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A Guide to Teaching Yourself to Code (and getting a job!)

Nicole Archambault on March 31, 2019

Like most people, I had no plans whatsoever to teach myself to code. The decision came when I lost my Customer Service job in 2015. The transi...
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Jorge Henrique Casemiro Cardoso

I find myself in this existential crisis, it seems that nothing I learn will be, after all, I do not see any company asking you to do "Hello World" or a button to click. Feel like someone or course giving examples of how to think inside the office, what you are really going to do, what are the tools that you will use even. I am 6 months studying Python, I searched for Jr. jobs and nothing, I'm forgetting some things because no one cares. 1 month ago I started JavaScript, hmlt, css .... and I already saw a stack of "hello world", I just saw a blog comparing what you learn in the courses, and what you apply in the office, and it was discouraging, for I left Python temporarily, I hope it does not happen the same JavaScript ..., I have attention decit (ADHD) which sometimes helps, but sometimes it hinders ... my energies are already running out. Thanks for the text, it reflects my current moment well.

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Nicole Archambault

Whoops, should work now! Thanks for spotting that. Hope you found the post valuable. 😊

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cocoonkid

Now that was quick ;-) Yes I did!

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vallerydelexy

hi, i just start learning javascript a month ago. and just have get the hang of it
i wonder is it possible to build a full-fledged online shop (product catalog, cart, shipping options, shipping tracking and other stuff)
with only html, css, and javascript

will it be maintainable?

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Around25

"Build on, grow, and gain confidence in yourself."
This is so hard to maintain though. We're seeing this in our company because we have people who've started on their own (here's one example - one of our team members gave up his architecture degree for becoming a self-taught dev around25.com/blog/how-i-transition... )
But this kind of grit and determination is rather rarely sustained, despite all the motivational talk out there :)

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"freeCodeCamp's algorithms were super challenging. A lot of my past learning trauma came up. I cried a bunch out of frustration when I simply couldn't contextualize a mental model for my neuroatypical brain to "make it click"."

I empathize with this all-too-well. How did you make it past the algorithm-learning plateau? I'm still struggling with it.