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Reasons 1 and 2 are not good reasons to stay, but reasons 3 requires a bit more prep/work to rectify.
I would really appreciate any advice HN can provide about how I can use the next 4-5 months to upskill and get interview fit?
I think answering these questions might help the rest of HN provide more relevant insight. If you're just chasing a larger paycheck, I think the best bet is still MANGA/FAANG. No lack of documentation out there about landing jobs at those companies.
What are you trying to get out of a new job? Are you worried your tech skills have atrophied due to your current employer's tech stack? What space are you interested in heading into? I think answering these questions might help the rest of HN provide more relevant insight. If you're just chasing a larger paycheck, I think the best bet is still MANGA/FAANG. No lack of documentation out there about landing jobs at thos…
What are you trying to get out of a new job? Are you worried your tech skills have atrophied due to your current employer's tech stack? What space are you interested in heading into? I think answering these questions might help the rest of HN provide more relevant insight. If you're just chasing a larger paycheck, I think the best bet is still MANGA/FAANG. No lack of documentation out there about landing jobs at thos…
What's the next step? Apply for new stack with existing resume? Do you try to work in new stack at current role?
How does one acual transition?
For some details this friend has 20 years with php/jquery experience.. a year as an angularjs developer along the way and wants to be part of a react / vue ecosystem but has a hard time of letting go of php.
What are you trying to get out of a new job? Are you worried your tech skills have atrophied due to your current employer's tech stack? What space are you interested in heading into? I think answering these questions might help the rest of HN provide more relevant insight. If you're just chasing a larger paycheck, I think the best bet is still MANGA/FAANG. No lack of documentation out there about landing jobs at thos…
If someone was looking to change stacks how does one go about it? Say I know someone who has been going through tutorieals, reviewing the docs, creating a personal project. Technically they feel like a solid intermediate at times but still beginners with the ecosystem. They are at a senior level in another stack. What's the next step? Apply for new stack with existing resume? Do you try to work in new stack at curren…
What are you trying to get out of a new job? Are you worried your tech skills have atrophied due to your current employer's tech stack? What space are you interested in heading into? I think answering these questions might help the rest of HN provide more relevant insight. If you're just chasing a larger paycheck, I think the best bet is still MANGA/FAANG. No lack of documentation out there about landing jobs at thos…
In terms of a new Job, I am looking for work I find engaging, with a mission that I think is worthwhile (Which for me could be anything from useful business enabling tech like Stripe. Uni / Training websites like Udacity / Coursera, or a non-profit. I don't particularly care about tech stack as long as its in some way used across the industry.
I am worried that my tech skills have atrophied mostly because I find the projects that I have been working on for the last 3 years have been very low velocity due to a massive development team (1000+) and a lot of bureaucracy. I have written Regarding paycheck - for me personally that't not a motivation. Tech salaries where I live are universally more than enough.
What are you trying to get out of a new job? Are you worried your tech skills have atrophied due to your current employer's tech stack? What space are you interested in heading into? I think answering these questions might help the rest of HN provide more relevant insight. If you're just chasing a larger paycheck, I think the best bet is still MANGA/FAANG. No lack of documentation out there about landing jobs at thos…
If someone was looking to change stacks how does one go about it? Say I know someone who has been going through tutorieals, reviewing the docs, creating a personal project. Technically they feel like a solid intermediate at times but still beginners with the ecosystem. They are at a senior level in another stack. What's the next step? Apply for new stack with existing resume? Do you try to work in new stack at curren…
In terms of becoming skillful enough to pass interviews testing stack specific knowledge I've seen two strategies be broadly successful:
1. Take 1-2 months full time to work on a serious project in the stack. 2. Spend 1-2 years just being in the ecosystem and absorbing the collective groupthink, doing a few tutorials and occasionally hacking together small projects. A couple hours of your time per week throughout the process.