearns 13y ago
I'm in a similar boat at the moment. I've just been applying to developer positions that don't require senior and prefacing my cover letters with the fact that I am in fact very new to professional coding.
As for projects I had a few toy ones that I started to learn specific things, but after I felt I understood the objective the motivation kind of died. I'm now working on an app that my girlfriend wanted for her academic work.
Having someone who actually wants the app and can give input makes it a lot easier to keep going towards an actual finished product than when you're building it because you're supposed to build stuff. Bug your non-technical friends for what they would like to exist/be better.
- phaus 13y ago>I've just been applying to developer positions that don't require senior and prefacing my cover letters with the fact that I am in fact very new to professional coding. Maybe I should write a cover letter like that. I've worked in an unrelated tech field for almost a decade and I have never gotten a response for a jr position in the year or so I've been applying for them. I have, however, in spite of the fact that my resume indicates I'm new to programming, gotten a bunch of calls/emails for Sr. positions that am not nearly qualified for.
- yizzerin 13y agoDon't bother pointing out that you're new (that'll be clear from your resume). Say what you've done and tie previous work to that as well.