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Author	SirPanic
Comment	Might be worth broadening your scope from just Python work. If your current career path isn't fulfilling your experience needs then your best bet is going to be trying something else. I started in the industry as a C developer, and in the 5 years since I've worked professionally on C, C++, Java, Javascript, VB, Ada. I'm considered a full stack developer and as a result, any time I want to work on a project that uses technology I'm unfamiliar with there's confidence because I have a clear track record of adapting to new spaces. If you're determined to be doing Python, take up a job working for a company that you feel could benefit from it and suggest it any time a product meeting comes up, or work on side projects to show the company the benefit of the language and your expertise in it. If you're struggling to find work in only one language it's going to harm your future career prospects. The only person that knows the circumstances of your unfortunate career history is you, so a prospective employer is going to see your CV and be concerned as to why you seem to have been filtered away from a coding role if that's what you're applying for. You'll also find yourself in a situation where you'll be applying for graduate level roles and losing out to graduates who are lower risk since they at least have an obvious excuse to be at that level of experience.
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Created	Tue 16th Jul 2019 4:39pm
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Might be worth broadening your scope from just Python work.
If your current career path isn't fulfilling your experience needs then your best bet is going to be trying something else. I started in the industry as a C developer, and in the 5 years since I've worked professionally on C, C++, Java, Javascript, VB, Ada.

I'm considered a full stack developer and as a result, any time I want to work on a project that uses technology I'm unfamiliar with there's confidence because I have a clear track record of adapting to new spaces.

If you're determined to be doing Python, take up a job working for a company that you feel could benefit from it and suggest it any time a product meeting comes up, or work on side projects to show the company the benefit of the language and your expertise in it.

If you're struggling to find work in only one language it's going to harm your future career prospects. The only person that knows the circumstances of your unfortunate career history is you, so a prospective employer is going to see your CV and be concerned as to why you seem to have been filtered away from a coding role if that's what you're applying for.

You'll also find yourself in a situation where you'll be applying for graduate level roles and losing out to graduates who are lower risk since they at least have an obvious excuse to be at that level of experience.