Very true, I had probably just entered the "Upswing of Awesome".
I had quite a bit of experience with relational databases from my previous job, which I leveraged pretty heavily on my resume. As far as interviews, I was very honest about what I did and didn't know, and passed a coding test by pulling an all-nighter (and taking a vacation day) to learn a tiny bit about Django.
The offer came from a company I had initially reached out to about an unpaid internship, which eventually manifested into a full-time job. We agreed to a three month trial period, and they kept me on afterwards.
There was no doubt plenty of luck involved in the whole process. I sent dozens of cold emails, and offered to work for free several times (thankfully never had to).
I had quite a bit of experience with relational databases from my previous job, which I leveraged pretty heavily on my resume. As far as interviews, I was very honest about what I did and didn't know, and passed a coding test by pulling an all-nighter (and taking a vacation day) to learn a tiny bit about Django.
The offer came from a company I had initially reached out to about an unpaid internship, which eventually manifested into a full-time job. We agreed to a three month trial period, and they kept me on afterwards.
There was no doubt plenty of luck involved in the whole process. I sent dozens of cold emails, and offered to work for free several times (thankfully never had to).