Where can a newbie find a job?

Question

Career in IT

I have such a question - I have long dreamed of becoming a web developer. I learned HTML and CSS perfectly, I practiced wherever possible, I can make a layout of any complexity (I asked my friends to name the sites they liked and completely repeated them), of course, I faced the need to learn JS. In the process, I became very interested in it and I understand that I want to go into programming, I read books, watch courses, and look for something new and unknown.

But a dream is a dream, but I also want to eat, I decided to freelance (after all, I can write a slider, a validator, a timer and other little things). I went to workzila and what I see is that 90% of orders are to make up a site on tilde! WAT? And I killed two years to typeset websites on tilde? Is this why I studied data security, loading speed and SEO?

I did not despair, I decided to find a serious job, opened hh, saw the requirements for juniors and.... here I already despaired - JS + React / Angular + PHP + Django + Mysql and much more - and this is only for juniors! I want to develop further, I'm not satisfied with the level - to make a slider. And I understand that I need practice. I'm not chasing big money, I'm chasing great knowledge, and in order to get it in a real team, I still need to learn a few languages?

Where to go next? Get the perpetual student syndrome? How to join the dream profession that you have been dreaming about since school? Maybe I'm not looking there?

Answer 1

It is necessary to study JS deeply and seriously, like other languages ​​and technologies. When you meet a vacancy for a junior with "JS + React / Angular + PHP + Django + Mysql and more" - just close the tab, they don't know what they want)
The fact that you can not find a job without experience is not entirely true. Difficult, but possible. What do we look at in our company when front-end candidates come: conceptual knowledge of the language and programming in general (in my own words, well, I forgot some definition - and figs with it, the main thing is to tell at least on the fingers), skills of working c HTML / CSS / JS and especially teamwork skills, knowledge of Git at a level sufficient for everyday tasks. Where can you get teamwork skills if you don't have a team? You need to become a team yourself) Conduct pet projects as if there are two dozen other people on the project besides you, perform different roles. Keep track of what and how you commit to the repository. If you used some kind of tracker - this is a plus. If you worked with at least one framework - also a plus. If you can show pet projects where you really did something, albeit small, but solving some problem - another plus. It happens that these pluses interrupt 5+ years of work experience (although there was a difficult case in general))) Because experience is a thing that can be acquired, but not everyone has the ability to learn quickly and continuously enough, gain this very experience and use it.
Now for many companies is a difficult period, not the best time to look for work. But for now, you can upgrade your skills, make a CV, put something on github. Try to play "team" with yourself. Respond to vacancies, try to pass social security. Here's how to find out about you if you don't show yourself? Not "opened hh ... and closed", but purposefully and methodically engaged in the search. If they refuse in 9 places - it's ok, it happens. In the 10th they can take it.
At first, it is better to work in the office, it will be easier in many ways. With experience, you can think about remote work or freelancing. But it's like someone, to each his own. Do not take other people's advice (for example, mine))) on faith, check, experiment, achieve.

Answer 2

Throw an ad on Avito that you can do anything from landing to social. networks (with backend) for 500 rubles per hour. You will be provided with a job.