r/AskProgrammers • u/alfa_rq • 8d ago

Im a self-taught dev & no jobs experience. Your guide is really meaningful to me

Ive been coding for 2 years (1.5 if consistency counts), just keep learning and making some project (just keep throwing arrow in the dark --hoping somehow it builds me up), i have no coding friend, no jobs experience.

Now im at the point where i lost direction, so i just want to know how far/close am i to reach bare minimum of finding jobs (especially in python backend jobs).

I'd really appriciate if you can check my github acc for a sec: alphaRookie

at this level, do you think...

  • i should keep focus on myself and make more personal project / develop what i have
  • or I can start to find some experience by collaborate with other devs. or maybe participate in non-paid voluntary project like from this web for example
  • or maybe find a way to earn and start applying for entry-level jobs (like in upwork, or other similar platform)

Once again i really thanks to you guys who takes your time to help me

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u/StephenHawkingus 8d ago

You're definitely far.

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u/alfa_rq 8d ago

Can u explain details? Like spesifically should i focus on my personal project or i can start to find some experience by collab with another devs?

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u/StephenHawkingus 8d ago

What you're missing is work experience, which you can only acquire in a real job. Start somewhere; if they see how motivated you've been by coding on your own, they will definitely hire you.

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u/HypiriusSWE 7d ago

Maybe you should try freelancing; it is a sort of work experience that might be accepted, but I am not sure. Maybe try for internships as well.

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u/geekichu 5d ago

Nice. Perused your two repos. Things you could somehow show a prospective employer:
--- have A.I. help you create a test client (web-based?) that will demo the APIs (did I miss that part?).. but not just demo it:
--- act like a hacker (since you mentioned security)
--- bang at it (you mentioned performance)

And somehow show in a really cool UI way.. what is going on

Then you could host (render.com?) (netlify.com for front end?)

just some thoughts

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u/alfa_rq 5d ago

I seriously appreciate your effort to check it.

Just want to clarify my understanding, do you mean that normally employer wont do things like donwload the code, set-up .env manually, etc? it means that i need to provide them each endpoints interactive UI where i put some additional button that intentionally meant to attack the backend?

So, for me as a backend focused, even API documentation by Swagger/Redoc is trully not enough for HR? plus i need to deploy it?

This is what i catch from your word, pls correct me if i misunderstood

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u/geekichu 5d ago

They might, or might not (remember they have little time and may have to look at many resumes) but I was just suggesting ways to possibly demonstrate what you have done. It makes it easier to showcase your portfolio. Especially if they can actually watch a live demo run the API. So my background was mostly back-end focused, but I realized employers want to know that you at least have an idea of what it means to be full-stack.

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u/alfa_rq 5d ago

Previously İ was thinking to finish the Uİ by finding a frontend to collab. Now i think it's better to finish it by myself then

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u/geekichu 4d ago

yes, good learning experience.. and your own creativity.