I committed at the end of 2018 to learn enough web development skills to get a job.

At the end of 2020, I landed my first full-time role as a front-end software engineer.

#DEVCommunity #CodeNewbie #freeCodeCamp

Here's a list of some of the key things I focused on below: * going all in to invest in me,
* getting buy-in from family,
* committing hours of time consistently to learn,
* learning how to learn and find answers,
* seeking free resources and existing communities,
* befriending others in dev community via Twitter,

Ok, so you’re an entry-level junior dev.

Consider how a prospective employer will approach you.

How junior is this dev?

Are they currently employed w/ experience? Yes, you likely get interviewed. No next question.

Freelance or volunteer experience? No next one.

Or...

🧵🪡 If no professional experience, do they have deployed apps like portfolio projects and is their code open-source public code on GitHub?

No, then keep asking more questions.

Or...

@techgirl1908 Attended a few meetups
Formed a study group in a discord and learned git
Went through fCC together to the end of HTML/CSS cert
Group dropped off, but I went through JS data structures cert
Built a WordPress site for a church friend's biz
(cont'd) @techgirl1908 Volunteered at a conference and at a non-profit
Formed a fCC meetup for newbies
Volunteered to teach underrepresented minorities HTML/CSS/JS
Went to a bootcamp to learn how to use Node + MySQL with React
Non-profit leader that I volunteered for referred me to her friend
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