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@jamescross 2 года назад

lol. Recorded this last week and since then, freecodecamp came out with a NEW Responsive Web Design course section. Layout is a little different but do the new section instead of the legacy. This only affects a small portion of this video. Also, why you should start a programming youtube channel: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QILxmJpH6wM.html

@midknight3350 2 года назад

Enjoy the Picasso Painting course, y'all!

@billyum4302 2 года назад

I was doing my final portfolio for the 'legacy' web design course when they dropped the new one lol RIP me

@midknight3350 2 года назад

@@billyum4302 Fortunately, you can still access it and the projects you have to do for you certification is the same. You can go straight to the projects and visit the new stuff after if you want.

@jamescross 2 года назад

@Billyum. Then finish the legacy and skim the new one for topics you might not have covered.

@jamalsheriff1928 2 года назад

it says 300 hours i don't think is worth spending 300 hours on it tho . If you got 5 hours a day spending 2 months doing CSS and HTML in the beginning i don't think is worth it . I Hope beginners don't do that they will get bored and give up .

@Ay00ant Год назад

I work in the construction field and it’s taking a toll on my body, Trying learn to code to help me live a longer life with those I love

@jamescross Год назад

Best wishes on the journey! I still live with some physical consequences of working construction. Probably would be way worse if I had stayed in that industry.

@catalineu77 Год назад

Same man,same..

@captainbluemccoy223 Год назад

Hope you will succeed bro, Good luck. I’m working in an Airport as a cleaner, I hate my life, When I see people who is Rich buying expensive goods, I feel so sad that I don’t have that kind a life. I’m trying to learn python.

@Black.Sabbath Год назад

@@captainbluemccoy223 I wish you well, that's very admirable, especially if you're out of construction. I currently work for a web design agency but got baited and switched and haven't made a website from scratch, he just uses me to copy content across. So I'm hoping to show him and make my own career so I can leave.

@PYROWORKSTV Год назад

That was my motivation as well. Away from hard labor jobs with shit pay to a new future with creativity, better pay and all that.

@Mr.man712 Год назад

There are so many videos about becoming a programmer but yours hits home the most because you aren't coming from a tech background but a actual worker. I'm a warehouse worker trying to become a programmer and this video was super straight through thank you!

@jamescross Год назад

Thanks for the feedback! Best wishes with your programming journey YEEHAW!

@Mr.man712 Год назад

@@jamescross I will admit some of the concepts FCC is teaching me with HTML is kinda confusing since I don't understand a lot of it

@jeremiahhussey7710 Год назад

same here audio visual tech to a future dev

@beforeandafterphotos Год назад

Same. Tired of driving a forklift for 13 years.

@RaiseThePressure Год назад

@@beforeandafterphotos oh man good luck!

@f0x845 2 года назад

I did a bootcamp at a certain university in the state of kansas in 2019, and it left me totally unprepared to actually land a job. I had a portfolio that I couldn't even fully tell a recruiter or company how I coded it, because they didn't teach us HOW to think, just WHAT to think. Here I am, starting my journey over and I'm 2 months in, feeling pretty dang good about it.

@jamescross 2 года назад

Good to hear it's going better for you now!

@outsidewithmax8323 Год назад

I’m in the exact same situation

@bigrod359 Год назад

I’m looking at a online college for a bacholrs in web development thinking I’ll be the same when I finish

@sarahjeannexd Год назад

I finished one recently and am a TA for said company making pretty shit money and I realized it’s part of their scam 😅 I won’t say anymore but I totally feel you with being unprepared. My students are totally lost and I feel their pain.

@Black.Sabbath Год назад

Well I'm looking into a bootcamp with a guaranteed job at the end soooo

@AOcreative Год назад

Im starting with front end and then will slowly move towards back end with time. Im so torn down. Unemployed for 3 years and I want to change my life and do something better with my self. Watching videos like these are getting me out of my slump. Thank you for this video.

@jamescross Год назад

Best wishes on your software journey!

@nakulyadav9287 Год назад

i am transitioning from a sales role to a Development role myself. Sending you positive energy :)

@One-way Год назад

You can do it !!!! It is gonna be a challenge but the challenge is worth it !!

@londonching3343 Год назад

also transitioning from sales to maybe front end dev. we're all gonna make it

@Zed-gb4zf Год назад

Keep strong, buddy. You can do it! 👊

@HollyHuntty Год назад

Literally am learning on the Odin project right now, trying to transition from tattooing. I was so thrilled when you mentioned this! Feeling on path 😁 thanks!

@BRZguy Год назад

Dude, thank you so much for referencing Free Code Camp. I was really looking for a site that was able to teach you, but actually have you apply what you've learned without just copying it over. It's so much more helpful as a self-learner as opposed to some other guides which basically just lay out all of the information for you.

@danatassler8776 Год назад

I was a ruby on rails developer for just shy of seven years, this was a few years ago. While I liked working in that framework, I was a full-stack developer at a small company (our rails app was a ticketing system for telecommunications jobs). I got SO burned out on full-stack that I swore I'd never do it again and I haven't. A friend of mine recommended boning back up on rails in order to do API stuff, and it's tempting. Anyway, wanted to kind of start from scratch with web development again and that's how I found your video. Thanks for the scoop!

@thuicide Год назад

Your videos are appreciated across all ages! I’m 19, about to turn 20, and want to break into the field but lack the finances to enroll in a boot camp. I tried college, but it stripped me of motivation because I felt so being behind and judged my peers for not knowing certain things. I chose to try to learn on my own accord and the resources you gave were so super helpful. Thank you for your work!!!!

@piersStreet 9 месяцев назад

Lol Just turned 21 and know exactly what you mean. after highschool tried a lot of things including university but no shoe seemed to fit now I realise this maybe this is the thing for me, love coding gives me a sense of peace even though it's difficult at times but I want to do and now on my road to be a web dev my own pace and loving it

@savysavy-mv2qd 27 дней назад

Am 20 Seeing you guys talk like this gives me hope..since all my peers have left for college and I was the only one remaining..I thought it was the end of it all since all my life I have been taught the only way you can make a living is to go to college and get a job but actually there are alot of people who have not gone to college yet making way more than those who have.I don't mean am against going to college or anything..hope you guys Succeed

@remy333 2 года назад

Great video man. Glad you worked past those hurdles. I’m still gunning for my goals, and already have a good job as a Cloud Storage Engineer, but I still really want to be better with programming and doing web apps that the rest of my team generally doesn’t do or isn’t great at. Thanks for the tips.

@jamescross 2 года назад

thanks for the feedback!

@Black.Sabbath Год назад

Where is the Cloud?

@alishagrace 2 года назад

Thanks for this video! I’ve been thinking about getting back into web development (self-taught since 15, I’m now 40 but stopped several years ago). I’ve been looking at boot camps, but haven’t found good reviews and just didn’t know where to turn because I know I have more to learn as things have changed. These free courses are better than spending a bunch of money learning things I may already know since I’m not starting off as a beginner.

@jamescross 2 года назад

Yeah, since you already have past experience, bootcamps would probably be a waste of money.

@synjarimyriam Год назад

Dude, I can totally feel you on this. I want to do a career shift at 45+ and it feels so daunting looking into learning web dev because of that lol. Thanks for making these videos and reminding me its nevah to late! ^.^

@yasiryounas126 Год назад

I am 35 just started learning this year hope to finish my course soon. I was thinking exactly the same but it’s never too late .

@Mrwinecontreras Год назад

I’m 37 and about to star my course , never to late , I’ve being a truck driver for 15 years , not for me anymore

@MarkSchindler Год назад

37 as well and just started trying to learn. Trying not to become too dependent on AI other than to explain things.

@JamWebH Год назад

I am 36 just started to learn this year 😉💪🏼 never gave up!!!

@bluwater1422 9 месяцев назад

@@yasiryounas126same here & I'm 35

@TheJockerproductions 2 года назад

You are awesome sir! Couple months ago you were one of the first programing mentor videos I've watched and had no idea about most stuff you were talking about, today watching this I feel proud to say and so much more familiar with most of stuff you mentioned! Totally worth it fellas stay focused you'll get there!, it's not hard but takes a Lot of hardwork!

@jamescross 2 года назад

So great to hear! Glad it's coming together for you!

@TheJockerproductions 2 года назад

@@jamescross appreciate it man you really out here changing life's! thank you of all the effort you make to help us

@RevStickleback Год назад

I had to retrain about a decade ago, and I went down the book route, going through several books which at face value covered the same thing, but each one would cover it slightly differently, so you got to appeciate it more. I also picked book which contained exercises rather than just explaining, as you learn by doing, not by reading. Afterwards I then built two websites. Neither were spectacular, obviously, but they were enough to show a potential manager that I could apply what I had learned, and that's what got me the job. He said that so many came in for interviews with great paper qualifications, but couldn't offer anything to show they could use what they'd learned. I think I might have struggled if I was learning now though, as so much appears to be online, or with videos like Pluralsight, which I find impossible to learn from.

@jamescross Год назад

Thanks for sharing your experience and thoughts!

@KenKen-ki1cx 11 месяцев назад

Hello there @revstickleback please could you share this books

@RevStickleback 11 месяцев назад

@@KenKen-ki1cx It was a series of books called "Head First" but this was over a decade ago so I don't know if they have updated them since.

@krunchyapples Год назад

I appreciate you being so open about your personal story, man. It is a far too common predicament for so many people

@rubensabeast 2 года назад

I love the vids man, definitely gonna give this path a shot, I’ve dove in 2 separate times trying to learn over the past 3 years each time only lasting a brief period but the first time I got an understanding of what html and css were and did tutorials for like a month and this last time a couple months ago I actually got a pretty good understanding of html structure and learned how to resource what I wanted to happen with css and started building some sites but when JavaScript hit it kinda demotivated me and I stopped and I’ve been getting amped up to dive back in and this video I think just did it for me so thank you I needed that

@jamescross 2 года назад

I gave up on my first attempt and took awhile to give it a go again. It's tough but was worth pushing through it. Especially when things started clicking and became more fun to build things.

@russelschuster8036 Год назад

Seriously, take these advices to the heart. Very helpful indeed and feeling much confident after listening to your advice. You have given one of the best tips for free, best guidance for free and above all you are doing a wonderful job for all aspirants. Thanks a ton!

@jamescross Год назад

You are so welcome

@hektor6766 Месяц назад

Completely down-to-Earth, no BS, solid information, delivered with understanding and calm reassurance. A great roadmap vid without the clowning and hype.

@AbsolutelyFeral2605 Год назад

I started to struggle with extreme social anxiety during COVID. I started a remote job but it will end in a few months. I am learning to code as I think there will be more remote opportunities which would suit me better at the moment. I have been studying my butt off for two months, I am hoping in another two to three I will be able to take on some freelance projects and start interviewing. Wish me luck 😀

@jamescross Год назад

Best of luck!

@kellyhoesing2573 2 года назад

Did a full stack boot camp and I really felt too spread-out in my knowledge going into interviews. Instead of having competency/mastery in any one sphere, I had familiarity in many. So I found myself having to focus on one section and do a bunch of individual work/study anyway.

@jamescross 2 года назад

thanks for sharing your experience!

@VirusZero0140 2 года назад

Did you end up getting a job because of the full stack boot camp?

@tranmikey8188 Год назад

@@VirusZero0140 i watn to ask the same question. After watching this video, maybe its better that you are focusing on one thing and be mastered at it at the time!

@JudgeDeath999 2 года назад

First I want to say great video as always! Secondly for anyone looking to get in to the tech field, depending on where you live, a lot of countries are trying to push the tech industry hard and you may be able to get expensive qualifications fully funded by the state. I am in the UK and have just started one that is online and self paced and roughly a college level qualification which can easily lead to junior dev positions. As I say this is dependant on where you live and the self taught method is definitely a viable option.

@jamescross 2 года назад

great point. definitely something folks should look into.

@JudgeDeath999 2 года назад

I just thought I'd add under here I am also doing a lot of these free courses at the same time to fill in areas the bootcamp misses and to really drive home the basics.

@Unknownbrowndude 2 года назад

I'm also from the UK. I'm interested to learn thr name of this course?

@amiriskandar-ut7iu Год назад

Ive been binge watching various videos on programming for weeks and today i stumbled to your video. when you said you had a career change from construction worker to web developer, i feel like im not alone. i was a waiter, a chef, a car salesman then back to the kitchen and currently at 34, im a site manager. sounds like im making quite a decent amount but im not. found out that an intern who test websites make double than what i currently am doing (and its remote work). i hope that i can find a job that can pay me enough even if i had to work 16 hours a day and turn my life around. currently learning python and when im done, ill go through other languages. p/s: liked & subscribed :)

@jamescross Год назад

thanks for sharing your experience!

@MrChris20912 Год назад

+1 on the building stuff to make sure stuff sinks in. I've learned so much just by having to troubleshoot my own projects.

@CharlieAligaen 2 года назад

Solid advice. I appreciate it. I have a software engineer friend that mentioned being able to Google documentation is key. You're not going to know everything and might not work on the same stack that you've worked with in the past. Thanks for the tips!

@jamescross 2 года назад

Totally agree. Super important skill once someone is ready to step away from tutorials.

@TheNewton 2 года назад

@@jamescross being taught how to do technical research, interpret errors, is always missing from these courses, and there are no good Google-Fu tutorials last I looked. There is a 'how to ask smart questions' document out there however it's more for the general issue of poor questions.

@ricobowen9732 2 года назад

love the videos man! I've been in the IT support field for a couple years, now studying front-end development to change my career. keep up the good work!

@jamescross 2 года назад

thanks. best of luck Rico on the journey!

@phabeondominguez5971 2 года назад

Whats making you switch? Unless by support, you mean Help-Desk, then that answers my question.

@ricobowen9732 2 года назад

@@phabeondominguez5971 yup help desk at the moment. Love helping people, but only so many times you can ask, did you reboot.

@phabeondominguez5971 2 года назад

@@ricobowen9732 I feel you, what about Desktop Support man? Do it at a law firm and you'll have one of the best jobs ever, free reign too. Regardless tho, you can't ever go wrong learning to code so your doing something right that's for sure!!

@ohnonatsu5177 Год назад

hows it going?

@kwillo4 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for being so open! Liked the content and will try free code camp I think. What is your opinion of code academy?

@learningstuff5679 Год назад

An overlooked tip for when you make these kinds of videos laying out a pathway is to strip away too many options... The worst thing about being a newbie is the overwhelming decision fatigue which then delays making a decision. In this video, you outlay 4 possible decisions which now require additional research. Most people just want one option so they can begin their journey instead of having to consume more videos about more possible pathways. You should interview a newbie on your channel so that they can ask "newbie" questions in which you can use your expertise to answer the questions that every other newbie is asking at home. I guarantee that people in the comments still haven't picked a path because they are still having to research. We just want ONE path to get started. 1. Free Code Camp Org 2. The Odin Project 3. Udemy 4. CS50 - Harvard Computer Science

@probrickgamer Год назад

Damn right. Good job. We need people likee you making these videos not people who don't get it

@benjamindavis2475 Год назад

Free code camp

@holasoyesteban8188 Год назад

"We just want one path to follow" damn bro, life is not that easy, and if you don't want to do a little of work just doing some research maybe there's not path to follow for you or other guys than think similar

@Kevin-yj7nd Год назад

CS50 by a mile. Thay actually have 2 courses, Intro to CS and WebDev with Django and Javascript. Do both and you will get some good projects for you portfolio and you will be more than ready for the job interview. However is very hard.

@UPAKHOSALA Год назад

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@phillipdonnelly6430 Год назад

Well said. Absolutely right on all points. When I was learning there was very little resource and all courses were expensive. Heads down, get on with it, don't watch movies or tv unless you have to so your family are GF are kept happy. Making coding your only thing other than producing an income and don't waste time, and don't make it last too long. I recommend becoming a specialist in a subject personally and then an all rounder.

@jamescross Год назад

it's a lot of work for sure.

@jprmobile Год назад

I just started The OdinProject yesterday 7/1/22, I’m extremely excited, yet a little scared of the task at hand, however that’s life right! I’m currently off for the summer, I work with the NYCDOE, so I have 2 months to tackle this. I truly appreciate your time & effort putting these videos together, they provide insight & perspective that total beginners like myself lack. Thank you so much!

@jamescross Год назад

My pleasure! Best of luck on the journey!

@smileydog5941 Год назад

@John Paul Rodriguez Any updates?

@jprmobile Год назад

@@smileydog5941 I just picked-up from where I left off several months ago. A personal illness threw me off unfortunately. I’m working on using Terminal on my MacBook & it’s so fun. TheOdinProject puts emphasis on it. I just resumed today with TheOdinProject, I’m essentially refreshing my memory & spending time on Terminal. Best of luck on your journey! Sorry for responding late.

@AmaliaDevCode Год назад

Thanks a lot man! I'm planning to go deep with website development. This information helps me to start my journey.

@moepray1602 2 года назад

You are absolutely right! . I went to a BootCamp studying Java Full stack development program.....and it is a big waste of money, time and energy! I wish I watched your video before taking those classes. I was so close on giving up on coding ,and go back to Walmart because I hated back-end development and I thought that is what coding was about. But my wife told me to hold on a little bit and power through the back-end portion and try front end for one week.....And I loved It!

@jamescross 2 года назад

Thanks for sharing!

@josephgambill6136 2 года назад

Really enjoying your content! Although right now I am in a full MERN stack Bootcamp I think knowing front end and back end basics will help me in the long run. I am hoping to get into this industry in the next few months transitioning from the medical field. Just wanted to say thank you for your content

@jamescross 2 года назад

for sure it will help. it is great to have breadth in addition to a specialization.

@chelseaa2769 2 года назад

I'm 23 and also transitioning from the med field I was in Nursing school now I'm looking into this!

@huseyinkara123 Год назад

@joseph which source you recommend for recommend ?

@unhombre150 Год назад

Thank you for the pointers! I've been struggling to find a concise list of things to do and have just been floundering trying to emulate those long video bootcamps, but they all keep teaching me the same basic things!

@jamescross Год назад

You're so welcome!

@kevinmcvandi5162 Год назад

I'm 28 and tried to learn by myself many times, this video motivated me to start again. Thank you

@taboo216 2 года назад

I graduated from a boot camp not too long ago and I felt so inadequate so you have no idea how much I needed this video. Thank you

@jamescross 2 года назад

My pleasure!

@kennethleachman2614 Год назад

Where?

@fireemblem2770 Год назад

I am in university but my courses contain no web development at all. This guide is helping me to pursue my web dev dreams in my free time! Thanks for motivating me again! All the best to you and your family.

@Sapienofhomos 9 месяцев назад

Bro, you are hella inspirational. Thank you - Subscribed.

@codexaeterna Год назад

Ooh, thank you for the info, I've been looking for something to work on to supplement my college courses!

@henrythomas7112 Год назад

Great video! Some key points were highlighted that I hadn't heard anyone else discuss. Thank you!

@briankelley2920 2 года назад

I recommend about a year of learning and doing your own projects on the side. Plus yeah you got to take a risk applying for jobs. Nice video devsmak.

@jamescross 2 года назад

Very true! Took me about 9 months with a tight non-family friendly schedule. A year would have been better pacing.

@Akutukananu Год назад

Thank you so much! I’ve been searching for platforms just like free coding. It’s simple and easy to jump start off of. Then I will advance to more difficult ones. I just wanted some place to teach me the basics.

@Will2getfit Год назад

Thanks for posting/sharing. Question can you post a video on the tools/software someone with a Mac can use while testing JavaScript and other languages

@adaumus Год назад

I praise thee for thine videos! Do you suggest going through front end info in FCC, then work through TOP, or do them simultaneously?

@ShetlovertJ Год назад

Thanks for the great video. I have started my journey on the odin project. I want to focus more on front end but i saw they do the full stack. Do you recommend going through the whole course? Or are there some things to skip? I have just started my journey and i dont know what everything is yet. So the programmes used for back end and front end arent as obvious to me yet. I hope its ok to ask! Thanks

@jamescross Год назад

Happy to answer questions. I'm guessing you wrote this before finishing watching the video because I talk about this in the video. I don't think you have to do the whole course. I share what areas to not worry about as much in the video.

@anhsrk 10 месяцев назад

I'm currently a business analyst and want to move to more front end work. I love your videos!

@benjaminchang7275 Год назад

bro your channel is so underrated . Great videos!

@prymestudio 2 года назад

This is my current path, and it has been amazing. All the blanks I had and things I didn’t understand have been covered

@jamescross 2 года назад

@Death_Metal_Head Год назад

I have a degree in geology and having to learn a bit of Python (mainly for GIS) has caused me to want to get into tech. So now I'm learning to code and program. Thanks for your channel.

@jamescross Год назад

That's awesome! And geology rocks too!

@scrotiemcboogerballs2133 Год назад

Same experience here! Are you going to put your GIS project on your portfolio?

@CM-im3ni Год назад

Thank you dude for sharing your story because there are many of us that are older and still want to perceive a tech carrear many of us feel related to your experience

@carlrichie5416 3 месяца назад

Thank you for this insight. I’m looking into learning how to code.

@Nodsaibot Год назад

These tips are good for a VERY Technical position, maybe working next to engineers. For most web dev gigs you will be asked to show work and see if you are not a difficult employee and that's it!

@RyRy_Mills Год назад

Thank you for doing these videos! I'm glad it's possible to have success in this field with or without a college's curriculum. How long did it take you to get your first tech job after construction? And at what skill level were you? I want to put in the work to learn programming, but how do you know when you're job ready? Thanks, bro!

@jamescross Год назад

around 9 months. i was confident in my ability to figure stuff out but lots of imposter syndrome.

@rufuszion 11 месяцев назад

Thank you so much dear James. You are really helping someone like me.

@s3dated9sycho63 Год назад

This is exactly what I needed. Thank you so much for your great work in helping us.

@jamescross Год назад

You are so welcome!

@heza5626 Год назад

This is very timely! Thank you for sharing! Keep it up :D

@jamescross Год назад

Thank you! Will do!

@mikeecasera2139 11 месяцев назад

Thanks. Your video was so informative. Hope this helps me land a job in the future.

@lmbinvestors5016 Год назад

DUDE....YOU ARE AWESOME!!!! WE NEED MORE PEOPLE LIKE YOU IN THE WORLD. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE HONEST...CLEAR....BEST ADVICE .....ONE CAN RECEIVE IN THIS INDUSTRY. APPRECIATE YOU!!! I AM A NEW SUBCRIBER AND WILL SPREAD YOUR CHANNEL TO EVERYONE I KNOW TRYING TO GET IN THE IT INDUSTRY....

@jamescross Год назад

Glad to help

@kenma1558 Год назад

thank you so much man, this really means a lot since money is tight and seeing this video has helped me!!!

@jamescross Год назад

Glad I could help!

@Joker13244 Год назад

Hey @devsmak, I love your content. I want to do this. I love computers, ive built several. I am a marketing manager but most of what I do is content design/website creative design. But I want to make more money. I suck at math. I mean I am trash at it. Took academic math all through highschool. Struggled with statistics with m,y bachelors bad. Is it possible to do this? I am just introducing myself to HTML

@SunDevilThor 2 года назад

I was already familiar with the CS50(x) course from Harvard, however I have never heard of MOOC, so thanks for pointing out that fantastic-looking resource!

@jamescross 2 года назад

Glad it was helpful!

@ajaxStardust 9 месяцев назад

This is good man. Thank you

@iokten 9 месяцев назад

Best advice! Thank you James..

@MelvinG24 Год назад

Thank you very much for all the website and information shared in this video; I already have an account on some of the websites you mentioned; However, those others I didn't know about are phenomenal!

@jamescross Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@thecoolnewsguy Год назад

I knew you would talk about theodinproject before I start the video and yes it's really a great place to learn web development. Currently, I'm on Foundations 'JavaScript'. Happy Coding!

@mehmetbiryol8520 2 года назад

hello! first of all thank you for all the videos you make some of them helped me already and others will help me in the future I'm sure. I started to learn web development 10 days ago.I had time and I'm a quick learner also I'm familiar with computers so I finished freecodecamp's curriculum (html-css). my question is should I jump on projects or stick with tutorials and learn libraries etc. first? I tried some projects but it doesn't feel like I'm doing the right thing. I had some outcome but 1-doesnt look good 2- code I wrote is all over the place. any recommendations for a newbie like me? thank you again for everything!

@jamescross 2 года назад

I would probably go through freecodecamp first and then start on some projects on your own while working through odin project. It's great you are attempting them on your own. Now as you go through the courses, some things might stand out to you as "oh, this is how i should have done it..." In the end, that's how we all become better. Learning from our past struggles.

@mehmetbiryol8520 2 года назад

@@jamescross thanks!

@addin256 Год назад

Thank you sir for the tips. I am inspired by your journey. I was a bit like you and I wanted to change my career from construction to IT. I just finished the basic of C++ programming and currently learning pyton. Really hope I can land a job in IT in the future

@jamescross Год назад

All the best

@OhmyJeebuss 6 месяцев назад

How are things going after a year?

@JPG.Co7379 Год назад

Bro thank you so much for this. Trying to transition from a Nurse to Tech. Appreciate the guidance.

@jamescross Год назад

Best wishes with the switch!

@Sammyuol 9 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for the video. About being stumbled is something that i'm always feeling. Of course i know that i should and i could put more time into my studies. But sometimes i just dont know how to practice, you know what i mean? Its a pretty weird thing lol Again, thank you so much for the video. God bless you 🙏

@shaulgovea6699 10 месяцев назад

Thanks so much for the video..I have a several questions: I’m in the HVAC industry but I want to become a software engineer.. I’m not sure where to start? I found your video very informative but you think coursera courses can help me to land my 1st job? Thanks

@buddysteve5543 Год назад

Ditch Ruby on Rails but Python is something you definitely want to learn as it's used to teach fundamental programming theories!! It's also in very high demand out in the field!! You CANNOT go wrong with learning Python!!

@m7mo0o 2 года назад

Love your videos. What projects did you have on your portfolio when you got your first job? And can you share the resume that got you your first job?

@jamescross 2 года назад

I built several information websites, a web quiz game, a contact management application that integrated with text messaging services and displayed some analytics. I also build my portfolio. I would have to do some digging to see if I still have a copy of my original resume.

@retronftgroup4133 Год назад

same, i jumped in to web3 and solidity, now doing freecodecamp and dapp university been doing since mid 21, now about 9 mths in , started with cs50 C, then python on Mimo app, doing smart contracts now, next hardhat java test cases, hope to be at intermediate level by end of 22 ..then i will start applying ....

@jasontreible8950 Год назад

Glad I found this video ! Almost spent alot of money at a bootcamp thanks bro 🤙🏼

@jamescross Год назад

Glad it helped!

@b00nyman 2 года назад

Thanks so much for this content and sharing your knowledge. I'm 31 and a programming beginner. I hope to get a web dev job in exactly one year from now.

@jamescross 2 года назад

Best of luck on your journey!

@royjonuk6503 2 года назад

This is a great way to stard my dude. I was exactly there a year ago and now I am an Intern Software Developer! You just have to stick with it!

@jcbsalexyahoo Год назад

@@royjonuk6503 can i ask if you have a degree/certs? i started about 7 months ago and i want to start looking soon but i have neither of those yet

@royjonuk6503 Год назад

@@jcbsalexyahoo im a ticketed carpenter but I have no CS degree.

@dash8842 Год назад

@@royjonuk6503 where are you from. ? Which country

@allanvasquez5690 2 года назад

Thanks for the motivation sir, look forward to be a web developer.. 🙏🏼🔥

@jamescross 2 года назад

Best of luck!

@santanodessin3075 2 года назад

Very helpful content, this information could literally put coding boot camps and schools out of business if more people knew about it.

@jamescross 2 года назад

thanks

@xClown55 2 года назад

what helps doing those exercises is googling why things work the way they do. also you can press the 'get a hint' button if you feel like you haven't fully grasped a certain concept. people on the page you get directed to usually explain how things work the way they do

@jamescross 2 года назад

good point

@nexsynthzer_beatbox253 2 года назад

Thank you... I even started learning Html and Css recently... And I'm liking it

@jamescross 2 года назад

Great to hear!

@TessMDTV Год назад

This was absolutely the most amazing video! Very thorough and well thought out! Thank you!

@jamescross Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@danielcardone8622 2 года назад

I'm going through the codecademy complete front end course now. I'm enjoying it but it's kinda funny. As I'm doing the exercises I'm feeling good and confident. But as soon as I open that blank page in visual studio I'm like "Oh shit" 🤣. I'm not completely blank but I definitely got a long way to go. Your story encourages me and keeps me going though 😁.

@jamescross 2 года назад

I remember that feeling. It's what keeps a lot of people stuck on tutorials. It will be slow at first but gets better. Then things start clicking and it gets exciting.

@elg281 2 года назад

Me too

@sxrry.8206 2 года назад

You described it perfectly lol

@cherisemichael2748 2 года назад

exactly me right now

@Lily-yg4dl 9 месяцев назад

What a GREAT man! Your familj must be proud of you.

@suicidekingsc5960 Год назад

Serious though love your videos and the info you provide to us all. Keep it up.

@jamescross Год назад

I appreciate that!

@jasonm9825 2 года назад

You're awesome man! Cheers for the inspiration 🙌 🙏 👍

@jamescross 2 года назад

My pleasure!!

@Shins703s 2 года назад

Do you code anything by heart? Or you watch tutorials and stack overflow and google searching to build them? I mean like writing pure code on a project? Or just building on top of a structure and then pass it along? Thank you.

@jamescross 2 года назад

Here's my current workflow in a general sense. Whether for a work project or personal. When just starting out, I have an idea of what I plan to build. Rather than write all the boilerplate to setup up a build process, I will use create react app or vite.js or similar tool to initialize an app. Then I will go in and modify the build tooling as needed. Setup utils to handle api requests and manage state. Build the core structure of the application to work with routes. Then build page wrapper components that can be reused for consistent styling and keep working my way down to a finished page. If a component is highly likely to be reused elsewhere, I will make it its own component. If I'm unsure I'll wait to till I need to. Sometimes it's helpful to use an existing library for something. If I'm not familiar with it, I will do some combination of looking at docs, tutorials or videos for that particular library. Most of building the app is using knowledge I already have which only comes from building stuff. Everything I'm working on is custom so it's not like there are tutorials out there to follow. You plan, build and as you encounter issues or challenges, you figure out how to solve it whether through a third party library or else writing it yourself. Sometimes you work on projects started by others and you figure out the design patterns for that application and build things according to the team's patterns for consistency so how you do things can change from project to project. You also learn better ways to do things so in your next app you will probably do things a little differently. It's part of learning and growing as a developer.

@nerdlabstudios7023 Год назад

Nice video, informative. So My question is; You are outlining specific courses here and suggesting them and so would it be accurate to say that if someone without any experience at all literally did all of these certs (ones you mentioned) and also understood it all afterwards that they would be hireable and able to do software engineering at the completion point?

@jamescross Год назад

These are good resources for learning the foundational skills for web development. To get an entry level job, you would most likely need to then spend some time building some things that you could show to a potential employer to demonstrate that you can actually build things without just following a tutorial. How well you apply those skills and market yourself is really up to you. I can't say how long it will take you, but for me it still took me several months of building stuff after learning the fundamentals before I would consider myself having the confidence to be hireable.

@nerdlabstudios7023 Год назад

@@jamescross Deffo addressed my concern there. So then would you agree that if there is any sort of examination that will measure a persons fluency and knowledge in practical application then its actually building things? Like would you say ones ability to actually build things is the metric by which a company would consider you hireable? Or is there more?

@jamescross Год назад

That would be kind of a baseline. For example, there are some companies that will test you on algorithm questions during an interview even if not part of the day to day job. To get one of those jobs, you will have to also spend a lot of time learning algorithms. But there are other companies that will focus on asking you about the core stuff you do day to day. For them, demonstrating you can contribute to building software right away is more important than knowing algorithms. Over time you will develop skills filling in those extremes but for now you have to just interview until you get your foot in the door and start growing that experience. You have to remember that even within a company, different teams will interview differently so it comes down to being confident in your skills, having skills the company is looking for and hoping for a good interview scenario and not beating yourself up if you have a bad interview because even when you are really experienced you can bomb an interview. Might get asked something outside your area of expertise. The right approach is to think of this as stacking as much in your favor as you can because there are no absolute guarantees on anything.

@vaniad555 Год назад

This is the map I followed four years ago, as you said it wasn't easy. After the learning process, it comes the moment of truth when you have to do your problem solving and find the solution.

@jamescross Год назад

Thanks for sharing your experience!

@jessicagomez1760 Год назад

Woa, thank you, looking forward to become someday a data analyst. Will look into this.

@jamescross Год назад

Best of luck!

@karimheras9462 Год назад

Hey thanks for this video. I just started my move into the tech world and this video has so much good information

@jamescross Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@ricknegan6883 2 года назад

Lets hope your channel reaches 100k or more by end of this year When I first saw your video I thought this guy must be having over a million sub then I saw you just started making videos btw you have quality content and awesome setup

@jamescross 2 года назад

Thanks appreciate the feedback! That would be cool. But for now, just enjoying being able to interact with most people in the comments.

@ricknegan6883 2 года назад

@@jamescross yeah you are kind of fast at replying love the spirit peace!

@ruthnaomi4937 Год назад

I’m currently still in school getting my BS of Science in Computer Science from WGU. So far I’ve taken classes on security, networking, and brief html css. Is taking freecodecamp at the same time a good idea? And what do you recommend for getting better at HTML and css? I keep forgetting the proper layout of html and css code. Everyone keeps saying “build a project” but i don’t even know where to start. What code builder application do i use? I’m on windows and don’t even know how to use Notepad for coding. It’s frustrating to see a ton vague advice for beginners, but you’re the only coder YT-er I watch who goes into the details. So thank you.

@jamescross Год назад

I would stay focused on the degree since you are paying for it. The best way to get better at html and css is to build web pages. A free editor is visual studio code. It's popular. For projects, think of a problem related to a hobby of yours and if it is something you could solve through code, try to do it. For example, if you are into photography, maybe build an app that tracks the best time of day to shoot photos based on sunrise and sunset. Then maybe add a way to store information about your favorite locations...

@ruthnaomi4937 Год назад

@@jamescross thank you so much for taking the time to reply. I really appreciate it!! I’ll follow your advice!!

@ipodtouch470 Год назад

What have you been using to do your programming assignments? If its vs code just use that.

@aryanasmith4426 Год назад

I like your video presentation. It is informative too, at the same time. Thanks a lot for your guidance!

@jamescross Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@AlThePal78 2 года назад

SCSS is great because of nesting and it creates the css with less issues lol like a typescript for javascript

@knight_04 Год назад

Thanks for the video ! Going to follow the websites

@jamescross Год назад

Have fun!

@HE360_Games Год назад

Or an alternative idea is: Just get a job as a bus/truck driver. There are a TON of bus/truck driver jobs because there is a super super super shortage; and once you get your CDL and keep it sound, you won't have to worry about competition in getting a job and whether the job wants to keep you or not. And they pay good. I myself drive a bus and I get a 6 hour break to do whatever I want EVERY SINGLE DAY (yes EVERYDAY); to where I could sleep, still code video games/websites, go out to eat ALL the time or whatever. And it's lots of freedom! And if you still want to make money coding, etc. you could do THAT on the side using websites like fiver, people per hour, or local places in your neighborhood that need a web developer every now and then, etc. and do it on your own time! Truck driving/Bus driving just take some getting used to. But, the world would be at your feet after that in the job market. Anyway, this is just an GREAT alternative idea and my two cents in case things don't work out in your coding jobs lol 🤣 By the way, great video anyway and thanks!!

@kankap3199 9 месяцев назад

Thank you for sharing this.

@derickcoleman5159 Год назад

I'm a construction worker myself looking to make the same change you did glad I found your page and subscribed.

@jamescross Год назад

Cool. Best of luck with your journey!

@derickcoleman5159 Год назад

@@jamescross thanks!

@KaiBuskirk Год назад

Yup! On my walk now! Wish you were around a decade ago… but thankful for your insight! Danke Brother!

@jamescross Год назад

Rock on!

@mineverse6888 Год назад

very very helpful video, thx. TBH i am 18 i am starting to love that field specially that I am addict to my computer most of times so i was searching for free courses that gives good certificates to work Cuz i am broke Tho and i want to depend on my self without having debts😅 i have got some questions ,if i take all that certificates and follow mostly your video can i apply to online jobs using this certificates that get and get hired / and also is making projects my self after learning these things might be helpful? and can all that make me reach the purpose of doing all this suffering and be worth it for me?

@nakishafigueroa2125 10 месяцев назад

thanks James am 19 year old and I have learning new and challenging things I let go of being a sales person in a dealership because I was bored and I wanted something more challenging in life I always loved math and problem solving and for this video I know now what to do. so thank you

@GetShwiftyInHere 8 месяцев назад

I am a warehouse worker who 10 years ago wanted to be an ios or android developer but the moment I exited high school and had to get a job, I lost that ability to try and do what I wanted. Here I am 10 years later gaining back that control at the cost of time spent with my son and wife. I grind out my 45 minute lunch with free courses on python and when I'm home I spend roughly 2 to 3 hours a day typically when my son goes down for his naps. I understand that the "certificates" are just bragging rights and aren't always recognized but it at least lets me know that I've reach an important benchmark. My issue is practical use cases. When learning through certain programs, they don't really lean toward indestry specific things. Sort of just a catch all and I take in more that I don't see me realistically needing.