Then I could say I am a designer who codes. I learned by myself HTML and CSS, and eventually JavaScript, PHP and some Python (when Python 2 was still a thing!)

Then I could say I am a designer who codes. I learned by myself HTML and CSS, and eventually JavaScript, PHP and some Python (when Python 2 was still a thing!) even before beginning to study graphic design. I guess it's great in the sense of being able to "speak" designer language and developer language. I have learned from people who codes like breathing and I do hope they have learned one thing or two from me about design. But right now I am being miserable in trying to get a job focused on coding. As I don't have any real world experience with React (nor Vue, Angular nor Svelte), I haven't landed any gig. And I suspect that the fact I don't have a CS major also doesn't make things better - at least here I feel like employers who see a CV of a graphic designer who says they can code, will say something on the lines of "bullshit! Only CS people can code!"