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@theKarlisK
Thank you but this is really over my head. Async, promises, data models.
It’s me the code is gorgeous super easy to understand I just don’t know anything. Only used the dev tools to debug css before.
To add to it I can tell the senior does not want me here. He was not in the interview and had no say.
It’s a big defense contractor so I am thinking I would need to be warned before they let me go.
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Nope! I was in the same position 6 months ago with a defense contractor and we inherited similarly terrible apps. A mess of C#, jQuery hacks, work arounds for IE, you name it. It’s still a mess but I’ve got my head around it and I’m the technical lead on the contract. I’ve now got a Security + cert and I’m about to get my CASP cert. I’m definitely on my way to a 6 figure job. However I do think all the DOD code is probably crap.
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I went in into my first job with zero JS experience which I told them. Learned, contributed, maintained the entire application solo by the end (after 1.5 years).
The thing with such organization, where the codebase is bad and the organization is bad is that you will want to leave them at some point. Don't worry too much about being fired.
In a job that I am WAY over my head. Onboarding is a shitshow like usual the devs did not know I was starting until the day before. My only real expierence is school doing php/laravel. Very honest in my interview only a year of codecamp at a local community college and very small tasks at my old job.
This is a JS app using a bunch of old frameworks/ libraries. I was told it was React in the interview.
How long until they fire me for being i competent?
In the US and working for a defense contractor. Which I was told it was harder to fire people.
3 mos? 6 mos?
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