i appreciate the insight! A bootcamp isn't in the cards for me for a bunch of reasons, but I do have some friends who are devs and have been helpful in guiding me.

sounds like theres no avoiding the spamming applications part of the process to get that first job though. The worst. A lot of these code meetups turn into other jobseekers eating the free pizza complaining about this part. Luckily, I'm near NYC so I can catch a good amount of these. Usually lots of people from Flatiron School there.

your take on the tech stack is interesting. Seems some people advocate for just getting my feet wet with a bunch of the stuff, then filling in the gaps later vs what you're saying which is more calibrated for those whiteboard style interviews?

I did get a response from a recruiter last week and she mentioned they don't do them, I'd have to do a take home project instead, which I'd vastly prefer!