Wish i could have one of these guys as a mentor they seem very down to earth and insightful, i just started my journey a month ago, still in the learning fundamental phase but these videos give me a realistic expectations and i really appreciate the honesty. Thank you don for the videos!
As someone who's still very much at the beginning stage (not even through the first month) this is a very valuable talk. I appreciate the realistic expectations / timelines you guys laid out. While some might be discouraged, I'll sort of treat it as "regardless if I stick with this, time will pass anyway; might as well be better equipped a year from now".
I really appreciate the discussion about imposter syndrome and learning to learn by trying to come up with your own solution first. Thanks for putting this together!!!
I'm in love with this channel. I'm surprise you are not over 100k subscripers. You always ask the right questions and you not try to sugarcoats things.
Hi Don, was thinking about doing fullstack but your last video on their remote process is giving me second thoughts. Watching this video rn and hoping I can self teach myself. Appreciate any tips and insight and love your channel man. Be safe and hope you are doing well.
I've only discovered your channel recently, and it's great, thank you. I'm a 42 yo self-taught front-end developer who desperately wants to get into the industry (at my age). I'm at that stage where I'm busy building my portfolio with my own projects, and I have a question. How many projects do you think I should have on my portfolio to start looking for jobs? I was thinking maybe 3 or 4? Just a note, I come from a creative/entertainment freelancing background, so NONE of my past experience is going to help me in applications. Not sure if that will influence the number of projects I would need on my portfolio. Oh and employers are infatuated with CS degrees in my country, so there's that too... Apologies for the long comment.
Thank you for this, I'm currently on the path for my Associate's in Business, Management and Economics, but I want to be more affiliated in the programming area and extending my knowledge about computers so I'm definitely switching degrees. The work required is nerve-racking, but seeing videos like these give me confidence.
As a self-taught learner about 2 months in I just hit the realization I’ve gotten myself into a bit of a tutorial hell. Or course hell? I tried to build a simple survey form for practice and had barely retained a thing. I feel like I know how to make certain things until I sit down to do it and my mind goes blank 😅
Speaking about seeing if webdeveloper is for you 40:00 or something, simple, just check base salaries and demand for such jobs and boom, there it is the motivation you need xd (plus enjoying building things is always a plus) Btw I have a question, which area of tech , front, back, security data etc require the less mathematical knowledge?
@@itzelvizcarra5379 I don't see that happening anytime in the near future, but I'll add it to my list and keep them in mind. Thanks for the suggestion.
Wish i could have one of these guys as a mentor they seem very down to earth and insightful, i just started my journey a month ago, still in the learning fundamental phase but these videos give me a realistic expectations and i really appreciate the honesty. Thank you don for the videos!
As someone who's still very much at the beginning stage (not even through the first month) this is a very valuable talk. I appreciate the realistic expectations / timelines you guys laid out. While some might be discouraged, I'll sort of treat it as "regardless if I stick with this, time will pass anyway; might as well be better equipped a year from now".
I really appreciate the discussion about imposter syndrome and learning to learn by trying to come up with your own solution first. Thanks for putting this together!!!
I'm glad our random tangents were helpful! No problem.
how is there a scroll bar on this comment?
I'm in love with this channel. I'm surprise you are not over 100k subscripers. You always ask the right questions and you not try to sugarcoats things.
One day!
Hi Don, was thinking about doing fullstack but your last video on their remote process is giving me second thoughts. Watching this video rn and hoping I can self teach myself. Appreciate any tips and insight and love your channel man. Be safe and hope you are doing well.
I'm glad it was helpful. Good luck with the self-taught journey. Coding bootcamps are always available if you find that, that route isn't for you.
I really appreciate your content, Helps alot
I've only discovered your channel recently, and it's great, thank you. I'm a 42 yo self-taught front-end developer who desperately wants to get into the industry (at my age). I'm at that stage where I'm busy building my portfolio with my own projects, and I have a question. How many projects do you think I should have on my portfolio to start looking for jobs? I was thinking maybe 3 or 4?
Just a note, I come from a creative/entertainment freelancing background, so NONE of my past experience is going to help me in applications. Not sure if that will influence the number of projects I would need on my portfolio. Oh and employers are infatuated with CS degrees in my country, so there's that too... Apologies for the long comment.
Thank you for this, I'm currently on the path for my Associate's in Business, Management and Economics, but I want to be more affiliated in the programming area and extending my knowledge about computers so I'm definitely switching degrees. The work required is nerve-racking, but seeing videos like these give me confidence.
That's awesome. I'm glad they've been helpful. Good luck with the degree switch.
"where are the examples? There's got to be a CodePen somewhere"
- my mood almost always
As a self-taught learner about 2 months in I just hit the realization I’ve gotten myself into a bit of a tutorial hell. Or course hell? I tried to build a simple survey form for practice and had barely retained a thing. I feel like I know how to make certain things until I sit down to do it and my mind goes blank 😅
¡Gracias!
Thanks so much for the super thanks! I really appreciate that.
@@DonTheDeveloper thank you for doing this video!! I enjoyed it all the way… I’m learning and good videos like this one are just amazing 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
This is awesome thank you for this!
Glad you liked it
Thanks for this discussion very helpful
don i dont know if youll see this comment but i really appreciate these videos
I see everything.
Love it❤
Speaking about seeing if webdeveloper is for you 40:00 or something, simple, just check base salaries and demand for such jobs and boom, there it is the motivation you need xd (plus enjoying building things is always a plus) Btw I have a question, which area of tech , front, back, security data etc require the less mathematical knowledge?
I personally think front end.
Hey man, thanks for this.
Great stuff as usual!
Very helpful video
Lol my boss still uses dream weaver to write basic html instructions for our manufacturing documentation
I'm just happy to hear that at least 1 person still uses it. I'm sure that'd make the developers, that are still working on it, happy to know that.
With all the reviews on coding boot camps you do. Have you thought about doing affiliate links for them all?
I have, and I probably should. It's something that I haven't completely taken off the table.
Good stuff
very informative
Can you interview sabio?
Who's that?
@@DonTheDeveloper
sabio.la
@@itzelvizcarra5379 I don't see that happening anytime in the near future, but I'll add it to my list and keep them in mind. Thanks for the suggestion.
59:45 How dare you? lol
Lol, when he mention floppy
Lucian? Xd
Before I even watched a video I went to your Playlists, read some of the titles and pressed subscribe.
You made the right choice.