Lack of experience

Mar 8, 2021 8 Comments

I have been working as a contractor since 1.5 years now as a software engineer; but till now I haven’t got a chance to work on coding/backend work. Most of my work involves around support or other UI or organization specific work. I am feeling stuck here. I started interviewing but couldn’t get pass initial technical screening due to lack of hands-on coding experience. The fact that i have almost 2 years of Software engineering experience on Resume but don’t have actual experience in reality is ghosting me. Need some advice on how can I cover up my knowledge/experience gap and get inline with my experience so that I can crack interviews.

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  • Keep at it and switch asap. Talk to your friends who are working on an actual project and see what you are missing on your resume. Read those areas up, cover all edge cases if you mention a project in ur CV that you haven't actually worked on and you can always crack. Try mock interviews and you can also ask your friends to ask questions based on the CV you wrote and project specific( which you haven't really worked on).
    Mar 8, 2021 1
  • Hmm, that's exactly what happens with WITCH, you'd have to be lucky to touch the codebase being a contractor.
    First and foremost, start asking questions in your current project. Whoever is doing the backend, make them your friend and ask them to explain you the whole architecture. It'll help if the friend is also looking out for a job, they'd know what can be asked. No matter how many courses you do, you'll always be a step behind if you haven't got any industrial experience. Sorry, that came out rude but I am not lying. But, there's a way too fake it till you make it.
    You'll have to work n times harder than your colleagues are. Since you're a clean slate you can start from scratch. Choose a language and learn the basics of it. Then, go through the frequently asked interview questions in the language. You need to know your work project in and out so this will be a base for it. Keep going with the interviews, this time the aim would be to make a question bank of all questions that could be asked from your past projects on resume.
    You're thinking about doing it, which is already impressive. All the best :)
    Mar 9, 2021 3
  • C2FO
    sudo fu

    Go to company page C2FO

    sudo fu
    Build a side project and put it on resume. Cook up a client. Learn what's required on your own.

    This is what i did. I've been in your position and it's difficult to move out.
    Mar 9, 2021 1