Well, that is more or less why I am looking for some quick community insight. Being that my entire learning experience has existed within a bubble including only myself, I'm trying to judge my "readiness" to begin applying what I've learned professionally.
Am I at a point where I could get hired? Is there something I should put a bit more time into before taking that next step? These are the questions I'm trying to answer for myself right now.
I appreciate the advice though and certainly agree that real-world experience is the next (and certainly biggest) step to tackle.
As a quick aside, I live in the middle of nowhere in Upstate, New York, not the city, so job opportunities in the tech field aren't necessarily abundant.
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Well, that is more or less why I am looking for some quick community insight. Being that my entire learning experience has existed within a bubble including only myself, I'm trying to judge my "readiness" to begin applying what I've learned professionally.
Am I at a point where I could get hired? Is there something I should put a bit more time into before taking that next step? These are the questions I'm trying to answer for myself right now.
I appreciate the advice though and certainly agree that real-world experience is the next (and certainly biggest) step to tackle.
As a quick aside, I live in the middle of nowhere in Upstate, New York, not the city, so job opportunities in the tech field aren't necessarily abundant.