In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
\n\nI\u2019m a bootcamp graduate working on a career shift from massage to software development. How much of my previous career should I bring into my r\xe9sum\xe9? I\u2019ve been building projects in public, and doing open source contribution in a part-time capacity for the past two years, but ultimately have not gotten very many bites on my r\xe9sum\xe9 that resulted in interviews. It\u2019s something like three skill tests and one for roughly 800 applications at the moment? That\u2019s a guess. That\u2019s basically the gist of it.
\n\nThanks!\nCurious Coder Tries Tech Transition
\nListener Joshua says,
\n\nI\u2019ve done a number of things in my career, from Java to web dev on PHP and Angular/Node to low code development on Ignition SCADA and UIPath RPA .
\n\nBecause I love learning technologies and I want to go where the money is, I keep hopping to new teams. This usually comes with a decent pay bump, but it\u2019s a lot of rescue operations and self-teaching.
\n\nThis doesn\u2019t feel like a career path, and always being the junior team member sucks. I\u2019m often studying for certs trying to meet the requirements for the job I\u2019m already doing or being the senior dev on the team while still a Junior. I get that I\u2019m relatively new to each team, but I\u2019m also punching above my weight consistently.
\n\nIt feels like I\u2019m always having to jump through hoops to get the title and pay for the level of responsibility I take on and it feels like my mixed-up background is the reason why.
\n\nHow can I pitch a 10 year career of wearing all the hats all the time to get better results? How can I avoid being on teams where all my coworkers think I\u2019m a guru and I\u2019m building all of the architecture, but my manager goes \u201cgee, I don\u2019t know if you have the years of experience to be a Senior\u201d? I\u2019m looking towards Architecture as a long term goal and I\u2019m wondering if there\u2019s a way to spin this skillset towards that goal. Can you get Architect if you aren\u2019t a certified black belt in highly specific tools but rather a demonstrated improviser? What is a jack-of-all-trades supposed to do?
\n\nThanks, love the show, your advice and the fun relationship you guys bring to the conversation.
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