Just so we're clear; this will get you the base skills you need to be for an entry-level job as a front end developer. TLDW: -> Go to Freecodecamp.com and do the 'responsive web design' certificate. -> Ask yourself if you could wake up every day and do this as a career -> Make a portfolio and technical resume (Go get Self Taught Dev's resume template) -> Start Applying -> Get on meetups.com and find tech meetups to go to. -> Do FreeCodeCamp's Javascript and Front End Library certificates. -> Optimize your Github and Linkedin -> Go to the Odin Project & do their HTML, CSS, and JavaScript courses -> Keep Applying -> Go learn on FrontEndMasters or TeamTreeHouse (Techdegree) -> Add all your new projects to your portfolio -> Get discouraged because it's been 8 months and you still don't have a job as a Front End Dev -> Start Learning React/Angular/Vue -> Keep Applying -> Get Job -> Send SelfTaughtDev a thank you email : ) ^ Doesn't 100% match the video, but it's close enough ^
I've seen lots of ''how to be a front end dev'' videos and yours is my favourite. Its just so to the point and clear with what one needs to know. BAM do this, BAM do that, BAM do this course, BAM do this project...
Yea, I'm usually pretty direct and straight to the point lol I hate those videos where you have to skip to minute 7/10 minutes before you get to the part you want.
Thanks Garret! I finished my coding bootcamp and a 1-month internship in March, and have been looking for a job for a month. Started to lose motivation for the past few days, but this video just cheered me up 👍 Career changing is a long-term game, and it’s probably too early to give it up now. Also due to this pandemic, I’ve got noting else to do besides keeping learning and applying to jobs 😜
Just make sure you keep building projects on your own even though bootcamp's over. One of the biggest mistakes I've seen are people who graduate bootcamp and just stop coding while they apply for jobs. Then we have them come in 3+ months after the bootcamp's over and find out they haven't built anything/coded since then.
Man thank you for being so Direct and concise with the information. Thank you for not telling me a full story about something that had nothing to do with front end dev.
Dope tips man! currently learning front end rn and documenting it. I was looking into in person Bootcamps, but that's not an option anymore for who knows how many months. So just gotta grind online for now
thank you Garrett, I've been reading a lot and watching a lot of videos these past few days in order to find the right path to start this journey, and this is the advice that sums it all up. Thank you, I'm following your guidance from tomorrow :)
I got a job as a video editor and then my boss asked me if I can learn to code and take over the organization's site, so here I am. Lucky me. Dope video by the way. Really appreciate it.
Great, Great, Great. I was looking for courses to become a good front end developer for months. Thanks SelfTaughtDeveloper. After some months, when I get new job I will again come back.
Looks great! Gonna get started on it now. Just graduated with a cs degree but didnt do any front end and was all c, c++, assembly, and operating systems, i have no portfolio and dont have a website. Kinda feel jipped. But this seems like a great way to build up a brand.
I just started today. I didn't know I would enjoy this as much as a I do. I coded for 13 hours straight...I forgot to eat and now it's too late because I don't want to get yelled at if I open the fridge too loud while my mom is sleeping.
Hey man keep up the great work! You're a big help for us. May I ask for a video recommendation? Can you teach us how did you compile all your projects into your site? I'd greatly appreciate it. :D
@@self-taughtdev Like your portfolio site where the employer can click your projects and see the actual project, code and its functionality. I want them to see what I did and play with it because when I post it on github they can only see the code and not the actual project.
Hey! Anyway you can kind of give us a project challenge to do? And then review the submissions in video. I think it’ll be a good idea to help some people who aren’t sure where and exactly how to start a project out as well as give us feedback on what can be better..
I agree with the part you said about coding boot camps not giving you enough time to Absorb a topic they have taught you and then jumping to a new one. self taught is the way or a slower self pace it's not healthy to rush the process can lead to burnout.
Yea, one of the only benefits of a coding boot-camp is the structure it gives you and how it kind of forces you to study. But honestly if you don't have the discipline to sit down and study this on your own being a dev's probably not the path you should walk anyway.
Udemy has some crazy deals the other day. I was able to get 12 courses for a little over 100 bucks. Without the discount that would have been about 1700.. Colt Steele and Brad Traversy are my heroes.
after I watch some of your video how do you change your career it motivates me. I join the Teamtreehouse techdegree front end web . I'm working now in my project unit 03 . I'm working as a Architectural Draftsman now, but I'm planning to shift my career as a front end web developer. .
Hey Garret! Would you still recommend taking the teamtreehouse JS fullstack even if I'm just going for front end dev? I've already completed their FEWD and wasn't sure if I should dive deeper with Frontend Masters or the JSFS tech degree
Are you sure Ruby on Rails is dying? Cause I've been learning it and its amazing, Its the fastest way set up mvc and orm that I've seen. It's a very powerful tool set in my opinion.
I mean it'll probably be a decade or two before it's really dead. Or it might be like PHP. People were saying Node.js was going to take it out, but there's so much legacy stuff built in PHP that there's still a demand for PHP developers (granted demand's going down). Not trying to knock ruby or anyone who learns/uses it. It's just that based on the data I've seen, it's on a downtrend. Definitely open to counter-arguments though, if you can point me to data that says otherwise. www.benfrederickson.com/ranking-programming-languages-by-github-users/ light-it.net/blog/most-popular-programming-languages-of-the-last-decade-and-best-choices/
Wow! Great video. Do u really think someone could land a job after only the css/html & js course on FCC? I did both of those preeetty quickly but feel I know nothing still, lol. I guess I haven’t done the portfolio projects so that should be next! Lol I answered my own question, but anyway, thanks again for the encouraging videos. I sometimes get discouraged, but your videos really help. :)
With just the base courses probably not, but if you did all their extra projects in the "Coding Interview Prep" -> "Take Home Projects" then you'd be in a pretty good spot. Of course if you're going to be a dev you don't get the luxury of ever not having to learn new stuff haha
I like your story that when you told yourself in the morning if you don't code.you will the same job. I'm curious about what really different about Treehouse Techdegree and Basic. because I'm learning basic course. wait for you to make new content.
Honestly the biggest difference is you get access to projects THAT LOOK GOOD and people review the projects when you submit them. Other benefits include: -Access to their slack channel community (But my discord's better ; ) -Their Techdegree 'track' is laid out better than the basic 'tracks' If you don't have any extra money you can get by just doing free code camp projects and working on your design skills, but I really like learning through video.
hey i loved your video it was very useful, and i have a question can i start my own startup just from learn from free code camp, sololearn, w3schools and from the other websites that you have mentioned. can you tell me what are all the skills that i need to start my own startup.
It depends on what you what your startup to do. Are you juts going to build websites for clients? Then yes. Are you going to do machine learning and build AI? Not even close lol
I'm happy I stumbled across this video because I've been using free code camp! This info is super helpful and also reassured me that I'm on the right path. How far would you recommend learning javascript? I do know the basics from codecademy but I don't know how proficient in java I really need to be in order to get a job. I have a basic understanding of javascript, but it's still definitely something I don't have a full grasp on yet.
Oh yea, TeamTreehouse teaches everything FCC does but you get videos and It's a lot better learning experience in my opinion. But you do have to pay for it (Only $25/month though), so if you don't have any extra money stick with FCC.
Hi, how are you? I like the work you do and the videos you publish. I don't have a professional profile, I don't have a CS degree, I don't even have full secondary education. What course do you recommend to me, that can gives me the knowledge and solid foundations to start as a confidente front end web dev and that gives me the possibility to start practicing and carry out my own projects, my idea is to be able to reconvert myself and in the future get a job in the field, I hope you can help me, thanks.
Hi Garrett I really would love to be a web developer too. Right now i have medium skills in html, css, javascript (i love jQuery). What web programming languages would you recommend me to learn in order to get a first contract as web developer? Thank you.
I’m currently working through the “web developer bootcamp “ by Colt Steele on udemy. Is this okay? I’ve noticed more people using treehouse and codecademy..
I haven't done his bootcamp so I can't comment too much on it. As long as you're getting/building projects on your own (not coding alongside him), that's what matters.
Can you cover College vs Self Taught? I know it's been covered fucktillion times on TH-cam, but almost everyone is trying to sell courses, so those videos are not really trustworthy.
I do not, but I can make one when I rebuild my portfolio in a week or two. I'd probably recommend building it in React and hosting it on Netlify. You won't get a custom domain name (But they're only around $12 a year. ) but you can host a site for free.
You mean freecodecamp or team tree? I did both. I think it's good to get input from multiple sources (As far as when your learning). Sometimes you'll miss something they taught on TTH and you'll get it on FCC or vice versa.
Just so we're clear; this will get you the base skills you need to be for an entry-level job as a front end developer.
TLDW:
-> Go to Freecodecamp.com and do the 'responsive web design' certificate.
-> Ask yourself if you could wake up every day and do this as a career
-> Make a portfolio and technical resume (Go get Self Taught Dev's resume template)
-> Start Applying
-> Get on meetups.com and find tech meetups to go to.
-> Do FreeCodeCamp's Javascript and Front End Library certificates.
-> Optimize your Github and Linkedin
-> Go to the Odin Project & do their HTML, CSS, and JavaScript courses
-> Keep Applying
-> Go learn on FrontEndMasters or TeamTreeHouse (Techdegree)
-> Add all your new projects to your portfolio
-> Get discouraged because it's been 8 months and you still don't have a job as a Front End Dev
-> Start Learning React/Angular/Vue
-> Keep Applying
-> Get Job
-> Send SelfTaughtDev a thank you email : )
^ Doesn't 100% match the video, but it's close enough ^
I've seen lots of ''how to be a front end dev'' videos and yours is my favourite. Its just so to the point and clear with what one needs to know. BAM do this, BAM do that, BAM do this course, BAM do this project...
Yea, I'm usually pretty direct and straight to the point lol I hate those videos where you have to skip to minute 7/10 minutes before you get to the part you want.
Liked👍! This is the best direct advice I've had from someone who's been thru the web developer journey😊.
Woo! Hope it helps.
you are a life saver, thanks for the amazing content you provide and the helpful info.
Glad it helps! : )
Thanks Garret!
I finished my coding bootcamp and a 1-month internship in March, and have been looking for a job for a month.
Started to lose motivation for the past few days, but this video just cheered me up 👍
Career changing is a long-term game, and it’s probably too early to give it up now.
Also due to this pandemic, I’ve got noting else to do besides keeping learning and applying to jobs 😜
which bootcamp did you attend?
Just make sure you keep building projects on your own even though bootcamp's over. One of the biggest mistakes I've seen are people who graduate bootcamp and just stop coding while they apply for jobs. Then we have them come in 3+ months after the bootcamp's over and find out they haven't built anything/coded since then.
Man thank you for being so Direct and concise with the information. Thank you for not telling me a full story about something that had nothing to do with front end dev.
god I hate people who do that. I try to not waste your time with fluff lol
Dope tips man! currently learning front end rn and documenting it. I was looking into in person Bootcamps, but that's not an option anymore for who knows how many months. So just gotta grind online for now
Hey now's one of the best times to learn to become one. Don't have much else we can do right now!
@@self-taughtdev yeah definitely
thank you Garrett, I've been reading a lot and watching a lot of videos these past few days in order to find the right path to start this journey, and this is the advice that sums it all up. Thank you, I'm following your guidance from tomorrow :)
I got a job as a video editor and then my boss asked me if I can learn to code and take over the organization's site, so here I am.
Lucky me.
Dope video by the way. Really appreciate it.
Hell yea!
This man is a life guide. It gives me more understanding. Keep it up and God blessings.
Thanks!
Great, Great, Great. I was looking for courses to become a good front end developer for months. Thanks SelfTaughtDeveloper. After some months, when I get new job I will again come back.
Looks great! Gonna get started on it now. Just graduated with a cs degree but didnt do any front end and was all c, c++, assembly, and operating systems, i have no portfolio and dont have a website. Kinda feel jipped. But this seems like a great way to build up a brand.
Your videos are really cool and down to earth. Keep it up bro!
Thanks Rogelio!
Your video is so helpful for the new people in this web field.
Glad to hear that! : )
Extremely helpful. Time to read!
Good to hear!
Awesome, finding your videos and the insight you share in them very helpful!
Glad they help!
I just started today. I didn't know I would enjoy this as much as a I do. I coded for 13 hours straight...I forgot to eat and now it's too late because I don't want to get yelled at if I open the fridge too loud while my mom is sleeping.
Awesome video! By far the best I've watched! Thank you so much! Greetings from Brazil!
Ahh glad you got some value out of it Ricardo!
Thanks for sharing! Will help me really a lot
Glad to hear it!
thank you bro this is the best, you made everything very clear
Hey glad it helped!
Thank you so much, it is very helpful.
Awesome. Glad it helped!
Hey man keep up the great work! You're a big help for us. May I ask for a video recommendation? Can you teach us how did you compile all your projects into your site? I'd greatly appreciate it. :D
I agree that be a great 'next' video :) I'd appreciate it too.
When you say 'compile all your projects', what exactly do you mean?
@@self-taughtdev Like your portfolio site where the employer can click your projects and see the actual project, code and its functionality. I want them to see what I did and play with it because when I post it on github they can only see the code and not the actual project.
Hey! Anyway you can kind of give us a project challenge to do? And then review the submissions in video. I think it’ll be a good idea to help some people who aren’t sure where and exactly how to start a project out as well as give us feedback on what can be better..
Yea! If anyone needs projects to build, come join the discord channel (Link's in the description). I make a new project each month for you to build.
Love your straightforward style. Sometimes devs on the Internet are way too secretive on their ways...
Yea, I'm not big into wasting time with all the 'fluff' lol
12:29 This was a problem for me lol. I had to start leaving the house because im so addicted to warzone and go to my local library for hours.
Yea, gaming addiction's a real thing. Glad you found a way around it.
I agree with the part you said about coding boot camps not giving you enough time to Absorb a topic they have taught you and then jumping to a new one. self taught is the way or a slower self pace it's not healthy to rush the process can lead to burnout.
Yea, one of the only benefits of a coding boot-camp is the structure it gives you and how it kind of forces you to study. But honestly if you don't have the discipline to sit down and study this on your own being a dev's probably not the path you should walk anyway.
TO THE POINT! thank you!
Hope that's not sarcash haha but thanks!
The free lambda school bootcamp trial course is rly good too. Great starting point if you know nothing about html, css, or javascript.
Sweet thanks!
Udemy has some crazy deals the other day. I was able to get 12 courses for a little over 100 bucks. Without the discount that would have been about 1700.. Colt Steele and Brad Traversy are my heroes.
Sweet! I'll have to check it out. I love Brad's stuff.
after I watch some of your video how do you change your career it motivates me. I join the Teamtreehouse techdegree front end web . I'm working now in my project unit 03 . I'm working as a Architectural Draftsman now, but I'm planning to shift my career as a front end web developer. .
Nice! What made you want to switch?
great advice!
Thanks!
Hey Garret! Would you still recommend taking the teamtreehouse JS fullstack even if I'm just going for front end dev? I've already completed their FEWD and wasn't sure if I should dive deeper with Frontend Masters or the JSFS tech degree
wouldn't it be beneficial to learn some basic SQL too? as you still have to interact with the back end as a front-end
Thanks for the video!
Of course! Hope it helps!
Are you sure Ruby on Rails is dying? Cause I've been learning it and its amazing, Its the fastest way set up mvc and orm that I've seen. It's a very powerful tool set in my opinion.
I mean it'll probably be a decade or two before it's really dead. Or it might be like PHP. People were saying Node.js was going to take it out, but there's so much legacy stuff built in PHP that there's still a demand for PHP developers (granted demand's going down).
Not trying to knock ruby or anyone who learns/uses it. It's just that based on the data I've seen, it's on a downtrend. Definitely open to counter-arguments though, if you can point me to data that says otherwise.
www.benfrederickson.com/ranking-programming-languages-by-github-users/
light-it.net/blog/most-popular-programming-languages-of-the-last-decade-and-best-choices/
Wow! Great video.
Do u really think someone could land a job after only the css/html & js course on FCC? I did both of those preeetty quickly but feel I know nothing still, lol. I guess I haven’t done the portfolio projects so that should be next! Lol I answered my own question, but anyway, thanks again for the encouraging videos. I sometimes get discouraged, but your videos really help. :)
With just the base courses probably not, but if you did all their extra projects in the "Coding Interview Prep" -> "Take Home Projects" then you'd be in a pretty good spot. Of course if you're going to be a dev you don't get the luxury of ever not having to learn new stuff haha
I like your story that when you told yourself in the morning if you don't code.you will the same job.
I'm curious about what really different about Treehouse Techdegree and Basic. because I'm learning basic course.
wait for you to make new content.
Honestly the biggest difference is you get access to projects THAT LOOK GOOD and people review the projects when you submit them. Other benefits include:
-Access to their slack channel community (But my discord's better ; )
-Their Techdegree 'track' is laid out better than the basic 'tracks'
If you don't have any extra money you can get by just doing free code camp projects and working on your design skills, but I really like learning through video.
thank u so much man!!!!!
Yea no problem!
Oh that's funny I work in a call center.
I love my job but I think I'd be good at this.
Oh nice! Who do you work for?
Or what industry
hey i loved your video it was very useful, and i have a question can i start my own startup just from learn from free code camp, sololearn, w3schools and from the other websites that you have mentioned. can you tell me what are all the skills that i need to start my own startup.
It depends on what you what your startup to do. Are you juts going to build websites for clients? Then yes. Are you going to do machine learning and build AI? Not even close lol
@@self-taughtdev thanks man, lol.. just going to build websites for my clients
This is a reminder that I'm overthinking it.
It's only about being better than whatever they're doing now.
Yea, as long as you keep learning more and building better things getting a job as a dev is inevitable.
I'm happy I stumbled across this video because I've been using free code camp! This info is super helpful and also reassured me that I'm on the right path. How far would you recommend learning javascript? I do know the basics from codecademy but I don't know how proficient in java I really need to be in order to get a job. I have a basic understanding of javascript, but it's still definitely something I don't have a full grasp on yet.
a thousand resumes, that is like thowing shit at the wall and seeing what sticks
Yea, there are way better ways to go about it. But it worked out lol
Everything youve explained on free code camps certificates can I learn all that instead all on teamtreehouse?
Oh yea, TeamTreehouse teaches everything FCC does but you get videos and It's a lot better learning experience in my opinion. But you do have to pay for it (Only $25/month though), so if you don't have any extra money stick with FCC.
Hi, how are you? I like the work you do and the videos you publish. I don't have a professional profile, I don't have a CS degree, I don't even have full secondary education. What course do you recommend to me, that can gives me the knowledge and solid foundations to start as a confidente front end web dev and that gives me the possibility to start practicing and carry out my own projects, my idea is to be able to reconvert myself and in the future get a job in the field, I hope you can help me, thanks.
Did you watch the video? That's kind of what it's about.
great video
Thanks!
Hi Garrett I really would love to be a web developer too. Right now i have medium skills in html, css, javascript (i love jQuery).
What web programming languages would you recommend me to learn in order to get a first contract as web developer? Thank you.
Hey did you have any luck?
Hello Thanks a lot
Is it possible take a Agile Methodology exam in LinkedIn soon?
🤗
They have that on there now?? :O I'll see haha
I'm learning front end development by myself. At what point in my learning would you suggest I start my first project?
You haven't started learning until you build your first project.
@@self-taughtdev I get it. Philosophy aside, what do you recommend?
I’m currently working through the “web developer bootcamp “ by Colt Steele on udemy. Is this okay? I’ve noticed more people using treehouse and codecademy..
I haven't done his bootcamp so I can't comment too much on it. As long as you're getting/building projects on your own (not coding alongside him), that's what matters.
thank you
Welcome!
Can you cover College vs Self Taught?
I know it's been covered fucktillion times on TH-cam, but almost everyone is trying to sell courses, so those videos are not really trustworthy.
I got you th-cam.com/video/OpNU7DK_OHk/w-d-xo.html
I'm in the the 'You don't need to go to college/its a waste of your time" camp.
Although I do say I'm biased within the first 2 minutes of the video xD
How do you have a free portfolio that shows all your projects without having to pay for hosting and domain name? the most easiest method
I do not, but I can make one when I rebuild my portfolio in a week or two.
I'd probably recommend building it in React and hosting it on Netlify. You won't get a custom domain name (But they're only around $12 a year. ) but you can host a site for free.
Would these certifications qualify to put on LinkedIn?
Yea, I'd put any certificates you get on LinkedIn.
This or team tree?
You mean freecodecamp or team tree? I did both. I think it's good to get input from multiple sources (As far as when your learning). Sometimes you'll miss something they taught on TTH and you'll get it on FCC or vice versa.
are you currently working as a developer?
I am
Will have to rewatch, was too distracted by the hot guy in the bottom corner.
thanks ; )
I tried, my brain hurts
Just stick with it; It'll hurt less over time and start to click haha
Can you make a video on how to become your gf too? 😳🤭
Just for you lol