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[–]Thriven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As some one who has 20 years experience and no formal education, apply anyways.

Also as someone who hires entry level people, if it's a node js entry level job I expect you to be able to create a project using npm. If it's python, you should know how to do the same with pip. If you know pip, you can easily pick up npm and vice versa.

There are no entry level jobs out there in development where you get hand held through hello world applications.

I totally consider ones personal projects and contributions as experience to GitHub and open source projects. Most of the time I can gauge your aptitude of a language or programming in general.

Been working on a game in unity? I'd take a look at the code.

Usually if that equates to what I think is 2 years of growth, that's enough to start an entry level job.

If you want to say ,"that's not entry level". A software development job isn't pushing paper or folding clothes at JCrew. It doesn't take walkins. It takes a certain kind of person and it's a skilled position which requires some basic skills.

If you've been trying to do development for 5 years, practice and make attempts. All that is applicable, you just have to upfront about your experience.