[4 YoE, Software Engineer, Software Engineer, United States]

I've been applying for almost a year now, and gotten mostly rejections back. I recently just got an OA, but completely bombed it because I was so nervous. The last OA I got was over a year ago.

I'm currently working as a Software Engineer in the Semiconductor industry and would like to pivot more towards Software Applications, so I've been applying for Full-Stack/Backend roles, but have basically heard nothing back. For the one OA that I did get back, I completely bombed because I was so nervous.

At first I was only applying for Remote positions, for personal reasons, but now I've given up on that and begun applying to places with Seattle and New York as well.

At this point, I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong so any feedback on my resume would be greatly appreciated!

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u/edchamp12 — 4 days ago

[4 YOE] Software Engineer. Sent out countless applications with the generic rejections. Only gotten one coding assessment in the past year

I've been applying for almost a year now, and gotten mostly rejections back. I recently just got an OA, but completely bombed it because I was so nervous. The last OA I got was over a year ago.

I'm currently working as a Software Engineer in the Semiconductor industry and would like to pivot more towards Software Applications, so I've been applying for Full-Stack/Backend roles, but have basically heard nothing back. For the one OA that I did get back, I completely bombed because I was so nervous.

At first I was only applying for Remote positions, for personal reasons, but now I've given up on that and begun applying to places with Seattle and New York as well.

At this point, I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong so any feedback on my resume would be greatly appreciated!

https://preview.redd.it/9f4pos3thyjh1.png?width=5100&format=png&auto=webp&s=4a871ba27754c8c02a5f11fb6e968aa775043dd1

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u/edchamp12 — 4 days ago

Hi guys!
I've been working full time for about almost 4 years, and I mostly work in C++. However, I'm trying to pivot to working with a different tech stack. I'm trying to work with high level languages such as Javascript and also databases.

The issue I'm facing is that my only experience working with Javascript is a personal full stack project I've done using React and Node in the backend. When it comes to databases, my experience is slightly better than my experience with higher level languages, but not by much. During grad school, I took a DB course that used Postgres which is what I also used in my personal project.

Because I don't have any professional experience working with databases and higher level languages, I'm having trouble even getting interviews for job roles I'm looking for. I'm sure the current job market isn't helping as well.

Anyone have any advice on what I could do to get a role working in an entirely different tech stack than what I'm currently working with now?

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u/edchamp12 — 4 months ago