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by AETackaberry 3028 days ago
Your DO section starts when you have already gotten the interview...but that is the hardest part for someone who is self taught or fresh out of a bootcamp.

You need to do everything in the article just to get an interview, just to get a chance.

Getting your foot in the door is by far the hardest part of trying to make a career switch into software development. A lot of people say that you shouldn't have to eat, drink, and sleep code and self-marketing to get an interview with a non-traditional background.

My opinion is that people changing their careers into software development have it easy. Name me another engineering degree where you can teach yourself and get an interview without a degree in that field.