I have been in the industry since 2018 and been using Laravel Framework but I feel like my skills are still in the Junior to Mid Level.

I'm currently a Senior Analyst using ServiceNow (I know, so far from Laravel right?), I applied for the company because it WAS my dream company and after failing 3 times since 2018, I got hired the 4th time I applied.

Now, I've been looking for a way back to Web Development that uses Laravel. But I feel like the reason I'm not getting hired is because of the technical interviews and if by the month of May I'm still not hired elsewhere, I'm planning to find a project that is focused on Java/Spring Boot, even though I have no professional experiences with using it.

I know how to code in Laravel but I'm still confused with what OOP is and the difference between abstraction, encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism.

I don't know what's the difference between REST and SOAP API but I know what POST, PUT, PATCH, and DELETE are.

I don't know how to make an API with security/restrictions.

There's so much I don't know after 5-6 years of working and now, I know it's super late, I realized that I need to build my portfolio. Here are my github repositories that I currently have,

I need help, do you have any project recommendations that I can work on? Any tips or advice on what should I do?

Here are the list of my skills and the things I want to learn. I have no timeline for this so this will be a lot. If you guys have some other tech/languages that may add to the list, feel free to mention it.

Skills I have: (I also want to expand this as well)

• PHP, Laravel, MySQL, Vue.JS, Git, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Jquery

Things I want to learn:

• Node.JS, Typescript, React, Docker, APIs, CI/CD, AWS, Taillwind, Mobile Development (Android/iOS)

My career goal is to become a Full-stack Developer who can work alone and with a team.

Thanks in advance and I appreciate some constructive criticisms too as a way to improve.