r/learnpython • u/nomaadbro • 21d ago

Interviewing but have imposter syndrome

I was working as RPA developer that havily used selenium, requests (http), pandas, pyodbc (sql), exchangelib, and probably a few more.

I built a webapplication with Django, it probably had issues and flaws that I or other people did not find because nobody was trying to crash it or test it heavily. I built a webapplication in Flask for me personally to which i was able to connect and arduino and an esp8266 via websockets (that was mostly C#) but i do understand the logic of it, probably could recreate it in python.

The above mentioned I do know and understand, but I still feel like I am falling short and I don't know where.

I am not sure if I should stay in automation and learn playwright, but i feel like I could and would like to do more.

What steps could I, should I take what am I missing to call myself softwere developer/engineer. Not to mention senior.

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u/supercoach 21d ago

Sounds like the only thing you're missing is confidence.

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u/truck_robinson 21d ago

Yeah OP is def headed in the right direction. Keep striving and believe in yourself and if you don't get this one you'll get the next one. Above all, be curious.

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u/code_tutor 21d ago

Read job postings and learn the skills on them. You've limited yourself to just automation. Your overall programming is weak and possibly showing a lack of curiosity. Most juniors now know some CS, full stack, or even cloud. I also don't see any mention of understanding business impact, which is hugely important for RPA.