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I landed my first job as a Software Developer and after my first day, I don't know what to think of it
I'm 29, with a background in retail management. I recently graduated from a Web Dev bootcamp called Lighthouse Labs in Dec 2022. I have to mention, I really really loved web development. My fav part of bootcamp was working with a team on projects (midterm and final) and so rewarding to see the final product.
After bootcamp, I got promoted to manager at the place where I was working part-time while enrolled in this bootcamp. It was okay but I was looking for my first opportunity in tech. I still went at it. Kept coding every day and building projects. I built two different projects and did coding challenges. I did get a few interviews but I bombed the coding challenges due to a lack of DSA knowledge.
Well, surprisingly I applied for this position that was in my city and I got a call the next day to schedule an interview. The interview was with the IT manager and it was kind of technical. Some questions about SQL, and Javascript. I got the call the next day asking for my references and then the day after I was offered the job. I have to be honest I did agree to get paid the lower end of what they were offering, I wonder if that played a part in them hiring me.
Today was my first day and it was not what I expected. So, the team is made up of 4 IT guys and 1 Software Developer (that's me). I was just given this documentation that was super vague. The code base is all over the place with jQuery, bootstrap, .net core MVC, razor pages, C#, and Javascript. A lot of things I didn't learn in bootcamp. The guy who interviewed me just shared with me the repos on Github and told me to go through them. That's all I did all day. I had no idea what I was looking at.
I'm really planning to look for something else. Honestly, I miss being the manager in my previous position because most days I would just sit in my office and work on coding since the workload there wasn't much. I have come to understand that my passion and my expertise are in Front end Development. Did anyone have a similar experience? Is this a pretty common experience? Does anyone have any advice they'd like to share? I'm all ears!
I'm 29, with a background in retail management. I recently graduated from a Web Dev bootcamp called Lighthouse Labs in Dec 2022. I have to mention, I really really loved web development. My fav part of bootcamp was working with a team on projects (midterm and final) and so rewarding to see the final product.
After bootcamp, I got promoted to manager at the place where I was working part-time while enrolled in this bootcamp. It was okay but I was looking for my first opportunity in tech. I still went at it. Kept coding every day and building projects. I built two different projects and did coding challenges. I did get a few interviews but I bombed the coding challenges due to a lack of DSA knowledge.
Well, surprisingly I applied for this position that was in my city and I got a call the next day to schedule an interview. The interview was with the IT manager and it was kind of technical. Some questions about SQL, and Javascript. I got the call the next day asking for my references and then the day after I was offered the job. I have to be honest I did agree to get paid the lower end of what they were offering, I wonder if that played a part in them hiring me.
Today was my first day and it was not what I expected. So, the team is made up of 4 IT guys and 1 Software Developer (that's me). I was just given this documentation that was super vague. The code base is all over the place with jQuery, bootstrap, .net core MVC, razor pages, C#, and Javascript. A lot of things I didn't learn in bootcamp. The guy who interviewed me just shared with me the repos on Github and told me to go through them. That's all I did all day. I had no idea what I was looking at.
I'm really planning to look for something else. Honestly, I miss being the manager in my previous position because most days I would just sit in my office and work on coding since the workload there wasn't much. I have come to understand that my passion and my expertise are in Front end Development. Did anyone have a similar experience? Is this a pretty common experience? Does anyone have any advice they'd like to share? I'm all ears!
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