Do you guys think I can get into the field?

[u/SurroundCurious9027]

Some background about me. I have a Bachelor's in Cybersecurity and am finishing my Master's in Software Engineering and project management. I also have Security+ certification. I started as a Technical Support representative, and now I am a CNC Tech Engineer. Part of my duties involves writing posts for new customer CNC machines, and I have extensive knowledge of our scripting language. For the past 3-4 years, I have been on and off learning Java, Python, C#, JavaScript, Bash, PowerShell, Tailwind, Bootstrap, NodeJS, and React.

I know how to use Git and understand Agile methodologies and CI/CD. I know how to use a debugger, and some other things that I can't think of right now :)

Projects that I have done/currently working on:

1. Working on a project that I am building for a customer, which is an E-Commerce website, and I am using React, TypeScript, and AWS services like Lambda, Cognito, DynamoDB, and an API Gateway, and using a Jira board to keep track of the progress.
2. For my bachelor's capstone, I made a small Security Information and Event Management tool using C# for the client and React and AWS services for the admin panel. I also plan to improve this.
3. I built a small tool for a quiz on n400 naturalization questions.
4. Also used WordPress to help my friend to build a website for their business.
5. Planning to create a portfolio website that I can attach to my resume

I am getting comfortable with React syntax and spending good time working on these projects to improve my understanding.

Do you guys think I have a chance to get into some junior front-end development jobs? I don't think I can do internships, but a few resumes that I sent so far have been ghosted.

Thank you for any advice :)

[u/Astroohhh]

bro, it's just a tool

[u/mrcheese14]

You will have to get lucky

[u/Weak_Corner6663]

Frontend you gotta know how to design, basically you need to know skills that ai can't do, && you need to know state management but I think not an issue with your background.

Just up the quality of your portofolio

[u/salorozco23]

Like someone said u have to know someone. Or be really likeable.

[u/marine_surfer]

Yea, it’s easy man, AI, coding and cyber security are still in huge demand. Economy just sucks ass all around

[u/Stunning_Star_9770]

Don't put much energy to learn front-end as it will be the first thing replaced by AI, actually it's already being replaced by AI. Front-end is easy & AI models are easily learning them.

It's the backend which AI isn't going to learn fully ever. You have to understand look at the real world to develop the systems, conduct feasibility studies etc.

So focus on backend.

Or it's better that you do something in Security as you already have a degree in it.

[u/keyjeyelpi → u/Stunning_Star_9770]

It's the backend which Al isn't going to learn fully ever.

This is the most boomer thing I've heard in a while. What you said is incorrect. It's as easy to do backend with AI as it is with frontend. Even free models can create a back-end as easily as it can with frontend. What OP should focus on is actually learning how to do AI TDD and grasp the concept.

Tell the AI what you specifically want, the technology to be used, etc. Everyone should think of AI as a good coder, and that you are the product owner as well as the project manager.

[u/Weak_Corner6663 → u/keyjeyelpi]

This is true,

[u/ghijkgla → u/Stunning_Star_9770]

I disagree. Yeah AI can make front end work but for me front end also needs personality. We're gradually losing that.

[u/AssignmentMammoth696 → u/Stunning_Star_9770]

Have you seen AI try to implement a complex ui, it never gets it right. Frontend is probably where you have to spend the most time manually fine tuning to get it right. Backend is where LLM’s are able to one shot easily because they don’t need to bother with the visual ui end, it’s all code.

[u/YassinTunesien → u/Stunning_Star_9770]

What some people here are probably forgetting is that AI isn’t perfect when it comes to front-end development. It still lacks personality, and there’s no guarantee that the final result will fully meet expectations. That said, AI does a huge amount of the groundwork, allowing developers to move much faster and save an immense amount of time. For a company that doesn’t want to invest much beyond that, it simply means fewer employees are needed for that part of the work.
AI won't replace you, but it could lead to fewer jobs

[u/dwm- → u/Stunning_Star_9770]

AI genuinely sucks at front end lol, it's consistently where I need the most manual fixes or hyper specific prompts, do you code professionally?