They are rare, but they do exist - junior software developer positions! HOWEVER.... If you read the fine print, you'll see they want either a degree or experience ALREADY. And that's the market right now - it's flooded with juniors. As I say, programming is the new 'oil' ; why be a doctor or lawyer when you can do a bootcamp and make 70K plus benefits? The job safety and benefits can't be ignored! But, I make this post to point out that the market demands MORE than a junior. The person who lands this gig won't be fresh out of school; they'll have an amazing portfolio with multiple projects, or experience from another internship/gig already. That's the rub. So, if you want to land this job, or another job like it, you have to be of THAT caliber. You can do it, but what you were told at one point was a lie - it's not easy to break into tech anymore. It's just not. I have a good friend that took over a year to finally make the jump into it, and it was because he was willing to work on-site. And also, experience. It all factored in. Be that person. Adjust your expectations. You got this.
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Brad Westhafer
9mo
Right now, I'd recommend that anybody considering going to college for a STEM degree strongly consider something other than computer science. There seems to be an actual talent shortage in electrical engineering right now. We could also use more pushback directed at those influencers pushing the "learn to code in a few weeks to easily make 6 figures" hoax that's flooding the market with junior devs and making it even harder for them to find jobs.
Louie Knolle
9mo
“Bachelor’s Degree or 4 additional years of experience beyond the minimum requirement” and “Up to 2 years of development experience”. Does that mean if you don’t have a bachelor’s they expect 4-6 years of previous professional engineering experience? Have we gotten to the point where people with a half a decade’s experience need to apply to early career roles? Also the term “flexible schedule” is definitely subjective to some entities if 80% of the week is mandatory in office 😅. I was fortunate to land my first FTE role a year ago due to a hybrid stipulation and the company being in a small market, so I’m definitely not anti hybrid, just feel there should be on 2-3 days required in office if they want to use the word “flexible”
Nick Adams
9mo
I am for sure biased here and it’s still not gonna be easy but it’s a great time to check out Civic Tech. Especially if you lean towards data science, ML, or Cyber Security.
Cameron Power
9mo
They won't even accept an application without a degree.
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9moI would only go to a bootcamp as a last resort. Granted, they're more structured, but that comes at a huge cost. If I could start again, I would learn which free resource I resonate the most with, stick to that for a few months and learn as much as possible. When I'm capable of building projects by myself and have a portfolio, I would start looking for voluntary opportunities and contribute to open source,. I reckon this would give me an edge over 90% of bootcamp grads.