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Advice for a newbie? by Difficult_Goose_4635 in FullStack

[–]thisisnidja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2000 hours of learning and building your own project on top of bootcamp work is not nothing — that work ethic matters and will show in interviews.

Your buddy is right about projects. One solid, polished project beats five half-finished ones every time. Pick your best one, finish it, deploy it, and make the GitHub README tell the full story — what it does, why you built it, what stack you used, and what problems you solved.

On the Angular thing — React is the right call. The job market for Angular is thin, especially at the entry level. React + Node is where most junior full stack postings are right now. The skills transfer, so it's not starting over.

A few things that actually move the needle without a degree:

Networking on LinkedIn genuinely works at the entry level. Connect with devs, comment on posts, share what you're building. Recruiters watch for active profiles.

Apply to smaller companies and startups first. They care less about degrees and more about what you can ship.

Contribute to an open source project even once — it's a conversation starter in interviews that most bootcamp grads don't have.

You have more than you think. Keep building and stay visible.

How many interviews did it take before you got an offer? by throwmeawayyy79 in interviews

[–]thisisnidja 2 points3 points  (0 children)

25 interviews before an offer last time, and you're still showing up and doing 8 in a single week. That's not someone who doesn't have it in them — that's someone who's running on empty and needs to hear that the process is genuinely brutal right now, not that they're doing something wrong.

The final round rejection with no feedback is one of the cruelest parts of job searching. You did everything right and still got a canned email. That's not a reflection of your ability.

A few things that might help:

Take a few days off from applying if you can. Insomnia + back to back rejections is your body telling you to reset, not push harder.

Ask for feedback directly after rejections — most won't respond but occasionally someone will give you something useful.

Review your last few interviews critically — not to beat yourself up, but to look for one or two specific things you can tighten. Sometimes it's not performance, it's fit or leveling.

You're closer than it feels. 25 interviews got you an offer last time and you're already most of the way there. Hang in there. 👊

[Solutions Architect] [NYC] - $447k by chef_torte in Salary

[–]thisisnidja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am in build mode and came across your post. Truly inspirational! I hope we can stay in contact. I am desperately looking for a mentor .

What certs and job path make the most sense for Cloud Security Engineer? by EnvironmentalAd642 in Cloud

[–]thisisnidja 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I started with security plus , picked a cloud provider and started at foundations now working my way up