I’m in the same boat. I’m trying to go from frontend developer/designer to project manager. My advice is to look for certifications that are respected in the field and then acquire them.

i think this only applies in the us. nobody i know in europe gives two shits about certifications, unless it’s the kind you can’t work without, like electrician.

Certs are really only for HR. Most hiring people understand certs are just taking a test and have little to do with real job skill.

I help in hiring for my company. Most candidates lack communication skills and the ability to apply their knowledge. We have hired people with MS in IT who were totally incomplete, and people with no degrees in the field who were stellar, self-motivating, and were quickly promoted.

The problem that most employees don’t want to hear is that all their experience and degrees mean nothing if they can’t market those skills and demonstrate basic social competence and self-reliance.

I got certifications, communication skills, and I research every company I’m lucky enough to get an interview for. You hiring? I would be a star employee.

We are hiring entry level jobs only that pay about 45-50K. People often balk at the starting offer, but we offer fulltime WFH, and everyone who works here has been here for years or decades.

It is very hard to get applicants, because people balk at the starting pay. But what they dont’ realize is our benefits basically offer you an extra 20K+ in total comp and are far more generous than most companies these days. We have gold-plated healthcare package, and retirement matching, which is rare to find.

It’s so tough. 45k isn’t enough to cover expenses where I live (I know because we’re doing it, and if we weren’t dual income it just wouldn’t work). It doesn’t matter that my husband gets amazing retirement matching and decent benefits, because without my (admittedly small) income we couldn’t pay rent and utilities. If you want to be independent here and have a yard, you need to make more. A few years ago here you couldn’t even find an apartment with that salary, but it’s calmed down a little.