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I feel so stuck. I'm 25 and live with my parents. I do not have a CS degree (I have a BA in Economics). A year ago, I quit my full-time job as maintainer of a legacy C++ code base due to mental health issues (manic episodes). Before that, I worked as an iOS developer.
Thanks to therapy, I am now back on my feet mentally, but I'm struggling with the job market. I've been unemployed for an entire year. I've worked on side projects and tried to broaden my skill set by learning Ruby on Rails and JavaScript, but I still get little to no response from employers.
I'm starting to think it's the lack of CS degree combined with employment gap that's holding me back. Basically, I lost the traction I would have had if I hadn't quit. I also worry that my previous job was a fluke; I basically got it for being a huge C++ geek during the interview.
My therapist suggested I do a 10-week coding bootcamp. She claims since I'll likely be "top of my class" I'll get solid employment opportunities and contacts. Is this a good idea?
I am writing an web application in Elixir/Phoenix. It is an app with many categories that does not fit the single-page application model.
That being said, I want it to look and feel like a modern web application by 2017's standards. Ideally, I could use a lean JavaScript framework for interactive UI elements, validation, assorted bells and whistles, etc.
Everything I've come across seems like absolute overkill for my needs. It's also hard to find a framework that isn't tightly coupled with the SPA label. I do not want to work around an SPA framework, nor do I wish to force my app to be an SPA.