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Jim Strother

Hello! I am hoping to chat with other devs and learn more about coding in general, and javascript in particular. I will also be using this site as an extension of my upcoming blog where I write about the things I learn.

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mushy68

Hi Jim I am a new Biee here, I would like to learn Javascript. I found it challenging doing it alone. HTML and CSS was not that challenging. Hope you will help me out with that what you know now.

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ZigRazor

hi, nice to meet you šŸ‘‹

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Jim Strother

What sort of things are you having trouble with?

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Edvan Jr.

Nice!

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ZigRazor

hi, nice to meet you šŸ‘‹

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Adela Zalewski

hi, jim! nice to meet you! samee! what are you learning at the moment? how many years have to work with JS?

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Jim Strother • Edited

Right now I'm just polishing my JavaScript knowledge and doing some Python lessons along the way. Overall, I've been doing JavaScript for about 5 years now.

How about yourself?

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Adela Zalewski

oh wow. thats a lot! good job. any portfolio ready? why do you think you still have yet to find a job?

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Jim Strother

Yeah, I have a bit of a portfolio up. For all of the time I've spent studying, I really don't have a lot on it. After my bootcamp, I did a lot of self-teaching and didn't follow-through on adding to my portfolio. I'm certain that's a large part. Also, I haven't really been serious about it. Like you said in your other comment, I still don't feel job-ready.

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Adela Zalewski

we should def stay in touch and when i get back to building projects we can motivate each other! linkedin.com/in/adela-zalewski/

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Jim Strother

Sounds great! I just sent you a message on LinkedIn to connect. :)

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Adela Zalewski

what boot camp did you attend? i attended Lambda School

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Jim Strother • Edited

I went through Thinkful for a little bit, but it didn't really work for me. It's been a few years and I'm still looking for that first job. šŸ˜•

How was your experience? Were you able to find work?

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Adela Zalewski

im about to finish the boot camp and get my certificate in 2 weeks. then i'll really start job searching. personally i dont feel ready, in the sense that i still have to polish projects and make some new ones and add them to a portfolio. but the lambda experience was amazing. very resourceful and they really prepare you for your first job. they take time to help with your resume and have a bunch of instruction on the entire interview process and stuff. you should look it up maybe