Currently 3.5 years at vanguard as a backend dev. Only did Java the entire time, really small Python scripts but wouldn’t say I know it. We are able to switch after 18 months in a team and I’m hitting that mark next month. Looking to get my resume in a good spot for the future whether I stay here or not. Should I switch to a full stack JS team and build my JS skills? We do angular and nest here and the other Philly companies seem to be using react and next. But I figure any JS skills beats zero which is where I am now. Any suggestions for getting my resume into good shape in case I decide to look elsewhere in a few years?
You don't need to switch teams to make your resume stand out more. Feel free to do that if you want but personally I'd stay in backend world and just start learning React or Vue or something on the side. If you have ops knowledge, even better. Being able to build and deploy a full stack application regardless of the backend technology is probably more important than being a JS expert, for interviewing and job hopping especially
So focus on what aws cicd kind of things? Got lots of that, both the dev and soln associates certs and experience, Java, build and deploy. What do I say when other companies ask about my JS experience?
For general full stack webdev ci/cd stuff you basically just need to learn some sort of infrastructure as code if you don't already, like cloudformation or terraform, some sort of container orchestration like ECS, and then a build pipeline like codebuild, jenkins, or github actions. The specific technology isn't as important as knowing the importance of and purpose behind the tools, and you probably know most of this stuff anyway As a backend dev trying to become more fullstack you can go a long way just by spinning up a new toy react project, hooking it up to an API, building some common UI components (some data tables, forms, simple navigation controls, etc) and deploying the backend + frontend to "prod" in a free tier AWS account. Imo understanding the high level frontend patterns and how everything integrates with each other is WAY more important for a backend dev than really nitty JS implementation details. If you can do all of this from start to finish and handle leetcode problems you're gonna be more than fine in mid level interviews In an interview just be honest and say you have only worked on backend teams before, but learned React/Vue/etc and have deployed it for a personal project. Emphasize your knowledge of best practices despite this. Be confident in your ability to contribute to frontend projects but acknowledge your limitations having mostly backend experience. Now throw all of this out the window and switch teams if you're aiming for really focused frontend only roles. I've never been a pure frontend guy so cant help you there 🤷♀️
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15 years age difference, need advice! 🙏
> angular it was over before it began
Yeah that’s why I’m not sure it’s even worth the time If I can learn react on my own and have people believe it on my resume (or if they won’t even care) then I’ll just stay Java
buddy, the companies youre going to from vanguard wont give a shit, just leetcode, lie, and apply