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After reading this, I feel like I've imposter syndrome as well. I know about 80% of those topics pretty well, but I don't think I could ever get a job as a juni
by heydonovan 8y ago
After reading this, I feel like I've imposter syndrome as well. I know about 80% of those topics pretty well, but I don't think I could ever get a job as a junior dev. Maybe I focus too much on learning things that interest me, and not enough on things that land you that software engineer title.
- Aeolun 8y agoSo the main thing you are missing is the actual coding?
- system2 8y agoWhat language though? You can know C+ pretty well but still, suck at many other concepts that can be helpful operations. It really depends on the company you try to land a job with. What do you consider "actual coding"?
- heydonovan 8y agoHah! Probably. I'd rather learn about distributed systems, the idiosyncrasies of bash, how file systems work, dive into how http/2 & ipv6 will solve some of our problems, etc. Absolutely love fixing bugs in code though, but the actual act of coding an application from scratch bores me. Can't explain it!
- sophiebits 8y ago(I manage the React team at Facebook.) This is like me! I love fixing stuff and enjoy coding from scratch much less. I don’t have specific tips for you, but I promise it’s possible.