Left a job where I was in over my head with work/life balance (newborn at home, and I was recently put in charge of a not ready for primetime app. just released to prod.) to look for a new job. I stuck it out for a few months, but interviewing on top of that was a nightmare. I took a few months sabbatical to look for work, hone my skills (I hit pseudo management and the tech on the project was weird and proprietary), and spend time with my daughter. It was scary at first to not have a safety net, but my wife and I worked it out with savings and I'm far better off now with a mostly tech. job at a company that values employee development.
Meetups. Meetups. Meetups. Local tech. community slack. Meetups. Talking shop with local tech. friends, including a field trip to a startup one works at. Meetups.
Be patient when interviewing. I had four offers last time, the one I took being the one I wanted most, albeit the slowest. Don't work for a crap company because you are afraid something else won't come or are just excited by the new prospect.
Be flexible. Sometimes what used to be part of your day job blossoms into its own career as tech. and process change. I'm a full stack developer transitioning into data integration. Your career is a honeycomb of opportunities, not a linear progression.
Realizing that I do need some online professional presence, but that it's ok if I don't have an overflowing github, blog daily, etc. I'm a senior developer who can prove myself if you talk to me, and I have other hobbies that aren't always side projects. I seem to get hired just fine.
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Left a job where I was in over my head with work/life balance (newborn at home, and I was recently put in charge of a not ready for primetime app. just released to prod.) to look for a new job. I stuck it out for a few months, but interviewing on top of that was a nightmare. I took a few months sabbatical to look for work, hone my skills (I hit pseudo management and the tech on the project was weird and proprietary), and spend time with my daughter. It was scary at first to not have a safety net, but my wife and I worked it out with savings and I'm far better off now with a mostly tech. job at a company that values employee development.
Meetups. Meetups. Meetups. Local tech. community slack. Meetups. Talking shop with local tech. friends, including a field trip to a startup one works at. Meetups.
Be patient when interviewing. I had four offers last time, the one I took being the one I wanted most, albeit the slowest. Don't work for a crap company because you are afraid something else won't come or are just excited by the new prospect.
Be flexible. Sometimes what used to be part of your day job blossoms into its own career as tech. and process change. I'm a full stack developer transitioning into data integration. Your career is a honeycomb of opportunities, not a linear progression.
Realizing that I do need some online professional presence, but that it's ok if I don't have an overflowing github, blog daily, etc. I'm a senior developer who can prove myself if you talk to me, and I have other hobbies that aren't always side projects. I seem to get hired just fine.