Good question! I've been in your shoes before, and here's what's worked for me and folks I know:
Show that you have a history of learning quickly with little guidance. Maybe you learned a new Javascript framework by working through exercises from a book? Maybe you're comfortable with CSS animations because you did some research? Make sure the potential employer knows that you're self-motivated and are very willing to learn by giving them examples of your self-guided learning.
Make something! It doesn't have to be fancy or complete, but you should have some code you can show off and talk about.
Share your knowledge. Write blog posts or give talks at meetups! Show them that you're an active member of the developer community.
Give examples of other people that have taken a chance on you. Maybe you were on a hackathon team? Maybe you collaborated with a friend on some small code project? Maybe you volunteer at a meetup? If other people believed in you and it went great, then the potential employer should believe in you, too!
Be excited about what they're doing. If you don't have experience in the language/framework they use, learn a little bit about it and tell them! Make sure they know that you're interested in learning it and getting up to speed.
In general, show them the experience that you do have, and all the awesome skills you already have. If you've done all that and an employer isn't willing to give you a chance, they're likely not the sort of company you'd want to work at anyways.
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Good question! I've been in your shoes before, and here's what's worked for me and folks I know:
Show that you have a history of learning quickly with little guidance. Maybe you learned a new Javascript framework by working through exercises from a book? Maybe you're comfortable with CSS animations because you did some research? Make sure the potential employer knows that you're self-motivated and are very willing to learn by giving them examples of your self-guided learning.
Make something! It doesn't have to be fancy or complete, but you should have some code you can show off and talk about.
Share your knowledge. Write blog posts or give talks at meetups! Show them that you're an active member of the developer community.
Give examples of other people that have taken a chance on you. Maybe you were on a hackathon team? Maybe you collaborated with a friend on some small code project? Maybe you volunteer at a meetup? If other people believed in you and it went great, then the potential employer should believe in you, too!
Be excited about what they're doing. If you don't have experience in the language/framework they use, learn a little bit about it and tell them! Make sure they know that you're interested in learning it and getting up to speed.
In general, show them the experience that you do have, and all the awesome skills you already have. If you've done all that and an employer isn't willing to give you a chance, they're likely not the sort of company you'd want to work at anyways.