How to stay sharp/relevant in non tech company?
I am a new grad software developer at an insurance company. I don't feel like my current work involves a lot of development. While I do use typescript, nodeJS, and work with the AWS CDK, I don't feel like I am learning much. I know that the market is rough right now, especially at my experience level but I want to be able to stay sharp and job hop for more money some time in the future. What can I do to remain competitive? My ultimate goal is to work at a FAANG or FAANG-Adjacent.
i mean there is no magic solution, either get a new job that makes you stay current or do it in free time or try to get your current job to give you learning opportunities
To remain competitive, you keep on applying for jobs, attend the few interviews that come your way, learn where you lacked, and work on them. Apply even for jobs (location) you don’t like much to keep yourself prepared for the right opportunity. But don’t drag the interview process if you don’t plan to join. Also Whenever you complete a major task at work, note it down with details like a story that you can tell in an interview. (With allrelevant details)
true you can tell the story of how you proposed to modernize stuff even if it gets denied, as long as you made a serious effort
If your company does anything cool just post about it on LinkedIn and claim credit for it.
CDK?
Basically developing back end services with AWS. Utilizing AWS Cloud Development Kit Framework