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.
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.
This is to the prayers and faith that I WILL become a web developer. Your videos have motivated and inspired me beyond belief and I can’t thank you enough! God bless you
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!!!!
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!
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
Sup Chris? Your story is truly inspiring. For real. And you seem like a genuine guy. I got a paycheck after getting my a*s fired from a company in which I was the operations supervisor. Anyway, so I decided to invest that money into myself by learning how to code. I´m 36 atm so it´s kinda late for me, but since I´ve always used computers... it´s not that of a pain. So I bought a tuitition and now I´m learning to be a full stack developer. Take care bro. God Bless.
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.
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!
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.
@@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.
@Dreamz 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.
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.
@@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
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.
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.
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
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
"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
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.
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.
ookay let me uncourage you, i am doing job applies for 30 years now, 3 a day, 1000 a year, but no company wants me, working hard study hard dont do nothing.
@@herenkapsalon thanks bro, i am still 21. I really love computer and back then, i wanna attended highschool that focusing in CS. but my parents don't agree with that and send me to religion major school. whenever i think i'll be work in religious stuff or something and looping in the problematic situation that i can't talk about, it's scared me to the bone.. I'm not attended college and work 'here and there', also doing freelance writing articles for local websites anonymously for almost 3 years. roughly 1 month ago i'm tired of doing those and decided to quit. this is my 42 days of learning code. I live in an 'isolated' asian city where it's almost impossible to find a front end or tech related jobs. In day 100 i really hope i can find a remote job. Thanks bro, good luck for you and me.. Your words means a lot!..
I learned coding and software engineering by launching an NFT project. By having this vision of solving a problem and having a mission, I just worked through the problems as they came up and learned what I needed to. As money was an issue, and I couldn't hire anyone to help me, I've had to learn multiple languages to build the smart contract, and the web app. As I got the project launched and ready to go, I realized this is what I wanted to do. Now I'm studying hours a day, working to transition into a software development career from my culinary career. Thank you for this video.🙏
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
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
Thanks Chris, this is exactly what I am going through right now. Been learning how to code for the past 4 months know some JS relatively good at HTML and CSS. Every opportunity at work or home I learn coding. I kinda started to hate my current job. My boss is every annoying and I am always doing night shift. I feel like I am in a trap. I can’t believe if one day I will be coding and getting paid for it. Maybe I should listen to your advice and start applying for jobs...
@@DaBaldMan I totally forgot about this comment. I found my first job 6 months ago. I stopped applying for a while last year then started again and got two offers from two great companies. I am a full stack developer. I really love my job. Cannot believe I actually look forward to Mondays
@@DaveRaspberry Dave I’m so happy for you brother , could you give me a quick list of what you learned. I’m currently learning Python 4 days. Week to become QA Software tester but in the future want to become developer. Thanks if you see this 🙏 !
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 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
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.
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
as you saw the video, it is my time to accept this time axis to continue learning coding. god bless you and thanks for your sharing. I hope you doing well.
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!
Hi Chris! That was a nice video. I actually got fired from my job last year September due to office politics. Trust me you don't wanna experience this. I decided to take a change in my career. I started learning codes October HTML5 and CSS then JavaScript by January 2020. When I came across your video I knew I had hope and believed in myself that If you can do it, then I can do it too. I'm gonna start applying for jobs. Thank you for the insight. God bless you richly.
It took a global pandemic for me to hunker down and really learn to code. I don't think you were bad at school, you just didn't have the fire to do it when you learned coding. Thomas Edison said it's "1% inspiration and 99% perspiration." Great video!
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'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.
No degree on its own is ever enough, but you don't need to do too too much outside of that to get jobs; just make sure you have some basic JS skills and a stack that you can do good work in, like Ruby on Rails, Django, Flask, MERN, whole bunch of options! Feel free to PM me if you have any questions :)
This helps me to face my fears to learn code or should I continue learning codes and go back from my old job that slowly kills me. But this helps me boost my courage to continue what I really want. Thank you
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!
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.
I'm a junior developer and I have NOT found a job yet It's been a hard year for me and my family, but your video gives me hope that life can get better. thanks man
11 months ago I saw this video, and I was so inspired to learn code, after some research I decided to focus on Web development so I start with HTML-CSS and JS, after that I learnead bootstrap, jquery, and basics of Mysql and PHP, I applied to many many jobs on web development and almost though I will not get any job on that, yesterday I receive the good new, I was hired as a Web developer on a University in Costa Rica, I am so exited to start that journey, thank you Sean, this video it was not only very inspirational, but also a good guide in the technologies I needed to learn =)
Well, this was inspirational not only for a developer, but for every human I think. Strength and patience is all that matters. Thank you for your help.
Hello Chris...Diego here from Argentina. I love your videos, inspiring me. I am almost 50 man, and I am slowly learning html, css, Javascript and php...I am broke and need a change. I know there´s a lot of remote jobs there. So I am going to become a Full Stack, God Helps me. Greetings!.
I'm a nurse, super unhappy and stressed about my career. It doesn't fit me! And honestly? I'm not even a high paid nurse. I have a certificate in nursing that took me 14 months to get, so I can't even work in a hospital. I started learning code about 3 weeks ago (I know the basics of HTML and CSS already from years ago). The past few days of learning have been so challenging... and your video really inspired me to continue. Thank you so much for posting this. I'll definitely keep watching your videos!
I love you, man. Im glad you turned it around and got a life in which you don't feel that you are "garbage." I hope someday I can have a life in which I'm not garbage.
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 🙏🏾
bro just saw your video while starting to learn HTML right now at 2am, Don't know what to do because I'm desperate as well but I think this is a pretty good sign to continue. Thanks for inspiring me!.
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.
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!
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!
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.
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
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!!
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! 🇵🇭
Bro. Thank you so much for the genuine and original content about your journey. Especially in changing your mindset as well as changing your situation.Very inspirational. Mraming salamat kapatid.
Ironically watched that video of bill gates too, it inspired me to learn to code but not enough to push me to do it. I believed that coding was something that I'll come to learn to do later when I get my life in order as a bonus skill. What pushed me to learn to code was when Corona Pandemic hit and everything fell apart, all my businesses ventures and plans were put into a halt. At that point, I had nothing to lose but time itself. So I decided to waste my time purposefully and learn to code. Started in March, I'm planning to become a full-stack developer. At first, when you're starting with HTML5 things are a bit hard, then when you get to CSS3 they keep getting harder and harder so it's easy to quit. A good idea is to mix tutors and courses of the same topic because everyone has their own way of teaching and being exposed to different teachers can make you understand things easier after exploring different perspective of different experts. Don't just stick to one. I'm on the back-end part now learning the technologies. My life depends on this so for me quitting is not an option and also the computer is something enjoy doing. Your videos are very inspirational, keep up the good work Man. Good luck to everyone going through the same journey, you are brave for doing that, just don't quit. You'll surprise yourself in the end and you'll be glad that you took this journey. The time you're wasting learning something consistently isn't time wasted no matter how slow you're going.
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!
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.
Background in sales - ie the ability to effectively and persuasively market yourself plus the persistence - seems to be a huge, underrated factor in this saga 🤔
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.
This is to the prayers and faith that I WILL become a web developer. Your videos have motivated and inspired me beyond belief and I can’t thank you enough! God bless you
You can do it!
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.
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!
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!
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.
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!
@Jesy17 Awesome!
All the best to us! 🙏🏻
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
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
Sup Chris?
Your story is truly inspiring. For real. And you seem like a genuine guy.
I got a paycheck after getting my a*s fired from a company in which I was the operations supervisor. Anyway, so I decided to invest that money into myself by learning how to code. I´m 36 atm so it´s kinda late for me, but since I´ve always used computers... it´s not that of a pain. So I bought a tuitition and now I´m learning to be a full stack developer.
Take care bro. God Bless.
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
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.
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?
@@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.
@Dreamz 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.
@Dreamz summary. i know html, css, basics of JS, basics of JAVA.
I'm 2 years late but UA-cam recommended me this. Truly inspiring story brother. This is really motivating! Keep grinding🙏
This man literally had Jesus on his side.
Jesus 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@محمدالخلفي-ط1ل 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.
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 ❤
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.
Damn.. Just got my HTML, CSS, JS, Jquery books... Going to be learning myself. Thank you for the inspiration.
Any growth ?
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?
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
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
"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
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.
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.
Don't stop making videos man, this channel is like my energy booster whenever i think i can't make it.
ookay let me uncourage you, i am doing job applies for 30 years now, 3 a day, 1000 a year, but no company wants me, working hard study hard dont do nothing.
@@herenkapsalon thanks bro, i am still 21. I really love computer and back then, i wanna attended highschool that focusing in CS. but my parents don't agree with that and send me to religion major school. whenever i think i'll be work in religious stuff or something and looping in the problematic situation that i can't talk about, it's scared me to the bone..
I'm not attended college and work 'here and there', also doing freelance writing articles for local websites anonymously for almost 3 years. roughly 1 month ago i'm tired of doing those and decided to quit. this is my 42 days of learning code.
I live in an 'isolated' asian city where it's almost impossible to find a front end or tech related jobs. In day 100 i really hope i can find a remote job.
Thanks bro, good luck for you and me.. Your words means a lot!..
I learned coding and software engineering by launching an NFT project. By having this vision of solving a problem and having a mission, I just worked through the problems as they came up and learned what I needed to. As money was an issue, and I couldn't hire anyone to help me, I've had to learn multiple languages to build the smart contract, and the web app. As I got the project launched and ready to go, I realized this is what I wanted to do. Now I'm studying hours a day, working to transition into a software development career from my culinary career. Thank you for this video.🙏
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
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
Thanks Chris, this is exactly what I am going through right now. Been learning how to code for the past 4 months know some JS relatively good at HTML and CSS. Every opportunity at work or home I learn coding. I kinda started to hate my current job. My boss is every annoying and I am always doing night shift. I feel like I am in a trap. I can’t believe if one day I will be coding and getting paid for it. Maybe I should listen to your advice and start applying for jobs...
how are you doing now ?
@@DaBaldMan I totally forgot about this comment. I found my first job 6 months ago. I stopped applying for a while last year then started again and got two offers from two great companies. I am a full stack developer. I really love my job. Cannot believe I actually look forward to Mondays
@@DaveRaspberry that's great to hear, I'm glad that you have found your way in coding.
@@DaBaldMan thanks so much man
@@DaveRaspberry Dave I’m so happy for you brother , could you give me a quick list of what you learned. I’m currently learning Python 4 days. Week to become QA Software tester but in the future want to become developer. Thanks if you see this 🙏 !
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 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
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.
Ive never seen someone so honest and genuine. Your deadly bro!!!!
This had to of been one of the most motivating coding videos I’ve seen in years, thank you!
You're such an inspiration to me! You encourage me to keep going and believing in myself to learn code.
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
God made a way and you walked on it. Really Happy for you. God bless you always
this channel is really underrated
as you saw the video, it is my time to accept this time axis to continue learning coding. god bless you and thanks for your sharing. I hope you doing well.
I really love your story Chris. Thank you for sharing this to us. You really inspire me to continue learning to code.
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
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.
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!
So inspiring bro , I am also going to start my journey to become a web developer , thank you
Go for it!
Thank you Chris!
Made me take one extra step towards getting hired today!
Inspiring story!
Hi Chris!
That was a nice video. I actually got fired from my job last year September due to office politics. Trust me you don't wanna experience this. I decided to take a change in my career. I started learning codes October HTML5 and CSS then JavaScript by January 2020. When I came across your video I knew I had hope and believed in myself that If you can do it, then I can do it too. I'm gonna start applying for jobs. Thank you for the insight. God bless you richly.
Did you land a job?
It took a global pandemic for me to hunker down and really learn to code. I don't think you were bad at school, you just didn't have the fire to do it when you learned coding. Thomas Edison said it's "1% inspiration and 99% perspiration." Great video!
Well done Chris, you're a inspiration to many including me.
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'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.
This is so inspirational! I'm getting a programming associates and I'm scared it wont be enough. But this honestly makes me so happy
What school are you at?
No degree on its own is ever enough, but you don't need to do too too much outside of that to get jobs; just make sure you have some basic JS skills and a stack that you can do good work in, like Ruby on Rails, Django, Flask, MERN, whole bunch of options!
Feel free to PM me if you have any questions :)
@@meechhoover2427 I'm at a community college taking the computer science program so it's only coding stuff >.
@@slamislife74 Ah ! Thank you! I appreciate it! I'll keep that noted :3
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.
This helps me to face my fears to learn code or should I continue learning codes and go back from my old job that slowly kills me.
But this helps me boost my courage to continue what I really want. Thank you
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!
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.
I'm a junior developer and I have NOT found a job yet It's been a hard year for me and my family, but your video gives me hope that life can get better. thanks man
Hey man I hope everything is going well. Where you able to find a job?
@@ciinemaclips Yeah man I got Job now keep going
@@brayanhernandezmora8619 This is awesome to hear bro congrats.
@@brayanhernandezmora8619 how is it going now?
@@darshanv2023 still working as a software engineering thank god
11 months ago I saw this video, and I was so inspired to learn code, after some research I decided to focus on Web development so I start with HTML-CSS and JS, after that I learnead bootstrap, jquery, and basics of Mysql and PHP, I applied to many many jobs on web development and almost though I will not get any job on that, yesterday I receive the good new, I was hired as a Web developer on a University in Costa Rica, I am so exited to start that journey, thank you Sean, this video it was not only very inspirational, but also a good guide in the technologies I needed to learn =)
Congratulations!!! Felicidades mae!!
@@sebastianmora3094 Gracias Sebastián, saludos 😁
inspirational as I'm starting my journey with ZTM and I am also currently in AV . thanks for sharing your story and your journey
Inspirational story Chris! Glad things turned out well with you
This video has literally changed my life. Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us Chris and congratulations!
Well, this was inspirational not only for a developer, but for every human I think. Strength and patience is all that matters. Thank you for your help.
Hello Chris...Diego here from Argentina. I love your videos, inspiring me. I am almost 50 man, and I am slowly learning html, css, Javascript and php...I am broke and need a change. I know there´s a lot of remote jobs there. So I am going to become a Full Stack, God Helps me. Greetings!.
me too 52 years old, learning strings, val, var, int, array, list, etc. Hope i find a job from home too good luck
@@herenkapsalon Thanks!, good luck to you too.
I'm a nurse, super unhappy and stressed about my career. It doesn't fit me! And honestly? I'm not even a high paid nurse. I have a certificate in nursing that took me 14 months to get, so I can't even work in a hospital. I started learning code about 3 weeks ago (I know the basics of HTML and CSS already from years ago). The past few days of learning have been so challenging... and your video really inspired me to continue. Thank you so much for posting this. I'll definitely keep watching your videos!
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!!
I love you, man. Im glad you turned it around and got a life in which you don't feel that you are "garbage." I hope someday I can have a life in which I'm not garbage.
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 🙏🏾
bro just saw your video while starting to learn HTML right now at 2am, Don't know what to do because I'm desperate as well but I think this is a pretty good sign to continue. Thanks for inspiring me!.
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.
That is so dope man! I'm currently learning HTML right now and looking to pivot into web development.
Thanks for sharing your story bro. I found this video by accident and it really spoke to me. Much appreciated 🙏🏾
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!
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!
Thank you, This, and other videos you make keep me hope full.
Thanks bro :)
Man this big motivation 🙌🏼 great job bud 👏🏼 never quitting when your backs against the wall!!
Thank you Chris! This video has reignited the fire I have for coding. This means a lot! #juniordeveloper #fullstackdeveloper
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.
Love the story, thank you for sharing !
Thank you mate I think I’m ready to start studying now as I have nothing to lose
U are really inspired me man when I feel dawn for no reason then I see your positive growth attitude . I feel better
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
So inspired man. On track with my coding journey as well. Thanks for the push I really needed.
You got this!
You always motivate me Chris. Much love from Ghana 🇬🇭 #devlifeFly 💡
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!!
Stay humble, man. You'll keep getting blessed!
Man thank you for sharing your life experience !!! Love it. Thanks from London UK
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! 🇵🇭
Whenever I feel exhausted and discouraged while learning coding, I often revisit this video for inspiration and motivation.
American Dream, man. You’re an inspiration.
Bro. Thank you so much for the genuine and original content about your journey. Especially in changing your mindset as well as changing your situation.Very inspirational. Mraming salamat kapatid.
Ironically watched that video of bill gates too, it inspired me to learn to code but not enough to push me to do it. I believed that coding was something that I'll come to learn to do later when I get my life in order as a bonus skill. What pushed me to learn to code was when Corona Pandemic hit and everything fell apart, all my businesses ventures and plans were put into a halt. At that point, I had nothing to lose but time itself. So I decided to waste my time purposefully and learn to code. Started in March, I'm planning to become a full-stack developer. At first, when you're starting with HTML5 things are a bit hard, then when you get to CSS3 they keep getting harder and harder so it's easy to quit.
A good idea is to mix tutors and courses of the same topic because everyone has their own way of teaching and being exposed to different teachers can make you understand things easier after exploring different perspective of different experts. Don't just stick to one. I'm on the back-end part now learning the technologies. My life depends on this so for me quitting is not an option and also the computer is something enjoy doing. Your videos are very inspirational, keep up the good work Man.
Good luck to everyone going through the same journey, you are brave for doing that, just don't quit. You'll surprise yourself in the end and you'll be glad that you took this journey. The time you're wasting learning something consistently isn't time wasted no matter how slow you're going.
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!
Thank you so much, just starting my journey, thanks for the encouragement!
This is Alejandro from Guatemala. Thank you for sharing your experience Sean, it really inspires me to continue learning.
That intro was so nostalgic 🙌🏾
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.
That message was 🔥🔥🔥. Motivational speaking also has stars that you might be aligned with Chris. Powerful presence you have 💪🏾...JB
Background in sales - ie the ability to effectively and persuasively market yourself plus the persistence - seems to be a huge, underrated factor in this saga 🤔
Everytime You Upload I Started Focusing More and More on Learning.. Thank You Mate ❤️❤️
Im going to start my coding learnjng journey. Im ready to learn and grow. Thank you for sharing yoir story ✊