How I Became a Web Developer in 3 Months 

I used to work in a call center as a tech agent for 5 years before teaching myself how to code. Now I am working from home as a full stack web developer with the highest salary I'd ever had. Keep inspiring dude.

I feel like crying bc you're giving ppl like myself hope for the future, after what feels like a lifetime of feeling crushed under the weight of the world. I'm starting this journey, of exploration phase and found your videos. Thank You!!!!

I'm 35 single-parent every day after work I go home and take 2 hours a night to learn I'm dyslexic but I can't let that stop me from making sure my kids have a good life. Thank you for the video giving me hope. It's not going to be easy but anything worth anything in life ever is.

People need to understand that requirements for junior positions aren't for full competency in the list of skills they request. They want you to at least be familiar but not proficient enough to where they can leave you on your own from day 1 and let you get on with it. From personal experience, most people ask is for you to COMMUNICATE. It's a lacking skill a lot of developers start with that never address it. It's important as a developer to reach out for help...especially as a junior developer because it is to be expected at that level, and good companies offer resources to help you get acquainted with the stack the company uses, and if they don't just ask.

Most inspiring. It reminds me of the saying " A journey of a thousand miles starts with a step" I know that most people get stuck in endless learning and end up dejected and frustrated. I know that feeling.

The intro gave a lot of memories for us who have been following you for so long.

I bought a course at Udemy in 2017 and after 2 weeks, I kept fluctuating and unknowingly it's 2020 like what the fudge happened all those years? I could've learn so much be way ahead of where I am right now but rather than beating up yourself and living in the past, I have started to change everything about myself now and It's time for me to disappear for a while to focus on my code. Thank you for sharing your wonderful story, Chris. Your old video is the reason which boosted my confidence in learning code.

This man literally had Jesus on his side.

Your story is so humbling. You and Mayuko were my inspiration to start coding. I started back in 2019 and I gave up because I felt like I wasn't smart enough. After working long minimum wage hours, I decided to go back to coding again.

Thank you man rn im going through a tuff time. I literally hate my life, my job, hardly spend time with family and am going nowhere. I made the decision to learn coding this week actually and man your right I dont care how much time I need to dedicate I am Going to do it. Ima risk it all.

You did it again Chris! I followed your story back then and I was so impressed with you. However, just like you I quit coding because my life was in shambles. Fast forward to today, you've motivated me again to just put myself out there even if I don't feel like my skills are enough to land me a job. I'm ready now Chris! So thank you again. This is exactly what I needed to hear.

You just made a grown man cry, i am currently doing a startup projects for react, you know beginner projects like to do list, and i am currently employed right now and couldnt afford a laptop, im using my company's pc to learn code secretly, I'm thankful that I was not the only one who have taken this road before. If you can do it. So am I. Thanks for being an inspiration. Keep doing what youre doing

10:41 Christian here too. Making the career shift to front end dev at 26! You’re putting a smile on Jesus face with the inspiration you’re spreading through this channel man. God bless

You're the best Chris. Thanks for your honesty, and for helping and giving hope to people out there embarking on this journey with doubt and low self-confidence. Such a great inspiration, cheers.

This career and life is a process! I told myself forever I couldn’t do comp sci once I transferred to my university, so I picked another major to cop out. But then something hit that I love tech, I love science and engineering, and I changed to comp sci. Now I’m 1 semester from graduation. And, have been self teaching all web technology on the side to complement the fullstack path I took with my degree and Damn it is amazing. For anyone afraid, or timid, just do it! And the perfect change for encouragement is the home Chris! He keeps it real. Keep it up man. And keep following your dreams

Damn.. Just got my HTML, CSS, JS, Jquery books... Going to be learning myself. Thank you for the inspiration.

I love how honest and up front you are!! And knowing that you are in such a great place right now with your new ~secret~ job it truly makes me so happy for you. It's so motivating, please continue making videos you are inspiring so many and lifting up so many people. I know because I'm one of them!

I really love your story Chris. Thank you for sharing this to us. You really inspire me to continue learning to code.

Def needed to see this, I’m currently putting myself through the gauntlet learning a few different programming languages. Trying to change my trajectory as well. This was great 🙏🏾

Excellent video - thank you for sharing Chris. I am a QA engineer learning to code now, so I appreciate your story. Also, I love how you incorporate the power of networking! Networking is so key!

I'm 2 years late but RU-vid recommended me this. Truly inspiring story brother. This is really motivating! Keep grinding🙏

Thanks Chris, you just gave me an orientation I never had. You just showed me how to move from where I am right now to where I want to be, thanks for making me overcome my fears, indeed three months is enough to be transformed and that's all I need to make a difference, thanks Chris for opening up my eyes for now I can see clearly.

I'm so grateful to find your video :) this is really inspiring to me as I'm stuck in the same situation feeling that nothing in this world actually fits me. I'm a computer science but sometimes I feel it's so hard and kinda out of my reach. I started college late and English is not my first language, which makes me be so unconfident sometimes, but your sharing actually pulls up my hope

this man inspired me to do programming after my teacher discouraged me of it... many thanks my man edit: i was bad at programming in his class not the worst but definetly not the best..i ask if he could explain it a little more simple since i could not keep up..he then said i cant keep up then programming is not for me..i was dissapointed since i liked it so much since then i never picked it up until i saw Chris' video

hello Chris!, your videos inspire me so much. I am 12 years old who have been programming for 5 months. At the times I have always wanted to quit you would always inspire me to work harder. Thank You!

Just starting out and stumbled across this. I can't wait to see where this road leads. I appreciate the knowledge and tips, see you guys in the field.

Aaaah that Intro! Bringing up some memories :D Have been following you for so long man!You always motivate me to do some coding. I appreciate this more than you'll ever know :D

Hi Chris - I see this video is a couple of years old. I hope you are still doing well. This really spoke to me; thank you for making it. It s given me hope and inspiration to continue on my own search. Take care!

You're such an inspiration to me! You encourage me to keep going and believing in myself to learn code.

Inspirational story Chris! Glad things turned out well with you

Man this big motivation 🙌🏼 great job bud 👏🏼 never quitting when your backs against the wall!!

Love the story, thank you for sharing !

Chris, thank you for sharing your story and your faith! I’m soon to retire from the military and am hitting JavaScript hard to start up a whole new career. Your videos have been an inspiration to charge down a new path after over 21 years in aviation.

Happy for you man. You did great amount of work to be where you are, it says all about your character.

Thank you so much, just starting my journey, thanks for the encouragement!

this is the start of my learning how to code journey. I really related to your story and i'm currently with my back against the wall and it is now painfully obvious, the filed is wide open and because the language is always changing there is opportunity of everyone

I relate so much to the introversion and laziness part, but that has played a role in my procrastination habits. My inspiration for learning to code was a Day in the Life video from Edward Sa, and then came your videos. If I started then I would've had a year and a half of code study and practice, and I've been beating myself up from that. My problem is that there are no local jobs here.

You always motivate me Chris. Much love from Ghana 🇬🇭 #devlifeFly 💡

So inspired man. On track with my coding journey as well. Thanks for the push I really needed.

Hey man, Canadian guy here. I won't go into it but I'm a first responder with PTSD. I've been off work for a long time. Too long! I have a hard time leaving the house.....so in my time at home I've been learning to code. Your videos are really inspiring! I've started with the basics and now I'm onto Java....It's become this weird addiction for me. I don't even know how I found your channel, but, they're seriously touching. (Little heavy on the Treehouse, but I feel you). Keep this up. You're doing good work! Love from the north.

Hi Chris! Thank you for that video. Since the outbreak of the pandemic I am in a similar situation to the one you described as your motivation kick and I was just about to give up. Your story lifted my spirits and I am glad I had an opportunity to hear it. Wish me luck as I will try to follow in your footsteps. Bless!

I'm starting my way to be a full stack developer. So far I'm motivated thanks to real-life stories like yours. Thanks a lot for sharing!!

This is Alejandro from Guatemala. Thank you for sharing your experience Sean, it really inspires me to continue learning.

Ive been watching your video Chris and it really inspire me to keep going in this career. The words that I keep holding on is "from zero to something". To prove to myself that I can be whatever I want if I really give my 100% into it. Thank you so much Chris you really helped me when I am about to give up. Much love bro! 🇵🇭

Thank you Chris! This video has reignited the fire I have for coding. This means a lot! #juniordeveloper #fullstackdeveloper

This video has literally changed my life. Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us Chris and congratulations!

great vid Chris! thanks for sharing your story!

Hey Chris, I've been watching your videos since this June. I've been following your advice on learning how to code and then job hunting right now. I'm also a Christian and hearing your testimony has given me a lot of hope. Keep up the good work, and I'll comment again on one of your videos when I land myself my first job! God bless.

This! I am so glad to come across this video because this was eye opening and very inspiring. I'm just barely learning how to code and i'm very hopeful of this journey that I am starting. I am not religious but watching this gives me so much hope for my future to keep pushing it. Thank you Chris!!

Your channel is so underrated man! I really wish I found your channel way back. ❤

Hello, your video is really touching to me. I am currently going through the same things you were going through. I have been thinking about getting into Web Development for a while now. I want to learn coding but I want to do it as a hustle. Thanks for sharing your story. You not the only one going through it.

Well done Chris, you're a inspiration to many including me.

Your attitude is inspiring. The persistence and refusing to accept failure as a concept, and only acknowledging it as another way that doesn't work

Hey Chris your story is very inspiring, I am now in the process of self taught web dev as well. Currently I am learning Javascript with treehouse. Hoping when all goes well and I make it thru the tech industry is I can fly there to California and thank you personally for being an inspiration. Keep posting videos as it gives us all the motivation to get to where you are now. Thank you. Keep safe.

Ive never seen someone so honest and genuine. Your deadly bro!!!!

Thank you for inspiring us!! I stopped studying a full stack web developer course a few months ago, but because of your videos, it gave me motivation to love code again :)

You’re awesome bro. I really appreciate this advice. I’m trying to learn HTML and CSS currently just as a side hobby but I hope I can get to a level close to you.

Thank you Chris! Made me take one extra step towards getting hired today! Inspiring story!

U are really inspired me man when I feel dawn for no reason then I see your positive growth attitude . I feel better

Great video Chris! This was very inspiring 😊

Thank you so much for this video! I've been studying how to code for almost 2 months now and even though I already understand HTML and CSS good, I still severely struggle to see if I'll ever be able to become a real front-end developer. It all just gets so overwhelming sometimes with certain lessons and then I remember that I haven't even started JavaScript yet and it's easy to then get demotivated even more. Your video however has helped me realize that there is hope and that I should continue with this path because it is possible for me to get a job, even though I might not be an excellent developer yet. Thank you! ♥

Im going to start my coding learnjng journey. Im ready to learn and grow. Thank you for sharing yoir story ✊

Thanks so much Chris. Inspirational stuff. Instant sub

Thanks for sharing your story bro. I found this video by accident and it really spoke to me. Much appreciated 🙏🏾

Thank you for this video Chris. I needed this!

Thanks man. I really needed to see this. Thanks a lot !

Wow!!! I'm super impacted with your story Chris and I'm taking a bone step forward . Thanks for sharing your story

You are a lot more resilient than me. I'm in my late 30s now, and it's kind of scary that I'll be in my 40s in a few years' time, with no savings, no house, a student load debt of $25,000. I work as a call centre agent for the last 3 years earning minimum wage of $1,600 a fortnight. This is not my ideal job, but it's the only job I could get into because I have arthritic joints disease which is passed on from my father side of the family. Back in my 20s, I attempted 2 years of chemical engineering course, but I failed miserably and dropped out, then I transferred to a computer science couse, did well the first year, but then my arthritis set in, and performed poorly in 2nd year. I tried Laboratory Chemistry, but also failed 2nd year. No point in looking back to my mistakes Ive made now, since the past cannot be changed. Now I'm thinking whether or not I should invest in education to study IT or Accounting, because I really want to get out of the rut. The call centre job is giving me anxiety and listening to customers complaints can really messed up my mental well-being in the long run.

Man thank you for sharing your life experience !!! Love it. Thanks from London UK

"I'm lazy. it's takes me a long time to learn" you just described me. I needed this video at this very time. this is all the spur I need to go all out in 2022

This had to of been one of the most motivating coding videos I’ve seen in years, thank you!

Thank you, man. Your video inspired me today, and I really needed this.

Thanks Chris for sharing your story! It is inspiring!

Stay humble, man. You'll keep getting blessed!

That message was 🔥🔥🔥. Motivational speaking also has stars that you might be aligned with Chris. Powerful presence you have 💪🏾...JB

Very nice sharing, Chris. Best of luck.

I'm just starting to learn code so this video is inspiring thank you ✌🏾

Been following you for a while now, you inspired me to learn to code. Now I'm starting to apply for jobs now, wish me luck :)

I needed to hear this. Thank you!

Such an awesome story, man. Very inspiring. Great work!

man, I just finished my bootcamp of 6 month as a full stack web dev, and I'm searching for jobs and it's scary because I'm feeling that I don't know much out almost nothing, like I can make things done but always need to research information either how to finish or how to start a certain function or project itself, and they always require way more programs that I never saw... your story is amazing and it does gives me inspiration, keeping my hope and trying to learn and get some place that I could at least start with professionals where I could actually learn how to be good enough and a good professional as well. I think the only thing we need is one shot to be able to grow. Your videos are really good and loads of help, and your person is just outstanding and very humble love it! and I'm sorry for my bad English.

Your videos are fire bro! Keep up the good work, you got yourself a new subscriber! 🔥🔥🔥

This is hands down your best video yet. I was thinking about giving up but this gave me hope to keep moving forward.

You made this video 2yrs ago but it's still the most sincere story I've heard. Other "How I" vids people post about their "struggle" fall flat as I can tell it's a bit made up to try to make it "relatable" for views. Regardless of what job you earned - it's a wonderful journey of perseverance and willingness to take risks without ego!

I love this video. I just started learning code this week. God Bless

Thank you so much for this video! I am so motivated by this, we can all make it guys!!!

Thank you so much for making this video. I've also went through the same roller coaster when it came to career and I thought I would never find career that I enjoy and here I am coding at 4 am before work. I can't explain it but coding feels right. Cheers!

Don't stop making videos man, this channel is like my energy booster whenever i think i can't make it.

Thanks for sharing! Your videos are great and super helpful!

Great vid man. I just started a course on html css and js. I’m currently on css. Loving it so far. This gives me hope. I’m in a similar situation. At a job I really hate and on a write up now. Really want to quit. I’ve been looking at jobs but haven’t applied to any yet. I think I’m going to start.

Thank you mate I think I’m ready to start studying now as I have nothing to lose

Love your video man, so motivational !!!

Been here since 2k subs, continue to inspire bruh. Much love from the Philippines 🇵🇭

Very inspiring. I'm trying to learn to code myself. Thanks for your video

I love you, man. Im glad you turned it around and got a life in which you don't feel that you are "garbage." I hope someday I can have a life in which I'm not garbage.

Thank you, this inspired and uplifted me

Great video. Love the story. Very inspiring and motivational for me today. Thanks!

Amazing and inspirational story, Chris.. thanks for sharing with us.

Hey man thx for this video, really needed to hear this.

Truly inspirational as always, I started learning HTML and CSS about a month ago. I wish there were that many jobs to apply to here in Liberia.