Am I ready for a junior role? Struggling with confidence and tech stack overwhelm.
Posted by Brilliant_Key_7778@reddit | learnprogramming | View on Reddit | 2 comments
Subject: Am I ready for a junior role? Struggling with confidence and tech stack overwhelm.
Hi everyone,
I've been learning full-stack development with Python and I'm starting to feel quite overwhelmed and frustrated. I’m constantly worried about whether I'm learning the right things or if my knowledge level is actually enough for a junior position.
My current stack includes: Python, Django, ORM, OOP, REST API, JSON, Docker, GitHub, Celery, Redis, and PostgreSQL.
I feel like I'm constantly "working on it," but I lack confidence that I’m "job-ready." To those who are already working in the industry:
How can I objectively assess if I'm at a "junior-ready" level?
Are there any projects or specific tasks I should try to complete to prove to myself (and employers) that I know these technologies well enough?
Did you feel this same frustration when you were starting out, and how did you overcome the imposter syndrome?
Any advice on bridging the gap between "learning" and "getting hired" would be greatly appreciated.
NumberInfinite2068@reddit
What is the best project you have made? If that looks like something a company could ship, then you're ready.
Brilliant_Key_7778@reddit (OP)
I have two projects at 50% and 70%, they are really good in terms of functionality, but when I look at vacancies there is so much stack that it just doesn’t fit into my head. When a friend of mine went to interviews, he is a front-end developer, they asked such nonsense to a junior, then we went to a friend and asked the same questions, and he answered that these are questions for a middle level developer.