You can also change your "experience level" in dev.to/settings/misc which will gently nudge your feed in the direction of your experience from 1-10.
Also following anyone who consistently puts out good newbie-oriented content will help your feed/notifications trend in a more newbie-friendly direction on top of just the tags.
Great meta discussion.
Everything described in my answer points to a general "hidden-ness" of some of the features like this that we hope to make more clear and accessible through ongoing design adjustments. 😊
Thank you for the reply Ben! Wow, I definitely did not know about the "experience level" setting. Although how do I judge if I am a level 1 or level 3 etc? Everyone will see it differently.
I hope the more I stalk #codeNewbie, I will find more people to follow and therefore more content tailored to me. I have been MIA from dev.to because of the difficulty I had finding "newbie" content but I will persevere this time!
Thanks :)
I've learned that following people who post more for newbies has helped my feed trend more towards newbie stuff just like Ben said.
If you want, please feel free to take a look at my posts. I am a newbie myself (1.5 years in - still looking for my first role). I normally post on beginner friendly topics so I can gain a deeper understanding of them myself. 😊
Tag weights is a great place to start.
You can also change your "experience level" in dev.to/settings/misc which will gently nudge your feed in the direction of your experience from 1-10.
Also following anyone who consistently puts out good newbie-oriented content will help your feed/notifications trend in a more newbie-friendly direction on top of just the tags.
Great meta discussion.
Everything described in my answer points to a general "hidden-ness" of some of the features like this that we hope to make more clear and accessible through ongoing design adjustments. 😊
Thank you for the reply Ben! Wow, I definitely did not know about the "experience level" setting. Although how do I judge if I am a level 1 or level 3 etc? Everyone will see it differently.
I hope the more I stalk #codeNewbie, I will find more people to follow and therefore more content tailored to me. I have been MIA from dev.to because of the difficulty I had finding "newbie" content but I will persevere this time!
Thanks :)
I chose 3 for myself. One great thing is that you can update it if you feel like you picked the wrong one!
I've learned that following people who post more for newbies has helped my feed trend more towards newbie stuff just like Ben said.
If you want, please feel free to take a look at my posts. I am a newbie myself (1.5 years in - still looking for my first role). I normally post on beginner friendly topics so I can gain a deeper understanding of them myself. 😊
Thanks Victoria!