From QA to Junior developer?

Question

Career in IT

Hello!
My experience in IT is 1 year. Basically, I'm still a beginner. All this year I have been developing autotests for the web, exclusively GUI. Mostly in Java, now with difficulty in JS.
Back in the spring, I had an interest in almost all languages ​​and technologies in my head, I wanted to learn everything at once. Now I have singled out two languages ​​that are of interest to me: these are Java and Python. Machine learning, artificial intelligence, data analysis are very attractive. But in our country, as I understand it, apart from Django, employers do not need anything. And you can get into a Python developer only with a name behind 3+ years of experience. Where can you actually get them?
There are practically no junior positions, in my city for sure. Therefore, I think to leave it as a hobby. And look deeper towards java junior. There are more vacancies, and I have already had experience with Java for a year, albeit in testing.
The question is: how much more to dig to get on the road to the Java developer? What to sit down to learn? Spring?
The decision to move came to my mind due to the fact that GUI testing is rarely used in automation. They also want unit tests from the automator, and the API is also here. Therefore, it seems to me that it is better to try yourself in development. What do you think?

Answer 1

Vacancy - the first thing I found!
If you want, you can find everything. Learn what you like. And you will find a job as soon as you get a "skill".
Python is also in demand for freelancing.
I'm learning Ruby, so it's 4 times less in demand. )
Good luck.

Answer 2

"My experience in IT is 1 year."
"The question is, how much more to dig to get on the road as a Java developer? What should I learn? Spring?"
You have been working for a whole year. Are there really only testers in your entire project? And who writes the code? Talk to your colleagues - it's possible that you can just become a junior developer right on your project, which will be easier for you (as a person familiar with the product).
Ask experienced colleagues to conduct several interviews with you to find knowledge gaps.
Ask them to interview every 2-3 months and work hard to close those gaps.
Perhaps one of my colleagues has an open-source project as a hobby. Ask, in exchange for curating, to complete some tasks in this project.
In general, with the ability to use the search, there are more than enough answers on the Internet. The main thing is to formulate the questions correctly.

Answer 3

The answer is obvious in Moscow there is a remote work there, programming in parallel with work would give you a year of experience