Get career experience in a role that allows you to tangentially experience things in the “senior” role you’re looking for, and do enough independent learning to fill in the gaps when you go interview.
Like… work a helpdesk job where you get to change backup tapes and you can say “I work to ensure the resilience of business critical servers.” Meanwhile go to YouTube University to develop some familiarity with “actually doing that.”
Might be a slow process but it’s how careers are built.
Get career experience in a role that allows you to tangentially experience things in the “senior” role you’re looking for, and do enough independent learning to fill in the gaps when you go interview.
Like… work a helpdesk job where you get to change backup tapes and you can say “I work to ensure the resilience of business critical servers.” Meanwhile go to YouTube University to develop some familiarity with “actually doing that.”
Might be a slow process but it’s how careers are built.