3 weeks on my first job as a developer (as a junior frontend developer) and I really like it. The first 2 weeks were difficult, as it was necessary to figure out how a large project works and get involved in the work. Even assuming that I was mainly doing css. Understanding how the project works is very important. In the third week, everything becomes more or less clear and becomes more exited
True!! I got my internship as a junior full stack developer, they just put me in on a large-scale React, PHP, MySQL based project and told me to straightaway work on redux and optimise the algorithms, implement Google maps and navigation things like that, It took me 2 days to properly understand the workflow and then everything was pretty much clear and I started working on these tasks which I was assigned to complete. But the important thing is that I get to learn a lot ✌️
I have been working as a Remote Software Developer I for ~ 1 year now (My first development job). Here is my experience: Weeks 1-2: Training videos for the application I will be working on Weeks 2-4: Setting up development environment and all software packages Weeks 4-6: Testing to familiarize with the product Weeks 6+: Development The onboarding process will most likely vary depending on the complexity of the application you will be working on. When I finally started writing code I was thrown right into it. I had to learn the code base from the ground up without any guidance. Now that I have been with my company for awhile I can say that you will write just as much code as a mid or senior level developer. The only difference between junior, mid, and senior level developers (in my experience) is pay and sometimes the complexity of projects you will work on.
To me the best way to learn is by having a mentor in a company. You'll know that no matter how bad you screw things up, he/she'll be there to help you out
This was more or less my experience getting my first programming job. And I must say, its so true about the fact that you are going to learn a ton in your first year. Its actually impressive how much learning on can get done in an year.
@@ameharu2522 ussualy they are not..sometimes they may be a bit confusing especially when the people you work for don't know exactly what they want lol :D
Great vid. Imo the most important thing in your early career (in any field really) is to develop your skills, make a name for yourself, and put more projects to your portfolio.
Watching this while on my way to my first day of work as a front end developer ( junior academy) with a big company. Wish me luck 🤞. Oh mann, thank you for the insight!!
If u work in a company and u don't get a mentor, I recommend asking people directly "hey dude, u wanna be my mentor?". Most developers will say yes and it's important to actually ask this. because it makes it "official" and you won't be the annoying guy who keeps interrupting the seniors
Joined a mid large company for my first dev job in september, with one huge project which is 20 years old. Can confirm what you said, the project is scary but i get to know it better everyday and improve my skills rapidly. I am really happy with this job
how much experience do you have? I'm self taught, ive been learning for about 2.5 months and I just dont know when im supposed to start applying for jobs yet. Maybe its too soon....
It would be so dope if you got the web dev simplified logo/color scheme painted on the wall behind you! Or even a neon/LED sign. Thanks for the value 🤟
These things are literally happening to me rn. I was thinking that these days are so boring. And he is describing thoroughly this entire process. Thanks. Greatly appreciate this.
This is really reassuring, I'm starting my first internship in the coming year and it's good to know that I'm not expected to be able to work on high level projects on day one.
I like videos like this, it gets me so motivated. I do not have a real job yet because am still in my University, but hoping this is my last semester. I do however building a website for my brother's business. I think it will be difficult to find a job in my country because it's not a very developed place yet. Maybe I can become a freelancer or work remotely from here. And maybe one day I can move to somewhere for better opportunities.
Holy moly!!! perfect video at perfect timing!!!...I really never thought of first week of my job... after seeing the title (me: hmm what i'll do in the first week of my job?...) at the end of the video... my web development simplified because of you!!! awesome job keep it up bro!!!
I'm so afraid of applying, what happens if I don't know how to do something? I am learning myslef react right now and have created a crude clone of Facebook, do you think that I should apply?
Wow, amazing video, thank you so much, I had no idea on how it would be. Thank you so much. Still learning, but I hope very soon I will be getting one.
Thanks Kyle really love it. the same thing was in my mind what to expect how the work will be I have to join from Jan ist and that's my first developer job I just opened a youtube saw your video everything got cleared and got a great confidence as well thanks ❤️
I just have anxiety about WHEN to apply, and if understanding/patient people are a common encounter in the job, or if they'll be getting mad and yelling at you 'n shit all the time.. Self studying and 100% committed to breaking out of my comfort zone as an introvert, and going into web development. I'm great at talking with people and fitting in that way. Many would think i was an extrovert, but as far as the work goes, i just wonder what they expect. Do they expect lightning fast code typing speed? Do they expect you to be able to quickly read through code (lightning speed)? Just don't know what the average expectations are of newbies.
In a good case, you get a mentor or some senior dev that will watch out for you. I have also seen cases where companies would get junior or intern and basically, they would do the job of a senior dev plus senior designer plus senior product owner. This is bad and here is why: At first you would think oh but you learn a lot. Yes, you do but you also get into bad habits and bad practices. Yes, making mistakes in becoming a senior is something you will do but you also need someone to point out the mistakes and show you better ways. It is not good for you or for the company. Experience is not about knowing all the frameworks and languages. It about when to handle situations/features this or another way. Pushing back at the right time and explaining why this is not good what we are doing, just to name one example.
that is what I am doing as an intern now, they Hired me for a nodeJS developer role and turns out the pushed back the date on starting their internal node projects, and told me to work on their react project to implement some new features in their products, and they also assume I am on call , they call me around the clock and tell me to fix bugs or improve features as suggested by the customers to the sales team, I probably should get the salary of full-time employee😂. didn't raise any question because this is my first 6month internship in a startup, and I am final year undergrad, but I pretty much feels like I am a full time mid-level developer, I am just calm because I am learning a lot from these task which they assign me. to be honest, a good friend of mine who is a senior developer and some people on reddit are my mentors who guide me.
Bring coffee for the boss above you? Well, I knew this colonel that actually made fresh coffee every morning for his boss, a general. The colonel confided to me that he did it with much pleasure and he looked positively honest. Although the low file soldiers were supposed to make the coffee. Morale of the story: Colonel became a general. I lost contact with him. But you have a good point. Some organizations don’t see it that way. Military and civilian industries basically operate the same way: newbie or lower file employee moves up by subjecting to them bosses. Culture in military and corporate structured organizations are quite the same. But then there’s the trashy bunch where these things get you nowhere but to leave this dumpy jobs.
You have NOOOOOO idea how much this helped me. I'm on week 3 of my first frontend dev at a very big comapany with a code base that is HUUUUUUGE MASSIVE. I'm extremly stressed out cause I don't understand ANYTHING at all and I don't know what is expected from me. But I had to learn Redux and Saga in 1 week. I was wondering... is it always like this? Am I in the wrong place to be the first job? I was expecting css correction tickets, maybe some typo correction... IDK. But I have to re-create an entire feature from a legacy application to a new React redux Saga structure.
I graduated from a web-dev bootcamp 2 years ago(javascript, react, node.js, and angular) although i graduated, i lacked the confidence to actually apply to any jobs, so I studied salesforce and was able to obtain a certification, which led to me being offered an internship. My boss eventually told me the main reason he hired me was beacuse of my experience in web-development even though the internship is supposed to be for salesforce stuff. Now obviously i told him i would be open to any development work he had for me and he told me there is a good chance of getting hired on as a junior developer after the internship depending on my performance the thing is its been almost 2 years since i have done any coding, and even back then, i relied a bunch on stack overflow, and my classmates.... am i screwed???
how much experience do you have? I'm self taught, ive been learning for about 2.5 months and I just dont know when im supposed to start applying for jobs yet. Maybe its too soon....
@@dadadodo123 no worries, feeling you know less than the rest is something we all have experienced. You are better than you think, keep up the good work!
Interviewed for an internal Assoc Software Engineer. Only really know SQL(newbie) which was their requirement. Waiting to hear back. I know that I am under qualified and I assume the other interviewees are over qualified. I also assume they are external. So I am nervous.
Hey I have a question, where can we find programmers? I mean is their any website where we can find people that program apps / website. Love the content btw
I started worikng at my first dev job last week (C#, .net, MS SQL) and I know It is stupid But I feel so worried becaues the company has this one product and it is huge. I know it is gonna take several months for me to see the patterns and things like that. You know what I mean I am not a native speaker. I hope I am not gonna fail :S :/
Should I compromise on the salary for the first year and focus on the learning or should I keep looking for better opportunities? P.S. I've joined my first company this month.
I had this same doubt. But what I now feel is that if you focus on learning in your initial years, you'll have an easier time switching companies or getting raises. If you are in a high-paying job and not learning anything, not liking your your, at one time or the other you will feel like what am I even doing. At that point, if you want to make a switch you are in trouble because you did not learn much in your job. That's why I decided to go down the first route. :)
Learning all the way. I would take an interesting project or research opportunity at a miniscule salary over dull repetitive coding for a FANG company for hundreds of thousands any day because programming and technology is my passion.
Hi Kyle, I have a question doesn't related to the subject of this episode but please help me how can I manage the content of my website(made by html css and Js) and create posts regularly 🙇🙇??!
hello brother, i love all of your video's. but one thing you have created a video of codepen clone using react and i like that video very much and i have implemented it but how can i create a folders or files in it. i have tried to implement this feature but every time it failed . please can you make a video on how making a folders and files in it. this video will help me a lot. THANKS IN ADVANCE. mohammed khaja mohiddin
Intern and Junior are two completely different things. Juniors always get paid, interns usually get paid but may not if its an "unpaid internship" (you should avoid these unless you come from wealth).
