From middle backend java developer to middle android developer. How is work experience considered when applying for a job?

Question

Java

Hello. I am now a backend developer (enterprise). I have 1.5 years of work experience. In general, everything suits, but I wanted something new and began to study development on android and the kotlin language. But I'm interested in this moment: how difficult is it for a middle java developer to get a job as a middle android developer? How did you personally take into account the experience of work in this case? Will it be a strong factor that I don't have experience developing on android within any projects (i.e. I have pure development experience to learn, but not work in a project)?

Answer 1

How do you agree. If you can convince the employer that your experience in the related field and a strong theory in the target will help you quickly join and work with full dedication, then you can stay in the middle. How difficult it will be depends on how long they can’t fill a vacancy, the level of bureaucracy in the company, the personal qualities of the interviewers, and many other factors. You can still try to agree on a revision of the grade in six months, for example.

Answer 2

I did exactly that.

How did you personally take into account the experience of work in this case?

no one cares what was the backend

Will it be a strong factor that I have no experience in android development

at the current job there is no way to touch the android project even a little?
The most important thing is to memorize the theory. I went through interviews for about a month, 5-8 times a week, at first everyone refused me and I poured in questions, then they started to take, but offer less salary than on the backend, by the end of the month I was already offered more than on the current one. Almost everyone has the same questions and they all need to be memorized. Java will help a lot, consider that you already know a significant part.
It was very annoying that they offered many vacancies for a backend developer, even during social security for android it happened, you should not agree.

depends on how long they can’t fill the vacancy,

Sergey Gornostaev said this here, well, for such a long time they can’t close vacancies even with good money in all the companies where I worked. There are a lot of vacancies for the middle and there are not enough people.
The main factor is only how well you learn the theory from sites for preparing for social security.