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> software engineer who is self-taught > I don't know testing, cloud, or CI/CD practices

"I'm a master craftsman but I don't know how to use a jigsaw, plane a table top, and also I'm missing my dominant hand."

First, be honest with yourself and your skills, then re-craft your résumé.

Honest to god though? Build a fake e-commerce store in Gatsby that isn't shitty, then get back to interviews. But this time you're "web developer".

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Heck, I know testing, cloud, CI/CD, devops, etc. and have been doing it for 9 years.

And I still don't feel I can adequately call my self an engineer.

I feel like I can't call myself an engineer cause while I'm a decent doer who executes well, I am not the one coming up with high level plans of architecture. I've never been put on the spot.

Same, but for 12 years and I agree, even though I've done a lot of high-level architecture in the past few years. Some of my job consists of engineering no-doubt, but until I've graduated with my engineering BS, I'm just "developer" unless someone gives me a title that says otherwise.

Just been given the software engineer title at a few jobs, which I know is just a job title at this point.

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