For the past year and so many months, I’ve been in a front-end web developer boot camp. It’s self-paced, and for the concepts I know, I feel as though I have a decent grasp on how to use them. Still, based on my failed freelancing attempt and the job requirements I see listed often, it seems like it’ll be a long time until I can get a job.
What I currently know is HTML, CSS, JS. I know some basic git and node. I’m currently learning React and Typescript. I am very certain that this is not enough to land a job, and I would like to know any skills I should know by this point.
When I do have the skills, what is the best way to apply to jobs, and what should I know when applying?
After you learn react, I recommend learning about REST APIs, how to use them and how to make them. Also learn how to connect your react app to databases like mongodb. Some libraries to look into are axios and bootstrap and react bootstrap
Interesting. I’ll make a note of this and start collecting some resources. Thank you.
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A portfolio is a good project because you can put it on job applications and have recruiters look at it. It acts as a longer resume.
However, it’s not a good project to show off your skills because most portfolios are pretty basic (no backend at all). That isn’t to say you can’t make a technically challenging portfolio and show off your skills, it’s just that the vast majority of portfolio are easy frontend only static sites.
A month long project is a good time frame for a project.
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I hope this does not make you feel worse. You probably aren’t fetting a job because the market is flooded.
Companies laid off devs at all levels for a year, and now we are all scrambling to get back on our feet.
I see postings for jobs on linkedin that have over 300 applicants within 6 hours. I am a senior engineer with 30 years under my belt, and i’ve been looking for a job 7 months now.
One company didn’t even bother interviewing me because I didn’t have enough years in React. Another did the same because my 3 years of Angular is not recent enough. I shit you not.