Hi there! If you are looking to become a Web Developer like I am, great! Fantastic! Let's take this journey together! Before we begin on that, allow me to give a bit of background on myself.
I am 28 years of age, living in Southern California and working two jobs. I used to go to college but I am not attending anymore at the moment for specific reasons, but I am highly interested in going back. I have some knowledge of HTML/CSS and learning JavaScript right now with interests of working the front end.
Well, now that I have told you about myself, fellow reader, let's get down to business and talk about what it takes to become a Web Developer, whether it be front end, back end, or full stack! I'm pretty sure that you have read or watched videos on what I am about to tell you HUNDREDS of times, but it is rather important that you take the time to make these efforts always. I am going to be breaking down these down with what the top 5 important items that I believe that you should work on when it comes to becoming a Web Developer. So without further ado, let's break this list down:
1.) Figure out what you want to do when it comes to Web Development or any other sort of programming. It's imperative that you figure out what it is that you want to do and like when it comes to any kind of programming or development. Let's say that you are interested in Data Science. You would have to figure out what languages are used for Data Science. Python sounds like a good place to start, right? Well, you have to see how Python is structured, play around with code, work on a project. If you like it, great! Keep at it! If not, there's always plenty of other options for you out there.
2.) How are you going to learn these programming languages? This is very important to understand when it comes to learning how to program. Consider the costs of courses and the time that it will take for you to understand the language that you're programming in so that you don't need to look at resources too often. You can always take a course at a community college, purchase a course on Udemy, learn for free on YouTube, etc. I will be covering the pros and cons of all of these subjects in another blog post.
3.) Find meetups! Finding meetups can be pretty tough sometimes. However, a quick Google search can be your best tool! You can also use meetup.com or the meetup app to find a coding meetup near your area. Meetups sometimes provide some free food and drink, but please be considerate with those. The best part of meetups is meeting other developers, aspiring developers like yourself, and potentially recruiters that you can keep in contact with.
4.) CODE EVERY SINGLE DAY!!! It is preferred by a YouTuber that I follow, Dylan Isreal, big shout out to you if you read this blog, that you should code for 4 hours a day. However, we do have other obligations such as family, jobs, and other things that can happen. I try to code for at least an hour to an hour and a half a day at the moment. But once I start getting more free time, I will be coding so much more often!
5.) Have fun! That is the biggest thing that I think people fail to understand. Yes, it is important to take your self-studies or structured studies seriously, but please do remember that you will be running into bumps during your programming learning and you will make mistakes. Just take a deep breath, move away from your keyboard for a minute, reflect what you may have done wrong, then once you figure out what's going on, laugh it off and go back to coding. It isn't the end of the world if your code isn't working proper when you run a test. You can also talk to your fellow peers about your problem and see if they can help you out with it!
Well, that is all that I have for this blog today. If you want to follow, please go ahead and do so. I do intend to post more blogs for my journey as a Web Developer to come. have a wonderful day!
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