Who worked as a web programmer

Question

PHP

Hello! Interested in the advice of people who worked in the company as a web programmer. I worked as a freelancer for many 3 years, now I want to get a job as a programmer in an office for some reason. Reading job sites, every ad is terrifying. For example, necessarily in the requirements, there is some point, the experience of which you do not yet have. So, dear colleagues, tell us from your own experience how did you start working in the office? Right away or freelancing first? Was there something that you did not immediately know how to do, but was required of you.

Answer 1

Hello, you need to realize one truth that there is always a huge difference between who a company wants to take and who it actually takes, this is not only about programming, it is true in any profession. Imagine, the head of the development department needs a PHP programmer, he goes to the HR manager and says, post a vacancy in the specialty php programmer, the head of developers, having said this, has already entered all the requirements into the value of the php programmer, the personnel manager asks him what else he should know and be able? the boss quickly throws information at him, the manager takes this information and processes it with his managerial mind, which differs from the thinking of the head of the department, and compiles the following web developer, knowledge, and away we go - php, css, js, joomla, sql, and so on. etc.
This is the same as writing in the announcement (I am looking for a driver with traffic light knowledge), but if driving a car is more or less known to all people, then programming is not. The boss needs a php programmer with all the related knowledge (you can’t learn how to drive a car and not know where the brake pedal is), and the manager needs to find such a superman so that they are left behind, and you can play solitaire further :)
Bottom line, look at the essence of the job advertisement , they can demand a lot, but in any case they will take the one who owns the key skill that they initially require.
The main thing is to present yourself so that they are delighted that you paid attention to them. ))
Remember in Russia there is an acute shortage of techies, as such, and secondly, (you know, we reviewed your resume. You don’t really suit our company. What are you, the sign on your office doesn’t look like Gazprom either) Success in employment. ))

Answer 2

What you don’t know - pull it up, at least get acquainted, so as not to swim at all, if asked.
And so, the texts of vacancies are often simply copied or they start writing about everything when they just heard it, because they themselves do not understand this or if a slightly advanced HR manager is looking for a candidate. I've seen this so many times. As a rule, at such interviews, they purely ask: what did they do, look at your work, ask some general questions and that's it.
If you go to work in a studio (or similar companies), for example, it will certainly be more specific there, but you will be interviewed by a competent person (most likely), who will be able to consider your "+" and "-" and draw the appropriate conclusions.

Answer 3

Immediately, without freelancing. It was that he did not know. Asked, googled, studied.

Answer 4

@makol article in WSJ