Hi,
I been interviewed couple of times, say 4-5 times and been rejected! , reason? I lack MVC or OOP knowledge or hands on experience with them, i know what i lack in but i can’t get through it. Its like my mind can’t grasp. I know working hard counts and i do but if given a chance to prove which i am not getting. This is my story.
I been freelancing for 4 years and work has been really cold since last year and before it I was always on my toes (was good). When I started freelance I did Wordpress themes and got better with it in 3 years but always I was asked to code like programming, (I do love programming as in the way a click can send emails, play video, pause video etc so php work was involved). Before freelancing I did jobs, my longest job was of 3 years and it was of web designer and as a person who loves photoshop and graphic I was writing CSS and HTML and that was it and got good with it with time and browsers to browsers comparison of look and feel. After that I didn’t landed anywhere solid as people wanted me to work on php much and I didn’t know it. Now I am faced with a career question, because I get numerous calls from recruitment agency and while I worked in Wordpress and magneto (theme development), i m asked for php and I say yes as I know it but not a expert, so I had couple of interviews but couldn’t make it through as I m no expert or mid level php developer. It’s a constant rejection for last 3 months and no work for last 4 years. My parents is supporting me but I have to look for myself and my family.
I don’t know what to do or whether I should leave the computer’s line and start something else, then again I don’t have formal education but I constantly learn from treehouse and lynda. A part of me want to do arts as I love colours and animation 3D but what I don’t excel in that too. How can i motivate myself when I get rejected, how can I figure what I can do good or good at? And if I should consider career change or be a web designer instead of web developer