Jack of all trades career means I’m not great at a particular language. What do I do? /u/joshroycheese CSCQ protests reddit

Hi guys,

I’m currently looking for a job as I got made redundant

My problem is that I’ve had a very mixed bag of software languages. A year in Node, a couple in Java, 6 months in react/vue/angular, personal projects in Laravel

I’ve been great at interviews and people are generally happy with my CV. My issue is that I’m absolutely shocking at coding assessments.

I’ve had two, both “create a fully functioning X app in 4 hours” in different languages. And I’ve absolutely bombed both due to lack of experience in particular languages to be able to make stuff quickly enough. (And also nerves)

So I need to practice a lot – but how do I even choose what to practice on? Everywhere wants different specific experience. Do I make a project in each language or choose one to stick with?

Sorry if my words are all over the place, I’m feeling pretty low after ruining the technical task today x

Hi guys,

I’m currently looking for a job as I got made redundant

My problem is that I’ve had a very mixed bag of software languages. A year in Node, a couple in Java, 6 months in react/vue/angular, personal projects in Laravel

I’ve been great at interviews and people are generally happy with my CV. My issue is that I’m absolutely shocking at coding assessments.

I’ve had two, both “create a fully functioning X app in 4 hours” in different languages. And I’ve absolutely bombed both due to lack of experience in particular languages to be able to make stuff quickly enough. (And also nerves)

So I need to practice a lot – but how do I even choose what to practice on? Everywhere wants different specific experience. Do I make a project in each language or choose one to stick with?

Sorry if my words are all over the place, I’m feeling pretty low after ruining the technical task today x