I watched this video almost a year ago, and I signed up on treehouse. I took a bunch of courses and a few months later I got a job as a Web Developer. Now I have seven months under my belt and I love my job.
Abdulmajeed Alotaibi Thanks man, I still digging in to Vanilla JavaScript. I would like to know this language pretty well before going farther. Actually I would like to start learning React but I don’t think my JS skills are enough good. Anyhow thanks for good word, comment like yours, give me more courage to keep going. 😉
I got my first web development job last week at a very small start up. I finished my first project according to the design I was given and I ended up being let go due to a lack of experience. What bothers me most is that I did what I was told and they didn't even give me feedback. They could have at least told me it looked bad (I honestly thought the designs given looked bad), but I made their designs happen. Oh well though, I gained some experience and now I'm off to look for my next gig.
Btw you can check out my code on github @ Jmstewart1127 or visit my site jacobstewartonline(dot)com Sorry that's not supposed to be spam just trying to connect with other coders
I think it's a fraud. Did they ever let you know their company name? You turned their psd/jpg to a working responsive page as a so-call "test", and right after you submitted your work, their email turned total silence. I got the exact same experience. Checkout my portfolio, I'm more of a coder not a designer: www.saturnringstation.com/portfolio
Hey guys this story pretty much echos my experience I’ve been doing Treehouse since February and it is now November and I’m starting a junior developer job next week, you learn so much with treehouse I definitely recommend it
Omg... I've been feeling exactly like you. I realized that my current job is a good job that pays well. But I am not going to be able to really position myself well financially. I've thought about programming over the years but I've wondered if I could really do it. This video truly inspired me... Thank you so much for sharing your story.
Hey Chris. I just bumped on your channel and its crazy how algorithm works. I'm in the point of my career that I want to pursue what I love the most (programming ) 10+ years ago then I happen to saw this 7 year old video. Thank you for reminding me that its never to late to code. I may know less to nothing right now but as I leave this message here I will get back to it a year from now and recount when it all started again. Leap of Faith. Amen.
This is so inspiring. Honestly, I was just about to give up, trying to get my head around html and CSS but finding it a bit tough. Been to uni but left so no formal education which can be a disheartening thought. But this just shows that the only limit is yourself. Thank you
you're awesome bro, just found that I may be getting redundant, and have always wanted to learn how to code but lack of confidence and self belief would always hinder my progress but you have restored that and now I kinda don't have a choice I mean what the alternative .. cheers dude.
You’re right. I’ve been doing treehouse since 2 weeks ago and I just finished first JavaScript. I’m obsessed. I was a programmer in community college. So it’s natural. Thanks for the vote of happiness!
You are so adorable! I've been learning code for a two months and have been applying to boot camps, but can't afford them. So knowing that I can do it through treehouse gives me so much hope. I was feeling super depressed about the whole thing. Thanks for putting this video up! :)
Chris, thank you for the positive messages! I want to become a developer as well but with no experience! I will research the info you provided because I want this life!
Man I've been putting this on the back burner for far to long and now because you, Chris, I'll be moving forward and I know I'll become a web developer. Thank you Chris
I'm starting my journey & found you were the most relatable & I resonated alot with the things you had to say. After watching 5 or 6 of your vids I dubbed you my coding sensei lol. I've never been this passionate about something & I have never been this low & desperate in my life to make something work. I watch alot of RU-vidr's but never have I gone back to watch a RU-vidr's vids from day 1. I think watching your journey while learning code will help keep me focused & motivated to stick it through and succeed. Thanks so much for sharing your journey.
Ever since 4 years ago when a friend/mentor of mine said he learned to code himself and landed a job at a start up company as a web developer/programmer, I was amazed because he graduated from tOSU with a psychology degree. Ever since then, I had an interest in coding and programming. It wasn't until yesterday that I acted on my wants/desires/goals and started really simple JavaScript on Khan Academy. I kid you not, I may just be making shapes, coloring said shapes, making a horribly drawn Totoro, and making things go left and right or increasing size but whenever I finish a successful code with everything perfectly working, it brings so much joy to me like I feel like I am in kindergarten again. And with you, there is definitely that glimmer in your eye where when you talk about your journey, you have such passion with your words. With that said, I wish you well on your future endeavors! I don't know if I will do anything about the coding I will learn because I am currently in pharmacy school... haha
Thank you for the encouragement. I am in transitioning career. I've been thinking about web developer for sometime. I like coding and I have a good friend of mine whose also in the industry helping me.
thanks for this sir, I just got let go of my job and all I do is learn to code, I'm actually able to build websites using abviously html css and boot strap but I still think my work is not good enough but hearing people like your self motivating others gives me the extra push and I thank you for that! good luck to all!
this is so inspiring!! i have one more english class to get my associates degree in web developing! I have been a dental assistant for 16 years so you can imagine im so nervous! and I have been worried Im not good enough yet to move on to a new career. but this has really inspired me! thanks!
Jenn, I'm in the same shoes as you - also female but a little bit older, judging by your photo. :) I know how you feel about changing careers. Good luck!
Mel S. im doing some new projects now for my portfolio and im feeling a tiny bit more confident. I am just going to be super honest with my skill level and hope to god I can find a good job. I am 35 so this is pretty scary but It will be worth it in the end Im sure. good luck to you too! do you have a portfolio yet?
Juicefulll thanks! I am in the process of doing a personal website and im also doing one for a friend that raises and sells chickens and ducks. so thats where im starting then im going to start looking around.
Plant based Jenn you are an inspiration as well. If you really want a job, try pushing all of your work to github and if you have free time try to contribute to open source projects. It will show employers you're dedicated and hungry to learn. Since you are just starting out try to emphasize the fact that you are looking for a company that would give you mentorship and help you grow. Companies want to hear this too and they will not hesitate to bring you up to speed. Congrats on your degree.
haha i was working in a factory doing codecademy in my lunchbreak... then my lunchbreaks went on 2 hours :-P I worked 10 years in corporate manufacturing and then I suddenly woke up one day and I was like "fuck this, I wanna learn tech skillz, how hard can it be to learn to make websites?" freelancing you get to charge decent $$$ per hour but once I got my junior web developer job I realised its actually pretty tough in the real world, but still very achievable! :-)
Hello Chris, I am so happy for you. It is good that you went for it and followed your feelings by learning to code. There is another great thing in this. If you have your own ideas, you can actually build it yourself not depending on someone else. I am 43 myself and an internet marketer for 12 years. Normally I search for developers but at the same time, I feel the urge to build platforms myself. Being able to program yourself or at least program together on your projects makes you more independent and involved. Today I made the decision to learn to program too. Thank you again for sharing. Greetings from the Netherlands.
Hey, I checked out your website, and I would like to offer you some constructive feedback. It took me 5 seconds to load that profile picture on the home page. You can fix this by reducing the dimensions since you are only displaying a 175px-wide image. Instead of reducing the image's natural dimensions of 770x760, why don't you just use a 175px-wide image instead of setting the max-width to 175px? The file size would be much smaller than what it is now (1 mb). Also, as soon as I went you your site, I immediately recognized that typical Twitter Bootstrap look. If I were you, I would customize the design of your site more, and perhaps you could even refrain from using Bootstrap all together (maybe keep the grid, or other components, though). In my opinion, frameworks such as Bootstrap and Foundation are overkill. Instead of using everything, just use a few components that you absolutely need. When I hover over your Instagram photos in the navy blue section, they spontaneously jitter. I would work on that, for that jittery side-effect takes away from the transition. Also, the glyphicons are not loading for me. In my opinion, that Indie Flower font does not go well with your site. I would choose a more legible font such as Open Sans or Source Sans Pro. Additionally, increasing the line-height and font-size in some areas would help alleviate the discomfort I experience reading the bits of text on your website; in some areas, the "y" on one line interferes with other text on the lines below. Moreover, I would work on the Vertical Rhythm of your site. Vertical Rhythm keeps vertical spaces between elements on a page consistent with each other. Essentially, you take a line-height, such as 24px, or a unit-less value (recommended) such as 1.5 (24/16 = 1.5), and set that as the line-height of your body text. Then, you set the line-height of all text elements and the white space between elements to a multiple of 24px. You can read more about Vertical Rhythm here. zellwk.com/blog/why-vertical-rhythms/ Lastly, I don't know if this is because you are using a CMS, but some elements on your site are styled via the style="" html attribute. This is a bad practice and should be avoided, unless it is dynamically included by way of JavaScript or server-side rendering. The reason why this is a "bad practice" is that it doesn't adopt the practice of separation of concerns. I hope you consider my feedback, and if you have any questions, let me know!
How is bootstrap overkill, like what else are going to use Flexbox? lol. I also dont get your point about adjusting the image width, you can just use plugins on Gulp or Grunt to compress images which would work much better.
generalqwer You don't need to use Bootstrap for Flexbox. Also, you can compress the images, but why would you need such a large dimension image for a small profile picture? Optimizing images for the web _also_ includes using images with practical dimensions. In my opinion, Bootstrap is overkill because I don't end up using the majority of the code and I spend more time overriding the default styles than anything else. Instead of using the framework in its entirety, in the past, I just used a few components such as the modal window or CSS grid. Many developers just use Bootstrap and Foundation for rapid prototyping, which they are extremely good for.
Didn't realize bootstrap was something related to web development, thought it was something else. Noticed it a lot on a lot of listed positions i've found in my quest for an IT related career and not many if at all had a title that implied it was a web dev position lol. Need to research bootstrap now to understand how it work. The main reason I'm leaving this comment though is to ask you to elaborate on styling a webpage using the style="" html attribute. You claim it's bad practice but also about the practice of separation concerns. Could you elaborate on what you mean by the practice of separation concerns and also give feed back of alternate methods of styling a webpage? I would think an alternate method would be using style sheets, but that's something i only recently just learned.
i can totally relate to this, my current job is a career dead end too and everyday feels like a dread and i cant stop thinking about switching my career, been using codecademy, freecodecamp, udemy and mdn to learn web dev. will definitely checkout treehouse, thank you for this inspiring video :)
I just started an online web development program. I have really been loving it but I've been unsure about whether it's something I can just jump into without prior experience and actually get a job. This video was so inspirational and just what I needed to hear! Thank you so much!
I'm turning 20 in October and I'm learning to code by myself to become a web developer. This video gives me so much strength to continue. I hope to come back here in the next few years to see my progress ^^
I can only assume you're a believer due to your intro song (happy day)... i think most nonbelievers wouldn't know it... but it's so great to see believers in the field! I started with python, but discouraged due to lack of formal education in comp sci (i am finishing a music degree) and didn't understand complex algorithms and such. I went with learning Front End Development at Free Code Camp because I felt this was a much easier language to grasp and determined to finish this course by the end of summer, honing my skills during my last semester of school, and start applying for jobs for front end development before I graduate in December... I'll let you know how my progress goes! Thanks for your testimony!
I have been programming for about 3 years. I have been learning the MERN Stack now. I actually learned HTML, CSS, and Bootstrap 3 years ago. I know a lot of JavaScript but not a ton. I am still learning, however, I am only a teenager and not even out of high school. I don't know how you got the job considering how difficult it is in this age to actually get a web development job. Thank you for sharing. I thought that I didn't know that much code although I know HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, JavaScript, JQuery and I am learning NodeJS and React. I still feel like I don't know much code but obviously, I have done a lot more than I thought. I can't believe that you got a job after three months of coding. You technically didn't know any programming languages considering HTML isn't technically a programming language.
Hey man really appreciate this video, it's honest and empathizing, I'm a bouncer at a club and just put in my 2 weeks I was going to focus on getting my a+ and network + certs while going to school but I'm gonna look into coding as well.
thank you for inspiring video! I have started learn to code recently and as you said "hard to believe in yourself by looking at the experience from the past and etc." ))) thanks for this video
Been a "coder" for 20 years. I've done many 3-6 month web projects including JS frameworks before JQuery. Currently doing Game Dev with C#, C++ and NODEJS Stuff. Never gone a day without learning something new, even when I didn't want to. I would never tell anyone that programming is easy. It's problem solving using code. Once you understand the problem the coding part becomes kind of trivial. And basically tools today are very high level, so you never touch any of the difficult stuff but the second something goes wrong only years of experience is going to help you.. or stackoverflow. Half the work I get is from people who botched their Wordpress theme install.
hy i m imran from Dubai and i m learning about web designing and i have seen your video and its encourage me too much to become a web developer, i m very happy now that i m doing a great job now Thank you so much dear
From my experience the only people that have found programming difficult is the people that were not passionate about it. Nowadays more like not passionate about the certain scope (AI, Robotics, web dev, graphic manipulation, etc). Feel like nowadays many people choose projects that is a completely different "tech" that they are not too sure if that's what they want to pursue (i.e. web dev to ML). It used to be easier before since the field was broader. My first program was Hello World too, compiled with Borland. For win 3.1 (remember that?). Anyways, great video. Anyone that is passionate about solving problems, and gets excited after solving it will probably do great in the field.
Lol wait, on my very first RU-vid video ever? Do you think treehouse even knew I existed at the time? Come on bro think before you leave a stupid comment like this.
I have played with web design and went the route of hardware infrastructure technician. I am getting old "I am 50 now" and want to do more work from home type of work. I am working on my CSS and html right now.
I am just starting to learn, and I get discouraged sometimes thinking maybe that I can’t make it but I really like it 🙈🙏🏻 I’m going to follow your advice 👍🏻thank you
I just started learning css and this video gave me confidence that I can do better in my life..seriously I had really bad past with every thing.. but looking for brighter future ahead 😊wish me luck
@RealChrisSean I noticed that you used to recommend Treehouse, but now you are leaning towards ZTM? What's changed your opinion? I'm curious because I'm enrolled in a Treehouse Techdegree and wondering if I've made the right choice.
How long did you take learning PHP?, and what about CSS? Not saying JavaScript. In 3 months you know nothing, the time is a lie, I sae the comments very positive for this video, it seems to me that they are beginners, learning to be a web developer takes time. My advice for people who want to become web developer is this: Do not care about the time you would take to learn to be web developer, but be determined to become a web developer, you will face many things in the learning process. Be organized, practice every day, persevere, never give up, and love what you are doing, forget about the time, and then you will find out yourself a real professional as web developer.
Inspiring Video. How I feel right now about my current life. Finding a career path and actually finding a better job. All you said I seemed to relate. I might try this out..thank you so much. ...i will check out all your videos
Hey, man you are a legend!!! I wanna say it’s way easier to get a first job in the states. Im living in Europe and here is very hight requirements. You actually need a college degree for a junior position
a youtube video also change my live........one morning i wake up...you know same shit everyday...i saw the the video then began thinking how i could apply that to my live, and then the journey began. the only thing ones need to change their live is a good idea and the determination to get it done.
Very nice and inspiring statement.. And yeah I also quit a lot of things and unsubscribe some of nonsense channel in youtube and subs for helpful channel like this one and be more focus on my dream. Tnx,
Hey Chris your story is real cool to hear and video is a pretty good too XD. I'm currently getting 20/h. I also don't have a high school diploma or any post secondary education. I am seriously wanting to get into code but currently trying to get passed probation at my current job. I am trying to take care of my parents and my job is tough on my body so I think my first coding job might be a longer journey X(.
Thank you for this, very positive video. Feels good. But I have been struggling over 6 months trying to get an interview for a developer position. Where you live must play a big factor.
Thank you for sharing your story it's very motivational and inspiring. I'm currently learning to code and am loving every second of it but am nervous to start applying for jobs in Tech as it is a huge career change compared to what I'm doing now. But your video had renewed my hope and motivation that maybe this can be a possibility for me now as well. I hope you continue to upload more videos like this!
Hey Chris, Thanks for the reply! I'm studying Front End Web Development and started my course 6 months ago but due to work commitments I fell so behind but now I'm taking this month to fully immerse myself and try to start freelancing while I study and hopefully this will lead to me continuing to freelance which would be my dream or a job as a web developer in a company. Your blog has given me a great idea to create one about my journey learning to code until I get my website up. Thank you again for your kind words of encouragement, I have subscribed to your channel and really look forward to your uploads!
Hi Chris!!! Thank you for being so opened and sharing all this handy information. Just curious, do women tend to do well in web developement (in your experience). Are there many women working in this field? Also, I don't seem to see the link to treehouse.
bro , your advice is very good, but your bgm seems to be distracting,, its a bit loud - so I hadto concentrate to understand what you were saying. very good motivation though
What would be a good place to go and learn coding for software dev today? I am stuck at a full time job that requires me to be on call, and I want to still make decent money, but learn coding.
I saw this video last year and I wish I wouldn't have taken it so literally. Finding a job is so much harder. Not trying to knock Chris at all (I still watch his channel) but, he got very lucky getting hired the way he did.
Damn ! You re so humble and honest! I know im late still i smh came here during the quarantine times ! Thanks chris for sharing your experience ! Meant a lot for me ! ❤
I’m 13 but I wanted to be a Project Manager of Construction, but by the time I get my degree there won’t be many openings. So I’m trying coding to see if I like it.
Dude, I'm in sales for a tech startup and just came across this because I was trying to understand and ultimately connect more with developers. Seriously rad video. Go you for sharing your vulnerabilities through your story & allowing others to be inspired from your success. Cheers, man.
Chris I have watched so many of your videos. your message is so motivating and positive. BTW I think you are alot smarter than you give yourself credit for. God bless you!
thank you . I like the video "Just go for it. give it a try". This gives me a lot of encouragement. I also start to work as a PHP Web developer. I started from July till now (5 months maybe) :) and I still feel nevous. I wish at first I can do it for 1 year and everything will go well. I am not smart and my memory is bad too :)) . But I like to program
I don’t know why I really want to learn web dev even if I’m stubborn. Man, back in college I don’t understand anything about C# and C++. But now that I am a freelancer, I just want to do it. I want to try it.
Remember that programming is not just about building websites. In fact HTML and CSS are technically not programming languages. Almost all industries have some form of in-house application that needs to be maintained and developed. So if anyone is struggling to get a job in web development and they want to be a 'Programmer' then it's worth looking at other industries and seeing what they are developing.
can i study from freecode camp isted i dont have much money to learn webselveloper i work very hard my job is very suck but i want to learn to code too
I have a High school diploma, and i am looking to get the Programming bootcamp from Florida's Top University UCF. I want to create some websites and i want to do job that make me good money plus i can also travel or do something for few years or months in contracts. I think this is what i want to do in my life and i am happy.
What is the pathway to learn web development?? Javascript? How can I prove that I have revelant skill and meet the requirements? Is there any certification to take ?
