Folks, need advice.
I have been a manual QA engineer for several years in a tech company. But I never got a break in automation. Finally, I quit my job and started to take programming classes. I did all three - Python, Javascript and Java. Python is my favorite, and JS is a close second. Java classes are harder for me, but not insurmountable. I am currently contracting until the end of the year and am hoping to find a tech job back again after that. This contract is just to avoid a gap on my resume, and to help pay the mortgage.
1) How do I prepare for coding interviews? I want to ramp up from beginner to expert level.
2) Should I target QA automation jobs, or can I hope to get developer job (even if junior level, I don't mind)? I bring a lot of "quality" expertise to my coding, planning and handling error conditions etc.
Thanks very much in advance. I love the help and camaraderie that Blind provides.
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2) how do you expect anyone here to answer this
You can try dev internship.
Read the Grocking the System Design Interview too.
I have 10 years of professional experience though and much more years of programming.
I just realized I have only taken programming classes, and not much else, like design, optimization etc. How do I get started on those?