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That took me ~3 years: Year 1: Learn basic Python and Javascript. Year 2: Get some freelance jobs building basic websites in my local area. Year 3: Laid off
by potta_coffee 8y ago
That took me ~3 years:
Year 1: Learn basic Python and Javascript.
Year 2: Get some freelance jobs building basic websites in my local area.
Year 3: Laid off from normal job, apply for hundreds of web development jobs and grind through interviews, using the interview process to sharpen my coding skills. Keep doing side projects to sharpen skills and add things to resume.
Year 4: Be a senior developer at a small company, make ~80k
- NPMaxwell 8y agoThanks! Where you work now, are there any coders who were hired for Java without any ability in any other language?
- potta_coffee 8y agoI work at a small company, I don't really want to dox myself. My advice (worth what you pay for it) is to focus on problem solving skills rather than language-specific skills. Enterprise companies might be concerned about Java skills, but in my experience smaller companies are much more concerned with your ability to solve real business problems with code, regardless of technology.