Thread by @techieEliot

Ok, so you’re an entry-level junior dev.

Consider how a prospective employer will approach you.

How junior is this dev?

Are they currently employed w/ experience? Yes, you likely get interviewed. No next question.

Freelance or volunteer experience? No next one.

Or...

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If no professional experience, do they have deployed apps like portfolio projects and is their code open-source public code on GitHub?

No, then keep asking more questions.

Or...

Did they work with a mockup on AdobeXD, etc? Yes good. No go on.

Or was it a creative polished project that they did on their own? Yes, this is good.

Is it unique or cookie cutter? Unpolished cookie cutter, go on.

Or...

Are they pet projects almost like a hobbyist? Yes, go on.

Were the projects done following a tutorial or a part of a guided bootcamp curriculum? Yes, go on.

Have they deployed anything? No go on

Or...

Have they pushed any code to GitHub recently? No go on.

Are they even on GitHub with a single green square? No not good. Not good at all.

This person is much too junior to hire let alone interview, so...

As an employer, you could empathize, that there is just too little to judge whether this person can do the work and would need so much hand-holding.

They would, at best, only be a person that could shadow the devs and/or come as an unpaid intern for a month.

So...

I'm not trying to break someone's spirit here, but this would be a thread to keep in mind before going for interviews. Don't get discouraged.!

The answers here matter a lot. Hustle to get some good answers here. Build experience.

All the best. I'm rooting for you.