I would like to thank you! Because your course on WordPress has a very significant part in the fact that I now have a respectable job and that I was able to buy a bicycle for my son!
Hey, Brad. Hope you are doing well. I was a business grad. You were my first mentor when I've started learning coding. The mental model you taught me in coding or in general for tracking a problem to solve, I cannot thank you enough for that. Right now, I'm doing a day job and 2 more consultant remote job in Web Development (all in large tech companies). The seed of curiosity of learning you've planted in me, even help to signup for a Masters degree in Computer Science. I was so poor at that time, could even purchase your course. I had to scrap the internet download all the tuts for free (bought later on Udemy), but now I'm living my dream life. All because of the ALMIGHTY and your mentorship. I wish to meet you one day in person and let you know my gratitude for all of this. Haven't seen your MeowsALot lately. Hope she is doing well too. From the bottom of my heart, I pray for you. ALMIGHTY bless you and keep you so long on this word, brother. Thank you ❤
bro i am a little confused here. i want to ask u that from where should i start my journey as a web developer. shall i buy Brad's Bootcamp course or i start from scratch, like learning first HTML and CSS, then all the way up to JS and WORDPRESS ??
Brad, your skills on teaching are awesome, that's why I've bought a couple of your courses. I really haven't put that much effort on learning and trying to get a job on the field, but I wish to accomplish that goal, so thank you for motivating me and telling me that having the knowledge on those subjects are really a first step that not everyone can achieve if they don't focus on that. Thank you!
Isn't the issue is industry asks for a lot in the job description even for entry position job ? I think few years back knowing html,css, bootstrap and a basic js was enough for a job but if we compare now html,css,bootstrap,js,vue/react/angular, rest api, git, knowledge about ci/cd pipeline, docker, unit testing just for an entry level job. Even though not all job description is same. But it feels like at least 80% jobs are asking for something like this.
There's definitely some truth to that, but here are a few of my thoughts. (1) You always have to call employers / job-listing's bluff. The job description is their wildest fantasy masquerading as a list of minimum requirements. I've never met every requirement listed in a job description for any job I've ever gotten. (2) Instead of trying to get a job at a FAANG or small tech startup you can always reach out to small / medium size marketing agencies; the tech requirements will be much less demanding and often times just knowing "enough" and being a team player will be sufficient. (3) Learn a niche skill that instantly makes you valuable in a certain context / community. That could be Laravel, WordPress, Drupal, CraftCMS, WooCommerce dev, Shopify dev, etc... Now instead of competing against every single bootcamp grad, you're only competing against people that have also invested the time to learn that niche/community tool. (4) Yes, the average dev is expected to know "more" today than in the past, but certain things have also gotten easier to balance it out. For example, 7 or 8 years ago it was a challenge just to get React / Webpack configured to create a "Hello World" page. Now no one needs to manually set those things up. A decade ago responsive design and keeping your CSS organized was tricky, now we have Tailwind. 15 years ago you needed a doctorate degree to get a page to look right in legacy Internet Explorer; now cross browser compatibility is largely trivial.
As someone that has just finished your Laravel course, I can completely relate to the feeling of devaluing of previous skills. I am currently transferring three of my larger projects over to Laravel, having basically fell in love with it because of your course. The web dev market in the UK isn't quite as broad as the US, so I am finding it difficult to find a job.
Thanks Brad for this motivational video! I am still looking for a remote job in Linkedin with the existing skills that I have in WordPress. Seems almost all employers wants the candidate to be physically present into their country, although they are offering a remote job! I live in Bangladesh, and now I don't see any hope of getting a remote job in a foreign country :(
been learning IT for about a year now , and trust its been a learning curve, but over the year I've dipped my toe into SHELL, HTML, CSS and now CompTIA ... I'm still at the beginning but that confusion which I had for at least 6 months (I swear I was reading and not understanding a single thing) has gone and I'm now at a stage where I'm reading, not completely understanding but I get the idea, and what you said in the vid is so true, I can do things now that seemed so unobtainable just 12 months ago. I'm 45 btw, so a bit of a slow learner...
Man you should do more courses.Your teaching style is amazing and there are so many people who needs a teacher like u. I hope u start creating courses more often. Thanks a lot
Is it possible to become a programmer in your early 40s or is it a waste of time to learn and how future employers look at such types of 'juniors' in their 40s?
Yes! It's definitely possible. Discrimination / ageism is illegal but I understand that doesn't mean it doesn't exist. The unfair thought process / prejudice is probably "younger people are more likely to be open-minded or not as set in their ways, or more humble" and in an industry where you're constantly having to learn new things or do things a different way to fit a project I think that's the angle where ageism would arise. Regardless of someone's age, open mindedness, kindness, humbleness and being easy to work with come across almost immediately in interviews; so I'd have no fear! There's definitely lots of discriminatory employers out there, but also a lot that aren't.
Of course it is. I work in the industry as a front end dev and I’m 49. I’ve generally found the industry to be one that judges you on results not your age. I work with a photographer who’s in his early 70’s. Fantastic guy. Some old creatives are great to learn from as they’ve been in the industry since it started. I know it’s an old cliche but age really is just a number.
"Responsibility in terms of career as a Programmer is to stay calm, living in a place of gratitude, a little bit of enjoyment, a little bit of peace and serenity": Brad Schiff
May you kindly advise me please my school in does not teach Javascript so we had to take php after html and css,do you think its the right way to go about it or I should first learn Javascript before php?
Two different languages both with pros and cons. It’s a bit like asking should I learn Spanish or German first. It just depends what journey you want to take. JS has become really popular over the last few years with things like React etc but there are still plenty of jobs that require PHP besides which once you’ve learnt one you’ll find learning another language easier as the core principles are similar. If you are wanting to pursue a career in front end development though JavaScript would be a much better choice.
