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by anon321321323 1679 days ago
I'm in Melbourne, Australia. Land of the lockdown. Currently building the obligatory todo list as a pure javascript web-based application and ios/android app for it using flutter. Probably do a React app as well to build up. I'm not a beginner but I'm rusty so I'm refreshing knowledge as I go.
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Mandatum 1678 days ago
Take a short term contract or just start applying for gigs. If you've got a history as a dev, it's not something that evaporates because you haven't been doing it for a few years. Plenty of large companies will hire you if your historical references check out.

Same area. Different niche.

Reach out if you want to do a mock interview (or tbh you should just be interviewing with everyone to practice). Of the last few jobs I've had only about half had practical tests. If you take a contract it's unlikely they'll make you do one.

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tiew9Vii 1678 days ago
React in AU is the in demand software job. The market looks to be going crazy for React devs more than anything else. Start looking now before the borders open again and salaries go down.

Take a contract, when I was job hunting I was frequently seeing React as the highest paying/in demand roles available.

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el_dev_hell 1678 days ago
Sup anon,

I'm from the same area and work in the same niche.

If you have passable React skills and any past experience, you should be employable now.

I wouldn't bother with the todo app. It's too generic on a resume to gauge anything relevant (since more tutorials are copy/paste and don't show any major problem solving).

Just start applying on Seek. There are tons of short term gigs that will take anyone. That's a great place to start.

Portfolios (i.e deployed personal projects) are huge here. This differs a lot from SV where they seem to have less bearing to get you in the door. The main point of note is that the projects need to be unique in some way.

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anon321321323 1678 days ago
Thanks. I'll finish off the apps but just put in for short contracts as you say. The "years of experience" thing is putting me off though.

The apps I'm building aren't from tutorials. They are solving my problems and those around me.

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