Price tag on one year experience

I am currently in a bit of a dilemma. I have been working on a contract for a year and about a month now and this particular contract is up for re-compete, so I am looking for work just in case something happens. My question is I have been primarily been programming in C# doing console applications. I have done little modifications to windows forms with a little javascript, html, and css in my spare time. I've worked with .net frameworks 3.5/4.0, VS2008/VS2010/VS2013, oracle 10c, 11g and now 12c. I have recently been converting perl scripts into powershell, but have been doing that only just about two weeks now.

I guess my question is what kind of a price tag could I put myself in with such little experience.

First of all, if you think you are a piece of purchase, or an object that someone can purchase and give up on. Then you should better change this mentality. Programmers are a community, they are the shape-changers in the world. They have, they will change what we see today!

Since you do not have much knowledge (in my case, you already have enough knowledge, if your boss or manager is good, he will be able to make a good use of you with this much knowledge also) you can keep the bet in their hands. Give them the opportunity to hire you.

But, that doesn't fit in. First of all, act like a programmer. Be confident! By sincere and loyal. Tell them what you know and tell them what you do not. Share your previous experiences, work history, education and other similar things that you would tell your up-coming company. There are many great companies always looking forward for great developers, everyone starts off with a "First step" then they continue to walk or run. :-)

I hope you got my point. Never feel bad about your knowledge, you may have more knowledge than most of us here! Just keep that in your head and on your face. Getting recruited in an interview is a separate concern. I have explained these things in my new article, you may be interested in reading that: http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/201fc1/top-interview-questions-for-any-developer-or-it-e/

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Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan11y ago
First of all, if you think you are a piece of purchase, or an object that someone can purchase and give up on. Then you should better change this mentality. Programmers are a community, they are the shape-changers in the world. They have, they will change what we see today!

Since you do not have much knowledge (in my case, you already have enough knowledge, if your boss or manager is good, he will be able to make a good use of you with this much knowledge also) you can keep the bet in their hands. Give them the opportunity to hire you.

But, that doesn't fit in. First of all, act like a programmer. Be confident! By sincere and loyal. Tell them what you know and tell them what you do not. Share your previous experiences, work history, education and other similar things that you would tell your up-coming company. There are many great companies always looking forward for great developers, everyone starts off with a "First step" then they continue to walk or run. :-)

I hope you got my point. Never feel bad about your knowledge, you may have more knowledge than most of us here! Just keep that in your head and on your face. Getting recruited in an interview is a separate concern. I have explained these things in my new article, you may be interested in reading that: http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/201fc1/top-interview-questions-for-any-developer-or-it-e/