I was a full time Python dev but the complexity of the work required wasn’t interesting enough for me. I wanted to move into web dev. So in 2014 I sat down and wrote an FTP/SFTP client in 100% Javascript (a plug-in for an editor). It impressed enough people that I eventually moved into a web dev role. If you write something that seems involved/complex enough, people will credit you as being capable in that language.
I was a full time Python dev but the complexity of the work required wasn’t interesting enough for me. I wanted to move into web dev. So in 2014 I sat down and wrote an FTP/SFTP client in 100% Javascript (a plug-in for an editor). It impressed enough people that I eventually moved into a web dev role. If you write something that seems involved/complex enough, people will credit you as being capable in that language.