TStsingy·Mar 15, 2023
I started in January 2023, here are the resources I use: https://github.com/woadray/bootcamp
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6 sourcesHere is how I start mine: https://github.com/woadray/bootcamp/blob/main/README.md, where the goal is to build solid foundations in order to pass interviews. The rest can be learn on the job as most jobs are CRUD or data prep anyway.
In Ask HN: As a self-taught programmer, how did you fill in knowledge gaps?Hi, as someone attempting this full time, here is my take.
Legit or not, I have no idea, demand being high, it's not that hard to get a job I guess if you're not aiming for FANG level. Plus, most of these people, as far as I know, are a developer advocate or content creator for the their company and not developers per se.
Project based learning is good, but structured learning is better IMO. For the single reason that when you start you don't know what you don't know someone has to guide you. You can learn everything from building whatever you like, making mistakes, correct said mistakes, rinse and repeat. But it will take you way more time than just following a premade path, and be done with it. For that I made my own "boot camp" (here https://github.com/woadray/bootcamp if interested). I, like you was lost in this YouTube business of se
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lf a taught dev recommending courses and such. Decided after more research and discussions with qualified people that most of them are trash. I'm experimenting on myself to see how doable is it to get a job as a self taught developer with a twist, I'm from Africa and I live in France (for now at least), aiming for US remote job if not sponsored. All you need is discipline I think.
Tips:
- BOOKS are better than VIDEOS
- Leetcode style website are puzzle games, try to have fun with them. You can learn on the job, but in order to do that you have to get that job first.
- Build hard stuff
Please be my mentor. I'm 31, from a third world country living in France, studying full-time (self-made bootcamp plan: https://github.com/woadray/bootcamp/blob/main/README.md), wanting to break into software development. We can chat whenever you're free, my email is my bio.
In Ask HN: How to give back as a software engineer?Ask HN: 30 years old attempting a career change, advice needed.
I just turned 30, quit my job as I want to pursue some other adventures in my life. I'm from one of the poorest country in the world, Madagascar, but I've been living and working in France for the last 12 years. I came to study and stayed when got offered a job as an accountant. The thing is, I miss my country and going on vacation is not enough anymore, plus my parents are getting older, I'd rather be with them. I have enough savings to live there for a long time, without working thanks to exchange rate, but I'd rather not take more than a year off. After reflecting on what I like, and what I could do (given the pandemic crisis going on), programming for a living seems like the way to go. I can hack some quick and dirty script here and there but that's it. Now I want to do it rigorously, and have a already made a plan for that (link at t
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he bottom). My end goal, if things go the way its planned is to find a job and earning between 600 and 900 dollars a month.
- I know have to have some projects built so I can stand out. But for now I'm thinking of what I could do that is meaningful enough and not just a random stuff that has been done a thousand times, by following a YouTube tutorial.
- Beside my plan, what do I need to know to get hired? (by the way if you know some good java open source codebase I could study, please link them)
- How low/high are my chance of getting hired by a foreign company while living there? Anyone that was in the same situation please reah out.
- Freelancing, creating a business are other options, so if you have any tips on doing that don't hesitate.
I speak french, and I like to think my English is ok (tell me otherwise so I'll add that to my study plan), so communication should not be a problem. As for internet, believe it of not you can get what's advertised as "fiber" for 55 bucks a month, 100Mbps up/down on paper.
Link: https://github.com/Woadray/bootcamp/blob/main/courses.md
Ask HN: What do I need to know to be hired as a junior back-end web developer?
I just turned 30, quit my job as I want to pursue some other adventures in my life. I'm from one of the poorest country in the world, Madagascar, but I've been living and working in France for the last 12 years. I came to study and stayed when got offered a job as an accountant. The thing is, I miss my country and going on vacation is not enough anymore, plus my parents are getting older, I'd rather be with them. I have enough savings to live there for a long time, without working thanks to exchange rate, but I'd rather not take more than a year off. After reflecting on what I like, and what I could do (given the pandemic crisis going on), programming for a living seems like the way to go. I can hack some quick and dirty script here and there but that's it. Now I want to do it rigorously, and have a already made a plan for that (link at t
Read the rest
he bottom). My end goal, if things go the way its planned is to find a job and earning between 600 and 900 dollars a month.
- I know have to have some projects built so I can stand out. But for now I'm thinking of what I could do that is meaningful enough and not just a random stuff that has been done a thousand times, by following a YouTube tutorial.
- Beside my plan, what do I need to know to get hired? (by the way if you know some good java open source codebase I could study, please link them)
- How low/high are my chance of getting hired by a foreign company while living there? Anyone that was in the same situation please reah out.
- Freelancing, creating a business are other options, so if you have any tips on doing that don't hesitate.
I speak french, and I like to think my English is ok (tell me otherwise so I'll add that to my study plan), so communication should not be a problem. As for internet, believe it of not you can get what's advertised as "fiber" for 55 bucks a month, 100Mbps up/down on paper.
Link: https://github.com/Woadray/bootcamp/blob/main/courses.md