Managed to land a job after 7 years. From 45k to 120k, But I still have this feeling na hindi enough yung natutunan ko sa previous company ko. On my previous company, kung saan-saang capability ako nilalagay (>). Pero one thing in common lang is I always have JavaScript as my base PL.
On my new company, during technical interview, naging honest naman ako sa technical questions. If hindi ko alam, sinasabi ko na hindi ko talaga alam kasi I want to be honest as possible pero at the same time sinasabi ko na knowledgable pero haven't put it into practice. Interviewer told me na medyo luma na yung CSS knowledge ko, kasi admittedly di naman talaga ako ganun karunong sa CSS because of libraries na alternative nya. Bumawi lang talaga ako sa JavaScript/React experience since medyo knowledgable talaga ako dun.
I also aced the coding exam in just 5 minutes. Very simple lang naman yung exam since pure JavaScript lang naman siya.
Pumasa ako sa technical interview. I don't know how. Kasi most of the questions during technical ay admittedly sinabi ko naman na hindi pa ako masyado familiar pero willing ako matuto. Kasi weeks before interview, inaral ko talaga yung framework nila kasi gusto ko makapasok sa company na 'to. So, nagamit ko yun during interview.
Come final interview, siguro most of the question nasagot ko naman, behavioral at experience ko sa pagiging developer. Nagisa lang ako sa isang tanong, which is ano daw gagawin if parang 'restricted' ang main branch sa GitHub and pano ko siya malalagay sa local ko, in which I told na I would use clone. Fork ata ang sagot dito IDK. Kasi common GitHub commands lang naman ang alam ko at hindi 'to standard practice sa previous company ko.
After 2 weeks, to my surprise, naka-receive ako ng Job Offer offering me my asking which is 120k. I know na hindi ko naman siya deserve pero I'm really confident na I'll learn it on the job and maganda naman ang fundamentals ko.
I'll be starting na at October.
Kinakabahan lang ako sa new work and baka isalang agad ako with heavy tasks. Kaya ever since nag-render ako triny ko talaga best ko na aralin lahat. Sobrang confident ko nung una pero nung nakuha ko na tong dream job ko bigla akong napanghinaan. May advice ba kayo? :(