Aging, mediocre programmer seeks fellow technical-minded individuals
I think most people in this field respect someone with a strong foundation and accomplishments.<p>I think a strong kick that you might need would be to take interviews with firms in SF or NY.  When I first started doing that I realized quickly just how little I could recite by rote that I should&#x27;ve been able to.  The questions IMO are not difficult, but they dig deep into your fundamental understanding of programming.<p>In other words the questions don&#x27;t require you to be a genius.  They just reinforce just how high the standards are in these cities and set an appropriate bar for people who want to be programmers.  Those things that are easy for you to lookup on MDN or your programming language&#x27;s website?  Your goal should be to become so familiar with those concepts and fundamental APIs &#x2F; function calls that you no longer need to reference them each time you need to use them.