@Moss what's your background?
@fogoplayer hi! I have 2 bachelors in non-tech, (psyc and linguistics) where I got into coding for my honors thesis. I got a master's in Software Development at Boston U last January. I continue taking Udemy courses to beef up my abilities.
Since then I've been doing freelance ai training (for coding and general context) which is inconsistent and often does not pay the bills. At my current project I've been promoted because of my accuracy and attention to detail. No now I evaluate the work of other coders and send the final work to the client.
At https://stephenmossis.cool/ i have a little personal site with essentially my resume and a gallery of my woodworking projects. There isn't room to recount my personal projects here, but here's a start and you can find the rest of the portfolio or http://guthub.com/SRDMoss
The portfolio includes projects that demo HTML, CSS, JS, bootstrap, Node.js, Vue.js, RESTful endpoints, use of external APIs, password encryption, SQL, MongoDB, and more!
@Moss I looked through your code and was really impressed! I love how organized and well-commented it is. It's easier to follow than some code I've seen by people who have been doing this for a long time 😂
I'm not aware of any positions right now that seem like a good fit for your skills, but here are some suggestions that might help you in your search:
@Moss I think you'd be a great fit at my former employer. They don't seem to be hiring right now, but you can follow them on linked in: https://www.linkedin.com/company/xlr8-development/
And reach out to me once you're ready to apply!
Anything you can do to grow your portfolio is a good thing. If you have more projects from your Masters or your Udemy courses, great! More importantly, tackle a project or two just for fun. Pick a real problem and build out a solution to it. Aim for 2-3 repos with mid-4-digits lines of code
@Moss seeing that sort of passion is always really exciting for recruiters and referrers.
Finally, I'd recommend diving into software architecture and object-oriented patterns, and then Leetcode problems. Patterns and algorithms are what separate engineers from tinkerers.
After showing that your code is just as readable in a larger codebase that is organized and efficient, I think most companies would be happy to take you! And you have three degrees 🤯 so I'm sure you can!
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@fogoplayer Thank you for this support! Im working on a django/mysql project with a friend to help people apply for jobs... But I can't share it at this point. (But I've been using it on my own in its incomplete state. )