5 Things I Learned in my Journey as a Developer
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ส.ค. 2024
- A quick video explaining some things I learned in my journey as a developer.
00:00 Intro
00:30 5 Developer Paths
04:46 #1 Work for Free
06:47 #2 Find your Edge
13:26 #3 Don't be a Hermit
17:28 #4 Start Before you Know How
20:34 #5 See School for What It Truly Is
26:24 Outro
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This is it man. This video is full of authenticity, keeping it real Oli. I'm sure this video is gonna reach out to those who really needs to hear what you have to say.
Finding your edge is the way to go. Find what you really love doing and become really good at it, money will come after.
Cheers bro, I appreciate the support! Keep doing your thing you'll go far
perfect video for folding my laundry
I'm a motion designer, and I recently was forced (kinda) to make a CV in HTML/CSS
and later I discovered I could add animations in it, I was hooked!
now I relate with your story very much!
Thanks for your amazing tutorials!!
Hey Oliver thanks for taking the time to make this video ! Its really insightful and helpful.
It came in time as i am about to start applying.
I like that you are geniune and mature friend 👍 keep it up
Heard you from reddit and this is the first vid I watched you.... I'm really glad I found you man.
Thank you for creating this video, Oliver! As a designer learning web development, it's encouraging and eye-opening to hear someone like you to give your priceless advice and story in this creative field. This video will help many current and future designers/developers out there. Cheers to you and your amazing stutorials as well!
Thanks for this,I really needed to hear it.
Thank you for sharing Olivier! Great content! I like how it looks you're in a good place now but you still keep your feet on the ground. Chapeau!
Super helpful information! Thanks for sharing & keep up the great work :)
I really wish I saw this when I first started! Great video Olivier
That energy you're talking about is real, it's precisely what sense from you every video I watch. Loved the video, Oil!
Appreciate it bro
Deeply resonating with everything you said. Thank you for sharing these.
Nice content Oliver! I like the word craftsman! speaks from your work and portfolio! shout out from Philippines!
I feel like the student section definitely spoke home to me. I graduated as a biomedical engineer and realized grades weren't all that when looking for a job. I've pivoted into design then after learning webflow realized I loved coding. I heard about you from another programmer I met and I've been learning basic web dev, gsap, and 3js (passion thing) after watching your video to creative development. Like you said, there's more to development than just websites and pivoting from Webflow has helped me realize that. I still plan on doing webflow projects but I feel more free to be able to create what I want with code.
Recently landed my first client outside of family and it really was a factor of finding your edge. Clients definitely can see how much you care about your work and what you do during that initial call and I'm glad you emphasized that in your video. I planned on making a video about recent updates to my journey and will definitely point towards this video for going more in depth about finding your edge.
Glad to see your uploads Oliver and keep inspiring! :)
This video is perfect. I really feel like it spoke to me. Thanks for sharing your journey. I learnt a lot from this.
There is a sense of not losing ourselves in the course of studies and job in your video that I appreciate. If you lose what made you go down this path in the first place, you might make it work but you will get bored. Started as a designer, became a dev, lost design in a few years of work and left everything to be a creative developer few monthes ago. Found myself again 👌🏻
Very good perspective. Thank you
Thank you so much brother. I needed this.
Hi Oliver.
I love that you got personal here, unlike your other videos, I've always wanted to understand what drove you and how you became so good with code and animations especially.
Also I think working free is solid advice people don't consider enough, It's something I've been thinking of doing for JUST max 2 people, so it doesn't set a bad precedent for me, So thank you on that score.
I'm trying to freelance rn, but the competition out there is insane, do you usually use the same freelance platforms like upwork and the like? Or do you have any tidbit for me in that area?
But holy shit!! dude how'd you end up get a 2.86 as GP?? 😅
You must have been pretty distracted with school, i'd have pegged you for a 4.0 student or som 💀💀
Thanks man, I needed to hear this today
I’m realising this slowly so I can say this helps me put words to my thoughts
Thank for sharing🔥
Completely identified with your story, when I realized this my grades went down but my knowledge increased, learning to separate school from real life is the key. ✨
Thank you man, this is helpful
Great Insights
THank you so much bro keep going
Thank you so much !
Good gravy, 6:11 is hitting me like a ton of bricks. Feel like I'm listening to myself. Going to finish the rest, but sheesh had to stop and comment.
Wow Oliver, thanks so much! This video hooked me! You have such a kind soul!
I'm actually in a career transition. I was working in hospitality but decided to start learning web development 2 years ago.
I'm actually in the phase where I'm working for peanuts. I just started freelancing 2 months ago, and my first gig was only $110 for 20 hours a week (It's a small agency just starting out with only two people and a limited budget). I definitely feel underpaid, but I love what I do!
Last week, my boss was so happy with my work that he paid me double for the week! Yesterday, I had a proposal from an agency that wants me for a still-low pay, but it's 2x better. ( I still have to do the technical test tho 🤞)
Your video reminds me it's just the beginning of my journey. 🚀
ps: J'ai seulement compris que tu parlais français que quand je t'ai entendu prononcé ton nom haha
You're on the right path, you build your experience working for peanuts and you keep boosting your rates overtime
incredible video man
Amazing video, loved it
I’m learning iOS dev and I appreciate this lecture. I’m in tutorial hell and this is very much eye opening.
thanks for sharing bro 😊
Thanks for sharing
This is pretty eye opening.
I've always been the "artistic" type (musician) and liked frontend a lot from an animations/design perspective, but I made the "business" decision to be more of a generalist and work on full stack skills. It worked out OK and I've built and sold an app/business, but I have 0 credibility as a "creative developer" which is the direction I really want to go.
I still ended up being good at building frontends but as a result I've completely neglected the "design" component. I have "an eye for design" and can instantly spot high and low quality designs, but cannot produce original designs for myself - only implement existing designs.
Selfishly, I would love to see some future videos on that design component of creative development.
Noted! I'll make a video about it
Hie Olie, Loved this video
Awesome video 🎉
bring it, olivier. it's dope
Hey Oliver, great video as always! I followed a similar path to yours (didn't finish Uni) and for the past year, I've been working at an agency, mainly focusing on frontend work like creating components and animations using Gsap and Framer Motion. While I enjoy it, I'm starting to wonder if it's the right long-term path for me. Frontend development is complex, requiring a lot of expertise, and the field is so vast that no one knows it all. However, I often feel like this knowledge isn't fully valued because, from an outsider's perspective, frontend development seems straightforward. When someone has a really good grasp of these JS frameworks, libraries, and best practices, they can accomplish ambitious projects. Do you ever think that all this knowledge and expertise is more valuable when used to build software product compared to websites?
I just wanna build websites accessible and make themes and then get into a business model or agency owner...
I wanna have passive income as a Frontend Engineer.
I 110% agree on your last point. I've my Final exam on 2nd May and I'm working on multiple projects and don't even have good preparation
Thank u brother 🤜🤛
well thanks bro now im making a comeback with coding cuz of that vid. im broke af and gotta put effort in it. but hey i still have gsap business pack so i will try to make three.js + theatre.js + gsap. wish y'all the best on the journey just focus !
Keep going my friend, put in the work and you'll make it
What a valuable knowledge
well said!
this is one of the most tech yt
excellent man
the eyes Chico... they never lie
You speak really well. Did you take some classes on it?
❤
yo shit got real at the end
More Passion, More Energy :)
XD
Oliver, do you have a portfolio website for some of your projects? I really would like to see and appreciate your work.
check it out here: www.olivierlarose.com/
@@olivierlarose1 Thanks!
Can you create a roadmap to start creative?
like js for creative, animations for creative, tools etc.?
idk what in js i need to improve to create thing
Noted!
Can you make a video on how to track hours, I don’t want to charge my client for the stuff that I need to learn to deliver. What I’m saying is I’m a beginner and there are a few things that I should already know and are not on the clients bill. I’m having difficulty in logging hours.
Hey man! For your first contract I suggest charging a flat price for the whole website or event doing it for free. That way you can spend time learning what you have to learn without directly billing the client for it.
can u recommend some curated resources for a front end dev beginner from 0
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Wow, I can't believe my eyes, but it's true
Hi OLi
I have a question are you a member of locomotive agency ?
Yes!
@@olivierlarose1 can you make a video about how you begin in the dev and how you get the level you have now ?
me I m a self taugh
I’m a bum and have no discipline but I also don’t know how to change that and make good habits that last
So from where you took free projects ? That's also hard to get.
I'll make a video about it
Ask friends who have businesses or whose parents own one.
Or go to small shops near you who don’t have a website and offer them one for free.
@@sebastianhahn4929 already tried these.
How to find free clients?
You can try family and friends as a starter point! For my case it helped me to find more clients when I helped my friend build a site for free and they gave me a word of mouth reference to my first paying client at a place they were interning at
n1
you have to edge before you can goon.
Olivier Larose, ain't french name?
I'm French Canadian yes
ok nice, I'm from Togo in Africa, we speak french there too. I learn a lot with your content I would like to have you as a mentor
Bro is likw dan koe for frontend
haha thanks
1st views
Work for free is a terrible advice. You'll just being exploited and you set bad precedence for other fellow devs, degrading the whole market.
I disagree. If you have no prior experience, nobody owes you anything. Working for free is not “being exploited”, it’s proving yourself to the market. Those who decide to work for free will advance 10x faster than others with the mindset of “I’m too good to work for free”.
Deeply resonating with everything you said. Thank you for sharing these.