Hi Sylvia,
Finding your first job is always a drag, but I am sure 5 years later with 5 years of experience under your belt, you will look back on this time and laugh about it. I got into the industry about 6 years ago, without even a bootcamp on my resume, if I did it, you can do it too.
The biggest challenge for you now, is that your resume probably doesn't look like that of a developer because you are lacking experience. To counter this, I suggest picking 1-3 technologies that you often see mentioned in the job listings (spend a couple of evenings doing some research) and start learning them today. Even better, as you are learning them, build small pet apps and post them on GitHub (which should be linked on your resume).
Why this advice? I see many, many boot camp, comp-sci graduates that have cookie-cutter resumes. Python, Java, etc...Yeah, yeah, you learned all that in school, good job. But, what have you learned on your own? How can you display, to me, the employer, that you are capable of learning new things by yourself?
Conclusion: Learn things that are not taught in schools from Udemy, Pluralsight, or even just online examples. Random ideas that pop into my head: Vue.js, TypeScript, ASP.Net Core, Golang...
Good luck. Keep at it and you will make it, I am sure of it.
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Hi Sylvia,
Finding your first job is always a drag, but I am sure 5 years later with 5 years of experience under your belt, you will look back on this time and laugh about it. I got into the industry about 6 years ago, without even a bootcamp on my resume, if I did it, you can do it too.
The biggest challenge for you now, is that your resume probably doesn't look like that of a developer because you are lacking experience. To counter this, I suggest picking 1-3 technologies that you often see mentioned in the job listings (spend a couple of evenings doing some research) and start learning them today. Even better, as you are learning them, build small pet apps and post them on GitHub (which should be linked on your resume).
Why this advice? I see many, many boot camp, comp-sci graduates that have cookie-cutter resumes. Python, Java, etc...Yeah, yeah, you learned all that in school, good job. But, what have you learned on your own? How can you display, to me, the employer, that you are capable of learning new things by yourself?
Conclusion: Learn things that are not taught in schools from Udemy, Pluralsight, or even just online examples. Random ideas that pop into my head: Vue.js, TypeScript, ASP.Net Core, Golang...
Good luck. Keep at it and you will make it, I am sure of it.