How to get a mid to senior front end position?

Question

I have been working as a frontend dev for the past 6 year, but in react.js I am relatively new and worked on only a handful of small react and react native projects.I have been freelancing from the past 1 and a half year, but now want to switch to a full time job. I am looking for a mid to senior level frontend position but they all demand extensive experience in react and its ecosystem.The question is how can I secure such jobs when I don't have a history of working on mid to large scale react projects? I was thinking of building some side projects but the interviewers demand experience with real industry projects. Has anyone gone through similar experience who can guide me.

johncoltrane · Accepted Answer

Well, if what makes a mid to senior front-end engineer is "extensive experience in react and its ecosystem" and you "don't have a history of working on mid to large scale react projects", then the only way to get that dream job is to gain more React experience. One or two more years spent freelancing on carefully chosen projects should be enough.But the wind is turning: if you can, splitting your efforts 50/50 between React and Vue projects would probably be a good idea.