How long have you been in tech if you don’t mind my asking? I’ve found that (surprise) confidence is a function of experience. The kids that started early (age 8 to 13) always seemed to have a leg up on the rest of us, but it’s because they’ve got a solid 5-10 years “experience” (YMMV in terms of quality of course).
If you’re still junior in your career, just pay attention. If you’re getting senior level but you’re not getting enough work, start doing more personal projects that require you to “own” the whole thing from end to end.
Does that include education (uni/boot camp)? Because honestly I think unless you went to a school in a tech hub city, they didn’t teach you everything you need to know about CS.
Have you read the seminal literature (the thing they didn’t teach you in ugrad)? Gang of Four OOP design patterns, Patterns of enterprise architecture?
You might ask your employer for a subscription to O’reilly books online.
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How long have you been in tech if you don’t mind my asking? I’ve found that (surprise) confidence is a function of experience. The kids that started early (age 8 to 13) always seemed to have a leg up on the rest of us, but it’s because they’ve got a solid 5-10 years “experience” (YMMV in terms of quality of course).
If you’re still junior in your career, just pay attention. If you’re getting senior level but you’re not getting enough work, start doing more personal projects that require you to “own” the whole thing from end to end.
about 7 years
Does that include education (uni/boot camp)? Because honestly I think unless you went to a school in a tech hub city, they didn’t teach you everything you need to know about CS.
Have you read the seminal literature (the thing they didn’t teach you in ugrad)? Gang of Four OOP design patterns, Patterns of enterprise architecture?
You might ask your employer for a subscription to O’reilly books online.