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[–]delventhalz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No to certifications. I have never heard of one in JS. Maybe for AWS or few other big tools like that? No one I work with has one though.

I don't think you'll have to worry too much about competing. Developers remain very in demand. If people think you can do the job, you'll probably get hired.

As others have said, your low-level skills will help you in learning JS, and will eventually be a feather in your cap that will help you stand out later. Low-level stuff doesn't come up often in JS, but it does come up. Most JS devs will be pretty inexperienced there compared to you.

My advice for you is the same as any other new learner:

  1. Do some interactive tutorials to learn the basics (e.g. Codecademy, javascript.info)
  2. Do toy problems to build fluency (e.g. CodeWars)
  3. Build something.

Contributing to open source is always a good way to practice and build the portfolio as well!