Jr. Devs: Don’t Take That Job!

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The dev market is tough right now. It's hard for Jr. Devs especially to get jobs and most will take the first on that comes their way. However, today I want to discuss 3 things your first job needs to have in order for you to be as successful as possible.

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[CW]

some more red flags during Interview:
- unclear job scope, e.g. ad-hoc tasks, standby in case any issue arises, we will let you know later, we have not assigned roles yet...
- extremely detailed question, e.g. write a recursive search algorithm, write a djikstra algorithm, any code writing on the spot before they let you know what the job entails
- expecting you to work independently e.g. can you complete everything while being alone in the office with no help whatsoever
- work under tight deadlines e.g. are you able to come in on the weekends, will you be able to stay late after working hours, can you work fast and without mistakes, no room for negotiatiing deadlines

while these points may be common expectations, use your judgement wisely. There is a reasonable line to be drawn for all these expectations, and some employers will push your boundaries as much as they can get away with. Try to probe out these expectations in the interview to avoid regrets later on when landing your job.

[woody-xmve]

I did this! Lol just grabbed the offer and after I got hired I ended up doing Helpdesk/testing and they expected me to learn it by myself and nobody wants to help or give me guidane, the worst part was the supervisor and one of the senior influenced some of the seniors who’s willing to give guidance not to trust me. So I learnied it by myself. Fast forward, right after everything opens up I got hired as a data analyst around DC area and now working as a data engineer. Moral of the story don’t get excited right away but ask a lot of questions! Thanks for this video!

[maciejlegowicz]

just as I was watching this - I was this "senior" dev on the top of a massive pile of tasks with unreasonable deadlines, and my manager just threw on top of that a junior to take care of ... this junior guy was really nice, ambitious with a different background (he was front end, I had some heavy back end stuff to deal with at that time) and I just couldn't handle that. Pay gride was decent, but not decent enough to have a 120% commitment during business hours .. even after that - we - programmers and developers know that - wasn't possible. Cheers

[JustinGiglio-of]

it would be nice if there were apprenticeships like in the trades. i'd code from home for minimum wage...

[maciejlegowicz]

another interesting point arose here - looking from my own experience and perspective. I think it is important the (as for a junior dev) person you will be reporting to has a clue what the font we trying to achieve. Do we want to ad-hoc ad some functionality to something or can we be clever and think 2 or 3 steps ahead and build something that can be re-used? Great lesson for how to build / expand systems.

[sarthakbhatt]

I took a job as tech support in faang pay is great work is good too but minimal coding, what should I do?

[NorlynCodes]

Hey Dave, what resources would you recommend for those who want to transition to tech and become a frontend dev?