Thoughts on the "fake it til you make it" mentality in career growth? Regarding a Front End Developer role.

I passed the HR screen, did an interview with who would be my) supervisor and the team lead, and am now doing a coding test.

I am familiar enough with the language (React) and pushing updates to Git in order to complete the test, but I'm afraid when I do a panel with the team to review my design, I'll end up making a fool of myself.

I've never been so excited yet so nervous for a role.

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Sounds like you’re approaching an entry level position. Be dreadfully honest about what you know and what you don’t.

“Fake it till you make it” applies to confidence, not capability. If you know react well enough and git versión control, they’ll take you the rest of the way.

Show them you Can be a communicative dev (I know this sounds like the bare minimum but you’d be surprised) and you’ll do great.

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As PM working with dev’s every day - I 100% agree communicate v.clearly what you know and don’t know but also how you learn and your ability to pickup new languages quickly. Never fake your capabilities especially since you have 3 of 4 things they are looking for. If you don’t speak up about what you don’t know or are stumped by, you are a massive liability to the company.

I still fake it till I made it after twenty years. Just pretend you know it and learn that shit fast.

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I don’t know if fake it till you make it works w tech.

Got a friend that pretty good in react? This company still hiring and is it located in NYC or remote?

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