I'm stuck in tutorial hell as well. You should focus in one language, not try to tame them all, just JS, then move to another. Build 10/15 "projects", upload to Git. If you are working as a Devops, surely you know some programmers, if not, search beginner's projects. The real knowledge you may have will be tested on the job interview, not by a Portfolio. Look for ad honoren groups to get you started, you will learn from scratch how to build a website or app.
Thanks Walter, I'm focussed on Java because that's what I've used for all of my uni work but I feel like there's a big gap between what I'm doing for my course and commercial grade applications. Trying to get exposure to bigger, more complex bodies of work is difficult and I feel like that's what's needed to code at a professional level.
What is "ad honoren" groups if you dont mind me asking? I just tried to google it but it was pretty vague
"Ad honoren" stands for no pay, free work. At least where I'm from ( Argentina ) there are several start up that hired junior profiles (w/o exp )( without pay of course ) and they simulate real work, with Agile meetings, team leader, slack channels, git, etc. This is my third project so far with them, I learned a lot to be honest, also they encourage to learn a new language, for example if you are front end, you to help at the back end also, if you like testing, or mobile, or devops, etc. nocountry.tech/
its in Spanish, sorry bout that. Maybe there si something similar in English.
Good luck!
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Thank you Walter! That makes sense now and that sounds like a great idea to get some experience, thank you for the suggestion, I'll definitely look into that!!
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I'm stuck in tutorial hell as well. You should focus in one language, not try to tame them all, just JS, then move to another. Build 10/15 "projects", upload to Git. If you are working as a Devops, surely you know some programmers, if not, search beginner's projects. The real knowledge you may have will be tested on the job interview, not by a Portfolio. Look for ad honoren groups to get you started, you will learn from scratch how to build a website or app.
Thanks Walter, I'm focussed on Java because that's what I've used for all of my uni work but I feel like there's a big gap between what I'm doing for my course and commercial grade applications. Trying to get exposure to bigger, more complex bodies of work is difficult and I feel like that's what's needed to code at a professional level.
What is "ad honoren" groups if you dont mind me asking? I just tried to google it but it was pretty vague
"Ad honoren" stands for no pay, free work. At least where I'm from ( Argentina ) there are several start up that hired junior profiles (w/o exp )( without pay of course ) and they simulate real work, with Agile meetings, team leader, slack channels, git, etc. This is my third project so far with them, I learned a lot to be honest, also they encourage to learn a new language, for example if you are front end, you to help at the back end also, if you like testing, or mobile, or devops, etc. nocountry.tech/
its in Spanish, sorry bout that. Maybe there si something similar in English.
Good luck!
The phrase in English (technically Latin) would be "pro bono" btw!
Thank you Walter! That makes sense now and that sounds like a great idea to get some experience, thank you for the suggestion, I'll definitely look into that!!