[kevsim]

It's a challenging situation you're in. As a hiring manager, I often find people who've done a lot of outside learning don't stand up to interviews because they often haven't really internalized the material.

What could maybe make it easier is to actually DO something with this knowledge. That could mean building a small service (or even library) that scratches some itch you have and hosting it somewhere cheap. That will be a lot closer to the type of learning you get on the job. As a potential employers, I can load it up and click on it and actually see what you can do. This gives you something very concrete to discuss with interviewers.

Best of luck to you!

[nm-f]

Thank you for the reply, I think this is quite achievable. Do you think a project done "just for fun" works too? I had a thought about writing something like a simple fluid simulation toy, or is it better to focus on something like a webapp that's actually useful.

[kevsim]

Both could work. Pick the one that’s closest to the type of thing you’d be working on in the types of roles you’d be applying for.