How I Became a Web Developer in 3 Months
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- Опубліковано 14 чер 2024
- In todays video I share with even more detail in how I became a developer in 3 months. I share my current situation, my struggles, and how my boss threatening to fire me made me apply for developer jobs in the first place.
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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.
How much do you make now if you don’t mind my asking?
Help me achieve this! What should I do?
What resources did you use to text yourself, bro? I'm currently doing the same thing.
Please give us your best tips, sir! Congratulations to you
Just started to learn how to code three days in and goal is to become a full stack web developer or backend either or. Stuck with using my phone and iPad don’t have a laptop right now too expensive lol gotta save up for it. Doing good learning little by little using free courses and apps to learn. As well as taking Harvard courses for free on their website taking computer science. Just got my bachelors two weeks ago in criminal justice and building up my skills if any advice im all ears.
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!!!!
You got this!!
Same here...
Know the feeling! Kill my body daily unloading trucks. I like the work out but it isn't good for me in the long run and don't get paid enough for the amount of physicality. About all ive ever done, but we got this, let's all change our lives!
@@Loki_Dokie I know the feeling, taking a quick break now from unloading 4 trucks UPS life.
Keep going Miguel, I'm there with you brother, you got this.
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.
Sly Dragon great point .
I think that highly depends on the company, most companies arent going to want to pay you a big chunk of salary to have to baby you and hold your hand, they want you to be familar with the stack they're using and be able to not dive in and hit the ground running but atleast be able to know whats going on and not be completely useless to the team.
here in the Philippines.. they'd say "fuck that, we want a one-man team developer(front-end & back-end) that can also do system admin and network admin and we'll just give you P15,000($300) monthly salary. take it or leave it."
I’m glad you wrote this because I’m studying programming and while I do feel I’m doing pretty good with it, I certainly recognize I’m competing against a lot of people who have been doing this since they were kids(vs me starting at 32) a as
I thought this would be the case. Thank you very much!
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.
How is your learning journey now after a year?
How has your journey been going? I'm dyslexic and going to be 36 on July 24th. I'm ready for a change!
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.
This man literally had Jesus on his side.
Jesus 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@user-xy8ec9nw3u YES Jesus. Do you have a problem with that?!!
When your gods become so useless that you have to steal credits and give them so they remain relevant.
The intro gave a lot of memories for us who have been following you for so long.
Nostalgic days of 2017! Bittersweet how time flies.
Let's gather here
facts lol
Bro I been following you for a while too I remember this that's crazy congrats
Yep
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.
im in my early 20s and just started a course for udemy to learn javascript.is udemy a scam ? what courses should i take ,im trying to go the small business coding route.
-learning javascript -css3 -html-5 and -php . im very new to all this so any advice would really help me out.thank you.
@@devinwhite6092 Hey Devin, thank you for your message.
I can assure 200% that Udemy is not a scam. I thought the same when I was searching for an online course to learn and to be honest, paid course on Udemy is cheaper compared to other websites.
There are lot of free materials where you can learn how to code.
Websites like Codeacademy, Freecodecamp, etc. But as a total beginner with no pre-requisite, I'd highly recommend you to get a paid course on Udemy.
2 of the best Instructors (for me) on Udemy is Colt Steele and Angele Yu.
2 of them are famous on Udemy esp in the category of Web Development so I'd say you can buy either of their course and start learning.
Here is the link:
1. Colte Steele (my first course)
www.udemy.com/course/the-web-developer-bootcamp/
2. Angele Yu (second instructor)
www.udemy.com/course/the-complete-web-development-bootcamp/
Happy learning, bro!
@@FlyingGreenTea thanks! im downloading the first link right now its on sale for $15 and seems like it covers alot of the basics for coding .i appreciate you providing the links and response ,i feel better about it now.have a good day.
@@devinwhite6092 Awesome!
Wishing you the best!
Wish you all the best, me as well doing a Udemy web development course
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.
Any update?
@@jeroincababat565 Probably gave up again
@@baxakk7374 ohhh that's bad hahaha
We want to know !
@@jeroincababat565 he quit coding for life
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
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!
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
give us an update bro
Yea I’m learning to code at work secretly xD can’t wait to get out of my current situation
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 can do it!Never give up :)
How is it going brother? Any closer to the goal?
Any updates? how much have you learned?
@@dragonreborn2141 Hey, so I decided to go back to school and study computer science. Although not much coding in it I am still teaching myself on the side with any spare time I get. Still working at my job but I get through it everyday knowing Im working towards something better . Hopefulling soon i can start building projects and finally get a job in tech.
@@dreamz808 money wise nothing but knowledge wise I can definitly say I have learned alot. Ive taken a longer route which is my computer science degree alongside free courses on youtube and other platforms but I feel alot better knowing im doing something that I know I will be happy with in the future.
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.
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.
I really love your story Chris. Thank you for sharing this to us. You really inspire me to continue learning to code.
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
I hate to hear about some teachers discouraging students, glad you decided to start!
Hi! I just finished my CS associates this summer and I’m working on some projects right now. I work at a nursing home as an assistant for nurses but it’s just not my passion. A nurse told me I shouldn’t apply for jobs outside the nursing home and I should just ask my boss for a receptionist job instead of looking for a coding job. He discouraged me a little bit.
do you know if coding jobs on web dev and Java (I like java) are low right now? Please let me know
Teachers are glorified government employees that often have no talent themselves.
Take advice from people who have accomplished what you want to accomplish.
bro when teachers discourage you, you know you should do it
when they encourage you and you think you should
then do it
teachers always fall into those two categories
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
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 :)
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.
Do you make it?
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!
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
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!
Keep at it man, just doing 30 minutes a day will put you years ahead of everyone your age when you're older
hope ur tracking well kid
bravo mikre
I know your some 30 yr old dude who lives in her mother's basement.
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
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 🙏🏾
I'm 2 years late but UA-cam recommended me this. Truly inspiring story brother. This is really motivating! Keep grinding🙏
Damn.. Just got my HTML, CSS, JS, Jquery books... Going to be learning myself. Thank you for the inspiration.
Any growth ?
You're such an inspiration to me! You encourage me to keep going and believing in myself to learn code.
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! 🇵🇭
This video has literally changed my life. Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us Chris and congratulations!
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.
Did u ever land the job?
@@WIIMTheMusician I actually did! I’m a program manager now for a tech company at the moment. It took me a while to find my path but I’ve come a long way since I made this comment 2 years ago. Life has been a journey haha
@@hamsington That's awesome! Congratulations! I'm starting this path right now and hopefully I can come back here and say I made it too
@@amethystxyz friendly reminder don’t forget your feelings when you wrote this comment and keep pushing ❤
Man this big motivation 🙌🏼 great job bud 👏🏼 never quitting when your backs against the wall!!
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.
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.
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.
Happy for you man. You did great amount of work to be where you are, it says all about your character.
Well done Chris, you're a inspiration to many including me.
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.
U are really inspired me man when I feel dawn for no reason then I see your positive growth attitude . I feel better
Inspirational story Chris! Glad things turned out well with you
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! ♥
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.
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
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!
You can do it!
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.
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!!
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!
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.
So inspired man. On track with my coding journey as well. Thanks for the push I really needed.
You got this!
"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
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 :)
you gotten any jobs yet bro??..#good luck
Absolutely inspiring, man
Keep up the great work, you're changing lives by good example and sharing inspiration!
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.
Wow!!!
I'm super impacted with your story Chris and I'm taking a bone step forward . Thanks for sharing your story
Thank you so much, just starting my journey, thanks for the encouragement!
Thanks for sharing your story bro. I found this video by accident and it really spoke to me. Much appreciated 🙏🏾
Thank you Chris! This video has reignited the fire I have for coding. This means a lot! #juniordeveloper #fullstackdeveloper
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!!
Thank you Chris!
Made me take one extra step towards getting hired today!
Inspiring story!
Thank you, man. Your video inspired me today, and I really needed this.
This had to of been one of the most motivating coding videos I’ve seen in years, thank you!
Everytime You Upload I Started Focusing More and More on Learning.. Thank You Mate ❤️❤️
Thank you for giving my inspiration Chris, stumbling on to this video while searching for how to become a web dev, now has me movtivated to start applying for coding jobs. I really thought I needed to be extremely proficent at coding and know it all before applying. Keep up the great content and god bless!
Stay humble, man. You'll keep getting blessed!
Your channel is so underrated man! I really wish I found your channel way back. ❤
Love the story, thank you for sharing !
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!
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
Man thank you for sharing your life experience !!! Love it. Thanks from London UK
Your videos are fire bro! Keep up the good work, you got yourself a new subscriber! 🔥🔥🔥
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.
This is Alejandro from Guatemala. Thank you for sharing your experience Sean, it really inspires me to continue learning.
Thank you for this video Chris. I needed this!
You always motivate me Chris. Much love from Ghana 🇬🇭 #devlifeFly 💡
Ive never seen someone so honest and genuine. Your deadly bro!!!!
Thank you for all your videos. You inspired me a lot, I'm a self taught front end dev too =)
Hi Chris, I just watched your video and I was inspired to really push myself to become a developer.
Like this is it!
Thank you for sharing your journey.
Great video Chris! This was very inspiring 😊
Been here since 2k subs, continue to inspire bruh. Much love from the Philippines 🇵🇭
That message was 🔥🔥🔥. Motivational speaking also has stars that you might be aligned with Chris. Powerful presence you have 💪🏾...JB
Thanks so much Chris. Inspirational stuff. Instant sub
Thank you so much for this video! I am so motivated by this, we can all make it guys!!!
I'm just starting to learn code so this video is inspiring thank you ✌🏾
Im doing exactly what you are doing and seeing these videos are huge motivation to keep going and being self taught can actually work out in the end!, i just want to say a big thank you to introducing me to treehouse and helping me change my life and finding my true passion at 19, Thank you!!!!
I am using teamtreehouse house too. I am doing HTML and CSS. Planning to do Python next. Thank you for the video keeps me inspiring.
Great video, many people need to see this and understand that picking yourself up after every failure is the best success. I've been learning frontend for a year and a half(on and off) then finally got the motivation to stay consistent, but idk what to apply for (obv entry level) but would an internship be more ideal? (Dropout as well)
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.
This is hands down your best video yet. I was thinking about giving up but this gave me hope to keep moving forward.
I was just thinking the same.
Thanks man. I really needed to see this. Thanks a lot !
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.
Ibrahim Jalloh How’s the HTML and CSS going ? Are you going to do JavaScript next?
@@DevsLikeUs Yes I would definitely be doing that...Thanks for asking...
Ibrahim Jalloh awesome ! Good luck.
@@IbrahimJalloh You can always work online if you know enough, you can be your own boss from home if you know how to code.
If there are not much jobs then do free lancing
Thanks Chris for sharing your story! It is inspiring!
I just started the odin project for web development in august. It’s a pretty slow start and i keep procrastinating. But this video inspired me to keep going and code every day. I think after i do a few projects and have a good grasp on the fundamentals i will start applying. I hope it gets better because i’m struggling
Such an awesome story, man. Very inspiring. Great work!
I'm not going to lie, I rarely comment on videos, but you really motivated me with this video. I'm a quadriplegic and I have been struggling with Python and I just stopped coding completely like you did. This video about HTML encouraged me. I'm starting HTML right now. I just want to say thanks for the motivation.
Im going to start my coding learnjng journey. Im ready to learn and grow. Thank you for sharing yoir story ✊
great vid Chris! thanks for sharing your story!
Dude you like gave me so much motivation your the man!! Thanks so much all the way from the bay🤩👌👑❣️
I love this video. I just started learning code this week. God Bless
You are a very strong man bro. It motivated me. I subscribed and I will continue to watch your channel. I enjoy it. Good luck. Hope best for you in your life
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!