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OMG, do not go back to school. As for "I have some things I can point to in my work experience [...] but not that much.", just put your spare time stuff in the cover letter (or under experience as "Personal project") and the employers you want will recognize a True Enthusiast(tm).

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You reckon huge amounts of enthusiasm would be, somehow, tantamount to having a nice portfolio? Or would a portfolio carry much more weight? (take this question given the circumstances of a junior dev -- 1-2 years xp in back-end)

Sorry for the slow response, I just found the Threads index. :) If you have the nice work history, use it. If not, go with your strength. Most good employer devs were themselves doing Great Things when they were just out of the box and when reading resumes we are looking for that younger version of ourselves.

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