✅ What is considered enough knowledge to start applying?
So it's not my first job, I got my first job which lastest 6 months right after I got my associates degree, it was C# and .NET focused think I was using .Net 4, and now my most recent job was more Js/Php/Python but I just got laid off 2 weeks ago with no heads up and now I feel like I'm not good enough at my job, so I've spent the last 2 weeks trying to learn C# and .NET to apply for jobs in my area. I found a roadmap and ive been doing it order but is all of this required before you can actually start applying??
I've finished the first 3 courses and im onto the fourth now, and in between I've been going through this course (https://www.udemy.com/course/ultimate-csharp-masterclass/learn/lecture/35867028#overview) to really learn C# I am at section 9 currently.
I'm going to keep going through all this material but I was just curious at what point would you have enough knowledge for a base level or junior level position?
I current have a Bachelors degree in Software engineering and about 2 yoe actually working.
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Make a simple blog application with ASP.NET Core, backed with SQLite database, using EF and all that jazz, without following a tutorial
If you can do it, congrats, you're ready
What about the language overall? I understand fundamentals, and OOP, but then C# has multithreading, async await, delegates, projects, assemblies, solutions, and then theres other topics such as Unit Testing, Deployment, CI/CD etc, is a junior not expected to know that, but it would be nice to haves?
My background is prodominantly javascript, react and node js. I can build full stack applications and deploy them. .Net and C# just feel like a different world compared.
async/await is a must if you want to go anywhere near web projects
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I'd add dependency injection as well if you're anywhere close to a modern .net project
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is OTEL .NET observability with OpenTelemetry?
Ive been learning .NET 8, so ive only touched modern .NET, DI seemed similar to Spring Boot which I did in college so that wasnt too crazy to pick up
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you already have,
apply for all jobs you see, even if they state it's "senior level"
edit: i didnt scroll down, only read orig post, but you clearly have a foot in the industry, so go ahead apply for whatever job posting you see and you're interested in, even if it's C# specific. if they see potential in you, and you're willing to learn C#, that'd only be a check in the plus column
mostly devs aren't senior devs, they're usually just in their 10th year of 1 years of experience.