{"id":2282,"date":"2020-01-06T16:32:47","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T15:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.codemotion.com\/magazine\/uncategorized\/job-problems-how-to-solve-5-common-career-challenges-for-developers\/"},"modified":"2022-02-17T15:31:21","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T14:31:21","slug":"developer-career-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.codemotion.com\/magazine\/dev-life\/cto\/developer-career-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Solve 5 Common Career Challenges for Developers"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s February, and most of you have probably enjoyed a break from work over the festive season. Less time coding and more time gaming or film watching. All that time with colleagues is replaced with family, friends and pets rather than coworkers. Did you return to your job<\/span> this week with feeling is enthusiasm or dread?<\/p>\n

The beginning of the year can be a time of reckoning. You might be considering looking for a new job<\/span>. Or taking steps towards the next level in your career. Or moving into another sector altogether. Here at Codemotion<\/span>, we’re here to help. We have a dedicated track at our conferences to career development<\/span>. We also have a platform dedicated to community<\/span> meetups. These are great places to sharpen your skills and find out about jobs<\/span> in your sector.<\/p>\n

This is the first article of a dedicated series focused on career challenges, and job<\/span> progression strategies<\/strong>. Stay tuned for more including interviews, an advice column and much more<\/strong>. But first, let’s take a look at some resources from speakers from the Codemotion conference<\/a> series:<\/p>\n

1. When you’re a junior developer and frustrated by job rejections<\/h2>\n
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Many people are working in tech who arrived from other careers or degrees. Berta Devant<\/a> is one of them, juggling a career in photography with learning to code, eventually becoming an engineer. She shared with us about the challenge of getting a foot in the door as a junior developing noting,<\/p>\n

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“There is a common misconception that junior developers are a burden and won’t be delivering value for the first months or even years.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Berta experienced a struggle many of us are familiar with. She was applying for jobs<\/span> that come with a grocery list of job<\/span> requirements, most of which require years of experience. More than one employer told her “Just come back again in three years”<\/p>\n

She shared:<\/p>\n

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“One thing that got to me after being a developer<\/span> for like an actual company with a team for about a year and a half now I realized that half of my job<\/span> more than half of all the time it’s not even code, it’s about people and it’s about learning<\/span>.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

How did she go from photographer to dev and go from coding schools to a career? Watch her presentation to find out. You can also view Berta’s slides<\/a><\/p>\n

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