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I don't know what it's like in India, but here in the US I've never been asked a leetcode question a single time in any interview over 10+ years of web dev experience. Maybe it's just the role (web) or the industry (small/med businesses and nonprofits) or the specialization (frontend), but it's been possible for me to get employment without ever touching leetcode. I've worked with several Indian colleagues too, and a…
I would keep at it with leetcode. There are more positions for SWEs.
90% of JavaScript jobs now are really React positions or Angular plus Java positions. If you need React/Angular and spend all your time over-engineering how to put text on screen and at this point cannot figure out Node you are a supremely overpaid junior. After working with overpaid juniors at the last job and getting laid off from it, it feels like a broken house of cards ready to fold at any time.
So, after refusing to go back to work in that line of work for 5 months a recruiter for this data science job found me and I super easily qualified. There was no leet code nonsense. This current project uses a low code enterprise suite for data science and service delivery and starts with up to 6 weeks training to certify in the platform.
Kind of. I just switched from senior software engineer to junior data engineer. I did it because this position is work from home and honestly all JavaScript positions at this point are junior positions. 90% of JavaScript jobs now are really React positions or Angular plus Java positions. If you need React/Angular and spend all your time over-engineering how to put text on screen and at this point cannot figure out No…
Seems like a very bad reason to switch. Data engineering is different (and much worse than SWE in my opinion), and it's not like you're certain that you can avoid LC interviews if you try to switch.
How is it much worse?
Kind of. I just switched from senior software engineer to junior data engineer. I did it because this position is work from home and honestly all JavaScript positions at this point are junior positions. 90% of JavaScript jobs now are really React positions or Angular plus Java positions. If you need React/Angular and spend all your time over-engineering how to put text on screen and at this point cannot figure out No…
I'm looking for a similar change - if you don't mind my asking, are they still hiring?
The greatest realization I had about hiring during my recent many months of unemployment was to abandon perceptions of trends and marketplace popularity and instead focus on my strengths no matter how unpopular. So, I gave up on looking at JavaScript related positions even though I have 15 years full time experience writing JavaScript. Instead I strongly promoted my experience as a military officer who can program in niche projects. I went from 0 interviews to multiple competing offers. I turned down a much higher paying offer a super prestigious place to take this job because it’s something completely new for me, work from home, and almost what I was making at my last job.
Also if you know anybody that is a Java developer with a TS and willing to relocate to Dallas I can get them a job at that other place immediately at around 200K