I don't know your particular situation, but one thing to consider, find a job at a company you want to work for, even if it's not the position you want. It's sometimes easier to transfer from within.
I've tried applying for QA, but got turned down on my second interview with an engineer, because they thought I would be bored, since I already had some dev experience from a two month contract.
I've already sought advice. This included coffee with other HN users, and posting top threads. One is https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13726646
Easiest way is have OSS contributions.
A resume means nothing without some code to back it up
Is it temporary? Maybe...
You should look for a smart frontend dev instead who could learn a new framework easily. Search for a Frontend/php or frontend/javascript developer. You'll see the difference.
We rely mainly on interns coming back to join the company full time but recently we've had far more people leave than could be replaced by interns.
We're lucky in the sense that most of our interns are smart folks from solid institutions such as UoT, Waterloo etc.
I'm tempted to jump ship myself but I wanted to see out a project I'm working on first.
We've had developers move from Spain to Chile, and even Uruguay where I am, rather than France, so there must be some problem with salaries (they do have the advantage of the same language here of course).
What conclusion are you hoping to reach here?
I'm not sure why this is but I know if it were 8 years ago my resume would never have made it through the HR filter.
