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How I’ve got a web development job one week after publishing my portfolio

Damian Demasi on November 01, 2021

Using my portfolio as an interview hook After spending months studying front end development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, and Git), an...
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Jareth Tan

Hey Damian, Thanks for the great article. The article is really insightful and a huge motivation for an aspiring Web Developer such as myself. As I am new to web dev, I was wondering if the book "Learning Web Design" by Jennifer Niederst Robbins is still a good book to dive into now? or is it outdated?

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Damian Demasi

Hi @jarethtan ! I’m glad you find it useful! Regarding the book, even though it’s not 100% up to date, it teaches great foundational concepts that are still apilable today. I would definitely recommend it.

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Jareth Tan

Awesome. Thanks for the quick response. I will start on the book right now then. Thank you!

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Lorenzo Garibaldi

Hello, if I may suggest you a good path to learn WebDev, I would recommend for sure The Odin Project, it covers everything in an ordered manner, it is open source, it has a giant community behind, it is free and it covers everything with personal project to showcase at the end of every chapter

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Stephen Smith

Man I just came across this article. This is very inspirational and very similar in tone overall to what I have dealing with. It's funny where life takes you. I am little older than you but I know where you are coming from. Thanks for the great read!

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Damian Demasi

Thanks for your kind words, and I'm glad you find the article useful! We might have taken a longer path, but the important thing is that we should keep walking (by Johnnie Walker 😄).

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Emmanuel Chucks

Trying to find a developer job myself and this is a huge motivation for me.

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Damian Demasi

I’m glad you found this article helpful! Stay strong on your job search, sometimes it can take a while, but the waiting is worth it. 💪

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Mohamed Yamani

Great article Damian. I really enjoyed reading it!

It is challenging to communicate much character through written words, but you still succeeded to do so. I wish you the best of luck!

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Damian Demasi

Thank you so much Mohamed! I’m glad you liked it!

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Davincja

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