Where did all of the junior Android developer jobs go? Why is it so hard to find a job listing that fits this description? Is the market really that saturated with Android developers? It seems that everyone wants years of work experience, regardless of how good you are.
> Why is it so hard to find a job listing that fits this description?<p>Are you looking for a job listing, or for a job? Perhaps try to proactively contact companies you think could benefit from hiring you.<p>> It seems that everyone wants years of work experience, regardless of how good you are.<p>You can treat the years of work experience on a job listing however you want. You can think of it as an indication of the experience level they're seeking. If they ask for N years of experience in XYZ tech, and you are better at XYZ than most people who have N years of experience, then (i) apply, (ii) find a way to show how good you are.<p>For (ii), this should be easy if XYZ=Android, as the software you have worked on (for previous employers or on your own) is something they can run on their own phone. If it can run on a phone then it doesn't need some huge deployment effort or special build environment for them to try.
The years of experience isn't a hard & fast rule. For example, as soon as 1 1/4 years after I started working in frontend web development, I was receiving offers for lead & senior engineer positions, some where the job postings say 10+ years of experience. The important things are the quality of experience, and having demonstrable knowledge in your domain - in my case, my contributions to various open source libraries, some major, has unexpectedly skyrocketed my own career.<p>As for finding a junior position, your best bet is likely to work with a recruiter.
I don't have any knowledge of these markets, so I'm just speculating here.<p>Your query might be a problem. Maybe in a job ad for an entry-level role they're not using "Android" in the text as they presume only "programming", "computer science", "mobile", "devices", or "java" are the skills a junior dev would have.<p>Also, after putting out a job ad with skills keywords, employers are flooded with crap resumes and every candidate claims to be an expert in said skill.<p>And maybe companies don't need junior devs devoted solely to Android but need general Java devs.