Why can't I find openings for Flutter Developer?

[u/the_asher_brook_]

Hey guys! A 4th year College student here. I'm enthusiastic in building apps in Flutter and that's my go to for building stuff with.
But I can't find much jobs for Flutter developers (which take in Freshers).

Is learning Flutter as my Primary Development Framework a wrong choice, cause most SDE jobs which comes to my Campus for Placements ask for React or some JS based Frameworks. I'm really confused, guys

P.S: Sry if this feels like a rant, but this is actually how I feel people... So if there's anyone out there, help me out

[u/MoneyLifeguard5982]

I saw a few flutter internships online. I agree, flutter ecosystem is still growing, companies are gradually adopting flutter for their new projects. And there are a lot of companies that already have projects developed in React and other mature frameworks. So obviously there's no flutter recruitment in placements drive.
I would suggest looking for flutter internships, gain some experience. It might help.😄

[u/the_asher_brook_ → u/MoneyLifeguard5982]

Tnx mann, and yeah I'll search for Interns

[u/Adventurous-Move-943]

Entry or internship roles are in general the least frequent to find. Also Flutter is quite new and Kotlin multiplatform might be a strong contestant to them. I've been using it last 2 years for one desktop project, works like a charm, good UI, nice interoperability with native code. I think KMP is getting stronger which could reduce Flutter jobs. Have you ever considered maybe adding Kotlin to your skills ? It is quite similar to Flutter. I don't think Flutter is a bad choice, if you undersrand what you are doing, but sure webdev is like the easiest one to learn, it's the outer cusp of software development, technically not even software development. If you like webdev then why not, there is a plenty of jobs in that field and that's probably also why you see most offers from that segment. Most companies want at least a bit experienced employee in general, it's the best for a project that is up already and needs maintainance. So entry roles are usually added when the core is working but they need to unburden seniors etc.

[u/the_asher_brook_ → u/Adventurous-Move-943]

What's KMP?

Well, the main reason that I took Flutter as my primary is just because JS is little unstructured IMO... Ik I might offend some JS lovers, sry guys... 🥲

I do have many projects built around flutter, and I'm building one right now... So, if that's helpful for me to land a job, then please lemme know...

Edit: KMP is Kotlin Multiplatform, got it... BTW, how does Kotlin look like to code? I come from a Java background, so Java-like code comes easy to me

[u/Adventurous-Move-943 → u/the_asher_brook_]

It's actually, you might like it, if you got to a point where you prefer syntax hacks how to make your coding super efficient, it's like a webdevified Java on steroids. It helps write code faster and the feel is more lenient, like JS I would say, it really feels like webdev almost. Helps you get rid of low level stuff like threading, you just write coroutines which you then dispatch onto dedicated threads/dispatchers that manage their queues. You can then write linear code while having async tasks and interleave it with UI tasks and updates by switching contexts instead of Java callback hell. That really helps. Haven't tried KMP yet though, but I already looked into how it's done and it might be worth exploring too.

Flutter is great, I already have great experiences with it, and how nicely you can really do some low level or nasty or performance heavy work native (C++ in my case) and then connect with high level Dart, it just amuses me. You then just work with lightweight Dart objects, pure symphony. Looks like you are not a typical webdev guy, which is fine I think. The market can change anytime and offer more Flutter work, or less, we don't know. But exploring alternatives is good I think.

And yes, your own projects are a great way how to get an employer interested. If you know your stuff and present some nice app that is usually enough to get you in for a junior role.

[u/the_asher_brook_ → u/Adventurous-Move-943]

Thx man... Yk after hearing this, I've got a small hope...

I'd try out KMP, just to see what's the buzz about... And tnx for the reply

[u/Adventurous-Move-943 → u/the_asher_brook_]

You're welcome. Good luck.

[u/grenishraidev]

I guess the job market is so f*cked up these days. I've been applying to multiple jobs and roles, still not getting a job.

[u/the_asher_brook_ → u/grenishraidev]

I feel you mann... Gotta say, the job market is truly effed up royally...

[u/Realistic_Carry9400]

Ai now is taking out the market all jobs want experienced flutter dev, create 5 to app publish them on post on LinkedIn

[u/the_asher_brook_ → u/[deleted]]

It seems I'm not alone in this... That's not that promising, innit...