Hi, new here, I was recommended here by someone
I have been applying for contract roles in the last week but have had no interview offers, and am wondering if I should bother yet.
I am a full-stack developer with 2.5 years total experience; the first 1 & 3/4 years being C++/other frameworks and the last ~7 months with web; React + Redux, Node, AWS, ES6 etc, with another ~year of personal projects using node/react, though I have found my own projects only help if I get an interview offer, they seem next to useless at the initial application/CV sending stage, judging by how few visits my site gets (where the projects are).
In contrast with contract roles, I get interviews offers for around 70% (guess) of permanent roles with a similar skillset around the 40-50k mark, which (I think) makes me a solid mid-level web dev, so I thought I'd test the waters with contracting since that's where I'd like to end up, but have had no interview offers even with lower paid £350/day rates, so am guessing I just don't have the commercial experience yet. So as the title says, when is enough commercial experience to apply for React and/or Node contract roles?
Any advice would be much appreciated
I have been applying for contract roles in the last week but have had no interview offers, and am wondering if I should bother yet.
I am a full-stack developer with 2.5 years total experience; the first 1 & 3/4 years being C++/other frameworks and the last ~7 months with web; React + Redux, Node, AWS, ES6 etc, with another ~year of personal projects using node/react, though I have found my own projects only help if I get an interview offer, they seem next to useless at the initial application/CV sending stage, judging by how few visits my site gets (where the projects are).
In contrast with contract roles, I get interviews offers for around 70% (guess) of permanent roles with a similar skillset around the 40-50k mark, which (I think) makes me a solid mid-level web dev, so I thought I'd test the waters with contracting since that's where I'd like to end up, but have had no interview offers even with lower paid £350/day rates, so am guessing I just don't have the commercial experience yet. So as the title says, when is enough commercial experience to apply for React and/or Node contract roles?
Any advice would be much appreciated
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