Breadth vs Depth when getting a job in the first 3 years of your career....
It's really important to be good at something. In the beginning I tried learning everything..which was nice and all and gave me a good wholistic picture. But if you NEED to get a job ASAP, it was the opposite thing to do.
I had spent a bunch of time, kind of playing around in rails, kind of playing around with frontend, kind of playing around with database stuff, learning algorithms. Didnt know how they all fit together but i was going to interviews and getting my a$$ handed to me.
It took me a while to figure this out. I needed to focus on one thing. That was frontend development.
Why?
You have very limited shot at impressing these people. You need to KNOW you shite.
If you dont have professional experience, youre already at a disadvantage.
So...you need to give them a reason to hire you....crush that interview.
Short story long....in the beginning of your career, focus focus focus on ONE thing. Sure sprinkle in some other stuff here and there to grow, but until you're sure you can get a job in a short amount of time doing your craft. Keep getting better at the one thing.
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