WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.530 --> 00:00:03.340 Now that you have a solid foundation 2 00:00:03.340 --> 00:00:06.130 of JavaScript, I want to talk a little bit 3 00:00:06.130 --> 00:00:09.880 about the actual process of learning how to code 4 00:00:09.880 --> 00:00:12.300 and give you some motivation. 5 00:00:12.300 --> 00:00:16.510 I think this is an important aspect of a course like this, 6 00:00:16.510 --> 00:00:19.780 but everyone else simply seems to overlook this topic 7 00:00:19.780 --> 00:00:21.530 for some reason. 8 00:00:21.530 --> 00:00:24.940 So let me share my advice on how you should learn to code 9 00:00:24.940 --> 00:00:27.453 as a complete beginner in this video. 10 00:00:28.440 --> 00:00:30.660 And to make this a bit more fun, 11 00:00:30.660 --> 00:00:33.460 I will start by telling you how to fail 12 00:00:33.460 --> 00:00:35.310 at learning how to code. 13 00:00:35.310 --> 00:00:38.110 And to do that, meet John. 14 00:00:38.110 --> 00:00:42.200 So John has been learning how to code for some time now, 15 00:00:42.200 --> 00:00:45.090 but he is failing miserably. 16 00:00:45.090 --> 00:00:47.430 He's just not going anywhere. 17 00:00:47.430 --> 00:00:50.940 I guess, he is just not receiving the right advice. 18 00:00:50.940 --> 00:00:54.750 So let's see what John is doing wrong so that you can learn 19 00:00:54.750 --> 00:00:58.393 from his mistakes and learn how to code in no time. 20 00:00:59.270 --> 00:01:01.930 So the first mistake that John made 21 00:01:01.930 --> 00:01:05.100 was that he didn't have a clear goal at the beginning 22 00:01:05.100 --> 00:01:06.670 of his learning journey. 23 00:01:06.670 --> 00:01:09.440 He simply started by watching some courses 24 00:01:09.440 --> 00:01:11.420 and reading some tutorials, 25 00:01:11.420 --> 00:01:13.550 but he would just blindly copy the code 26 00:01:13.550 --> 00:01:15.840 without caring how it works. 27 00:01:15.840 --> 00:01:19.440 Even worse, Sometimes he would just copy and paste code 28 00:01:19.440 --> 00:01:23.260 from tutorials or sites like Stack Overflow. 29 00:01:23.260 --> 00:01:26.660 While learning, he didn't reinforce what he was learning 30 00:01:26.660 --> 00:01:30.000 in the courses and tutorials by doing small challenges 31 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:31.640 or taking notes. 32 00:01:31.640 --> 00:01:35.280 He also didn't practice coding outside of the courses 33 00:01:35.280 --> 00:01:38.470 and he didn't come up with his own project ideas 34 00:01:38.470 --> 00:01:40.690 to improve his skills. 35 00:01:40.690 --> 00:01:43.280 Then whenever he did code a bit, 36 00:01:43.280 --> 00:01:46.670 John would quickly became frustrated whenever his code 37 00:01:46.670 --> 00:01:50.320 was not perfectly clean or efficient. 38 00:01:50.320 --> 00:01:53.210 John also lost motivation pretty quickly 39 00:01:53.210 --> 00:01:56.220 because he thought he could never know enough. 40 00:01:56.220 --> 00:01:58.710 He could never know all there is to know 41 00:01:58.710 --> 00:02:01.203 and this is a really big mistake. 42 00:02:02.080 --> 00:02:06.110 Also, he was just always learning in isolation 43 00:02:06.110 --> 00:02:08.640 without sharing his process. 44 00:02:08.640 --> 00:02:11.930 Finally, after finishing a couple of courses, 45 00:02:11.930 --> 00:02:14.600 he thought he was now a web developer 46 00:02:14.600 --> 00:02:16.990 and could start applying to jobs, 47 00:02:16.990 --> 00:02:21.230 but no one would take him because recruiters soon found out 48 00:02:21.230 --> 00:02:24.683 that he couldn't even build a simple app on his own. 49 00:02:25.620 --> 00:02:28.770 So that's a long list of mistakes, 50 00:02:28.770 --> 00:02:31.850 but it's not too late for John. 51 00:02:31.850 --> 00:02:35.080 We can fix all these mistakes, right? 52 00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:36.473 So let me show you how. 53 00:02:37.390 --> 00:02:41.280 So the first mistake is relatively easy to fix. 54 00:02:41.280 --> 00:02:44.810 What you need to do is to set a goal for yourself. 55 00:02:44.810 --> 00:02:47.410 Think about this and actually write it down 56 00:02:47.410 --> 00:02:50.970 on a paper or something, make this goal specific, 57 00:02:50.970 --> 00:02:54.500 measurable, realistic, and time-based. 58 00:02:54.500 --> 00:02:56.620 For example, your goal might be, 59 00:02:56.620 --> 00:03:00.610 I want to become a front-end web developer within one year. 60 00:03:00.610 --> 00:03:04.690 From there, you can then develop a plan on how to get there. 61 00:03:04.690 --> 00:03:08.780 It also helps to know exactly why you are learning to code. 62 00:03:08.780 --> 00:03:11.570 For example, are you trying to switch careers 63 00:03:11.570 --> 00:03:13.880 or do you want to find a better job 64 00:03:13.880 --> 00:03:16.590 or are you just starting a new hobby? 65 00:03:16.590 --> 00:03:19.890 Whatever it is, it's important to be aware of the reason 66 00:03:19.890 --> 00:03:21.290 why you're doing this, 67 00:03:21.290 --> 00:03:23.550 because this will help you stay motivated 68 00:03:23.550 --> 00:03:27.120 when learning becomes more and more difficult. 69 00:03:27.120 --> 00:03:31.300 To stay motivated, it's also great to imagine a big project 70 00:03:31.300 --> 00:03:33.090 that you want to be able to build 71 00:03:33.090 --> 00:03:35.380 by the end of your learning journey. 72 00:03:35.380 --> 00:03:38.490 This has always helped me tremendously. 73 00:03:38.490 --> 00:03:40.060 With this project in mind, 74 00:03:40.060 --> 00:03:42.183 you just need to research the technologies 75 00:03:42.183 --> 00:03:45.620 that you need to learn and then learn them one by one, 76 00:03:45.620 --> 00:03:48.970 step by step in a calm way. 77 00:03:48.970 --> 00:03:51.530 Next up, instead of simply copying code 78 00:03:51.530 --> 00:03:53.600 from a course or tutorial, 79 00:03:53.600 --> 00:03:56.800 always make sure that you really understand the codes 80 00:03:56.800 --> 00:04:00.230 that you're learning and typing into your editor. 81 00:04:00.230 --> 00:04:02.960 Don't move on if you don't understand. 82 00:04:02.960 --> 00:04:05.920 Also, always actually type code. 83 00:04:05.920 --> 00:04:08.670 Don't just copy and pasted from a tutorial 84 00:04:08.670 --> 00:04:11.130 or a site like Stack Overflow. 85 00:04:11.130 --> 00:04:13.070 This way, you're training your brain 86 00:04:13.070 --> 00:04:14.863 to remember the syntax letter. 87 00:04:15.720 --> 00:04:17.750 Reinforcing is one of the most 88 00:04:17.750 --> 00:04:19.640 important learning techniques. 89 00:04:19.640 --> 00:04:22.530 It means that after you learn something new, 90 00:04:22.530 --> 00:04:25.470 like a new JavaScript feature or a concept, 91 00:04:25.470 --> 00:04:28.970 you use it immediately to make it really stick 92 00:04:28.970 --> 00:04:30.100 in your brain. 93 00:04:30.100 --> 00:04:33.920 You can do this by taking notes and by challenging yourself 94 00:04:33.920 --> 00:04:37.490 with small coding exercises and challenges. 95 00:04:37.490 --> 00:04:40.440 For example, let's say you just watched a lecture 96 00:04:40.440 --> 00:04:41.870 about functions. 97 00:04:41.870 --> 00:04:44.060 So now you know what functions are 98 00:04:44.060 --> 00:04:46.060 and you saw some examples. 99 00:04:46.060 --> 00:04:50.500 But now as a next step, you need to reinforce this knowledge 100 00:04:50.500 --> 00:04:54.350 by writing a function for your own personal environment. 101 00:04:54.350 --> 00:04:57.230 For example, you might need to calculate the average 102 00:04:57.230 --> 00:04:59.410 of your university grades, 103 00:04:59.410 --> 00:05:02.010 or you might need to convert recipe ingredients 104 00:05:02.010 --> 00:05:04.830 from ounces to grams while cooking. 105 00:05:04.830 --> 00:05:08.170 So just write a function that does this task for you 106 00:05:08.170 --> 00:05:10.090 and have some fun with it. 107 00:05:10.090 --> 00:05:13.670 Coming up with your own ideas like this and solving them, 108 00:05:13.670 --> 00:05:16.170 will absolutely boost your confidence 109 00:05:16.170 --> 00:05:18.130 in your programming skills 110 00:05:18.130 --> 00:05:20.060 and really take your time with this. 111 00:05:20.060 --> 00:05:23.160 There's absolutely no need to complete any course 112 00:05:23.160 --> 00:05:25.860 as fast as possible, all right? 113 00:05:25.860 --> 00:05:28.700 Now it's absolutely normal that in the beginning, 114 00:05:28.700 --> 00:05:31.380 it's hard to come up with your own challenges. 115 00:05:31.380 --> 00:05:34.050 That's why I included countless coding challenges 116 00:05:34.050 --> 00:05:36.010 in this course for you. 117 00:05:36.010 --> 00:05:38.730 You can also use a special challenge platform 118 00:05:38.730 --> 00:05:40.710 like codewars.com, 119 00:05:40.710 --> 00:05:43.610 where you can find thousands of coding challenges 120 00:05:43.610 --> 00:05:46.450 for different skill levels for free. 121 00:05:46.450 --> 00:05:49.140 I have actually solved some of Codewars challenges 122 00:05:49.140 --> 00:05:53.020 in real life with some students and I can tell you, 123 00:05:53.020 --> 00:05:56.003 it's a ton of fun and really helpful. 124 00:05:57.360 --> 00:06:01.210 One of John's biggest mistakes was to not practice coding 125 00:06:01.210 --> 00:06:03.630 outside of the course environment. 126 00:06:03.630 --> 00:06:05.390 But practicing on your own, 127 00:06:05.390 --> 00:06:09.280 is the single most important thing that you have to do. 128 00:06:09.280 --> 00:06:12.460 And I can't stress this enough, okay? 129 00:06:12.460 --> 00:06:16.490 Coding your own projects without any course guiding you 130 00:06:16.490 --> 00:06:18.650 is really not optional. 131 00:06:18.650 --> 00:06:21.940 If you just follow courses and don't code on your own, 132 00:06:21.940 --> 00:06:26.360 you will never ever be able to write programs on your own. 133 00:06:26.360 --> 00:06:28.810 So come up with your own project ideas, 134 00:06:28.810 --> 00:06:32.760 no matter how small or big and just build them, 135 00:06:32.760 --> 00:06:36.890 or you can copy parts of popular sites or applications. 136 00:06:36.890 --> 00:06:40.090 No matter what you do, really challenge yourself, 137 00:06:40.090 --> 00:06:44.760 make it difficult and grow by overcoming obstacles. 138 00:06:44.760 --> 00:06:47.960 And then now it's scary to leave the comfortable environment 139 00:06:47.960 --> 00:06:51.480 of a course where you just have to follow the teacher 140 00:06:51.480 --> 00:06:54.970 because you will fail and you will make mistakes, 141 00:06:54.970 --> 00:06:58.130 and it will be difficult to code on your own. 142 00:06:58.130 --> 00:07:00.240 But getting out of our comfort zone, 143 00:07:00.240 --> 00:07:02.990 is the only way we grow. 144 00:07:02.990 --> 00:07:06.260 So don't be stuck in tutorial hell, 145 00:07:06.260 --> 00:07:09.050 which is exactly the state of not being able 146 00:07:09.050 --> 00:07:10.780 to leave tutorials. 147 00:07:10.780 --> 00:07:13.100 There is more about this whole journey 148 00:07:13.100 --> 00:07:14.543 at the end of this lecture. 149 00:07:15.530 --> 00:07:19.220 Now, when you practice, you should never become frustrated 150 00:07:19.220 --> 00:07:21.630 with the quality of your code. 151 00:07:21.630 --> 00:07:25.400 Do not get stuck by trying to write a perfect code, 152 00:07:25.400 --> 00:07:28.210 which is really clean or really efficient. 153 00:07:28.210 --> 00:07:30.770 So none of that matters in the beginning. 154 00:07:30.770 --> 00:07:32.160 You're still learning. 155 00:07:32.160 --> 00:07:34.830 So just write as much code as you can, 156 00:07:34.830 --> 00:07:36.740 no matter the quality. 157 00:07:36.740 --> 00:07:40.950 Really, clean and efficient code will come with time, 158 00:07:40.950 --> 00:07:41.783 all right? 159 00:07:41.783 --> 00:07:43.920 It's just natural progress. 160 00:07:43.920 --> 00:07:46.660 Also, you can always come back and refactor 161 00:07:46.660 --> 00:07:48.963 and improve code later if you want to. 162 00:07:49.940 --> 00:07:52.770 Another important piece of advice I can give you 163 00:07:52.770 --> 00:07:56.040 and I actually give it to myself from time to time, 164 00:07:56.040 --> 00:07:59.820 is to embrace the fact that you will never know everything 165 00:07:59.820 --> 00:08:02.450 there is to know in web development. 166 00:08:02.450 --> 00:08:05.920 Web development is this huge, huge field. 167 00:08:05.920 --> 00:08:08.770 And so it's completely normal and acceptable 168 00:08:08.770 --> 00:08:12.240 that you will never know everything about web development. 169 00:08:12.240 --> 00:08:15.290 So don't put too much weight on your shoulders 170 00:08:15.290 --> 00:08:17.890 and create too many expectations. 171 00:08:17.890 --> 00:08:21.180 So in fact, the best developers and teachers 172 00:08:21.180 --> 00:08:23.200 have no problem in admitting 173 00:08:23.200 --> 00:08:25.200 that they do not know everything 174 00:08:25.200 --> 00:08:27.460 like the legendary Kyle Simpson, 175 00:08:27.460 --> 00:08:30.160 who admits that even after 20 years, 176 00:08:30.160 --> 00:08:33.110 it's still a struggle to make his code work 177 00:08:33.110 --> 00:08:35.400 and understand it the next day. 178 00:08:35.400 --> 00:08:39.330 So do not lose motivation if you feel the same way. 179 00:08:39.330 --> 00:08:42.960 Also, do not compare yourself to top developers 180 00:08:42.960 --> 00:08:45.270 who do know a lot more than you, 181 00:08:45.270 --> 00:08:47.460 because, of course, they do. 182 00:08:47.460 --> 00:08:50.440 Many of them have been at this for over 10 years 183 00:08:50.440 --> 00:08:52.460 or maybe even 20 years, 184 00:08:52.460 --> 00:08:56.080 but nobody was born an expert and even experts 185 00:08:56.080 --> 00:08:58.900 are still learning all the time. 186 00:08:58.900 --> 00:09:01.240 Now here, it's actually pretty important 187 00:09:01.240 --> 00:09:04.500 that you have a well-defined goal for yourself, 188 00:09:04.500 --> 00:09:05.850 because if you do, 189 00:09:05.850 --> 00:09:08.400 you can just focus on what you need to learn 190 00:09:08.400 --> 00:09:11.040 in order to achieve that goal. 191 00:09:11.040 --> 00:09:14.460 Everything else is unnecessary, it's just nice. 192 00:09:14.460 --> 00:09:17.770 For example, if you don't need a backend in your app, 193 00:09:17.770 --> 00:09:20.643 then you don't need to learn Node.js or PHP, okay? 194 00:09:22.700 --> 00:09:25.890 The next mistake that is hopefully easy to fix, 195 00:09:25.890 --> 00:09:28.990 is to not learn in isolation. 196 00:09:28.990 --> 00:09:31.840 One great way to do that is to learn together 197 00:09:31.840 --> 00:09:36.390 with other people, no matter if in person or online. 198 00:09:36.390 --> 00:09:38.240 Whenever you learn something new, 199 00:09:38.240 --> 00:09:41.580 explain it to them because explaining things, 200 00:09:41.580 --> 00:09:44.450 forces you to really understand them first 201 00:09:44.450 --> 00:09:46.950 and repeating a concept will then really 202 00:09:46.950 --> 00:09:49.260 make it stick in your brain. 203 00:09:49.260 --> 00:09:52.530 That's why many people say that the best way of learning 204 00:09:52.530 --> 00:09:57.060 is to teach and I actually share that opinion too. 205 00:09:57.060 --> 00:09:59.730 Another great technique that many people like, 206 00:09:59.730 --> 00:10:01.830 is to share your goals publicly, 207 00:10:01.830 --> 00:10:04.270 for example, on a social network, 208 00:10:04.270 --> 00:10:06.650 to make yourself accountable. 209 00:10:06.650 --> 00:10:09.820 You can also share your progress on social media 210 00:10:09.820 --> 00:10:12.720 to motivate yourself and others. 211 00:10:12.720 --> 00:10:14.020 For example, on Twitter, 212 00:10:14.020 --> 00:10:17.070 there are some popular hashtags that people use, 213 00:10:17.070 --> 00:10:19.607 like #100DaysOfCode, #CodeNewbie, and #weddev. 214 00:10:23.010 --> 00:10:25.230 If you use these, you'll get feedback 215 00:10:25.230 --> 00:10:28.240 and a boost of motivation from other people 216 00:10:28.240 --> 00:10:31.410 that are on the same journey of learning to code. 217 00:10:31.410 --> 00:10:33.830 It's a really nice and friendly community, 218 00:10:33.830 --> 00:10:37.140 at least on Twitter, which is what I know and use. 219 00:10:37.140 --> 00:10:39.503 So for sure, you should try it out. 220 00:10:40.340 --> 00:10:44.140 And finally, the absolute biggest mistake that John made 221 00:10:44.140 --> 00:10:46.560 was that, after he went through a couple 222 00:10:46.560 --> 00:10:48.280 of web development courses, 223 00:10:48.280 --> 00:10:50.810 he thought that he was now a web developer, 224 00:10:50.810 --> 00:10:52.780 ready to take a job. 225 00:10:52.780 --> 00:10:56.050 Now, this is probably the biggest misconception 226 00:10:56.050 --> 00:10:57.450 that people have. 227 00:10:57.450 --> 00:11:00.450 Just take a couple of courses and you're done, 228 00:11:00.450 --> 00:11:03.860 but no, that is just not how it works. 229 00:11:03.860 --> 00:11:06.440 So I'm sorry to bring you the bad news, 230 00:11:06.440 --> 00:11:10.630 but courses like this one can only take you so far. 231 00:11:10.630 --> 00:11:13.610 They will give you an amazing foundation, of course, 232 00:11:13.610 --> 00:11:16.230 but they're just the beginning of your journey. 233 00:11:16.230 --> 00:11:18.310 You need everything else that we just talked 234 00:11:18.310 --> 00:11:20.580 about in this lecture in order to become 235 00:11:20.580 --> 00:11:22.860 a successful web developer. 236 00:11:22.860 --> 00:11:25.360 So let's talk a little bit more about this 237 00:11:25.360 --> 00:11:29.363 and the journey of actually becoming a job-ready developer. 238 00:11:30.510 --> 00:11:33.710 So here is a very true graph that shows you 239 00:11:33.710 --> 00:11:35.820 how your confidence in your skills 240 00:11:35.820 --> 00:11:38.560 changes as you become more and more competent 241 00:11:38.560 --> 00:11:40.610 as a web developer. 242 00:11:40.610 --> 00:11:44.490 And this is useful because it allows us to plan a strategy 243 00:11:44.490 --> 00:11:46.130 for your learning journey. 244 00:11:46.130 --> 00:11:48.490 So when you start, you are in the, 245 00:11:48.490 --> 00:11:51.110 everything is awesome phase. 246 00:11:51.110 --> 00:11:54.560 You are studying one or more or tutorials, 247 00:11:54.560 --> 00:11:56.670 understanding how the code works 248 00:11:56.670 --> 00:11:58.600 and taking a lot of challenges 249 00:11:58.600 --> 00:12:00.880 just like I mentioned earlier. 250 00:12:00.880 --> 00:12:03.360 Now you're not really competent yet, 251 00:12:03.360 --> 00:12:05.590 but are starting to get confident 252 00:12:05.590 --> 00:12:08.240 and are pumped to keep going. 253 00:12:08.240 --> 00:12:11.260 So this is probably where you are right now 254 00:12:11.260 --> 00:12:13.130 and will be throughout this course 255 00:12:13.130 --> 00:12:16.090 or any other course that you take. 256 00:12:16.090 --> 00:12:19.080 But then as you start practicing on your own, 257 00:12:19.080 --> 00:12:21.790 you reach the cliff of confusion. 258 00:12:21.790 --> 00:12:25.020 Here you realize that coding might be a lot harder 259 00:12:25.020 --> 00:12:28.910 than you thought when you no longer can just follow a course 260 00:12:28.910 --> 00:12:31.310 with a predefined path. 261 00:12:31.310 --> 00:12:34.960 So your confidence is gonna start to drop a little bit 262 00:12:34.960 --> 00:12:38.540 and you might realize you can't build anything meaningful 263 00:12:38.540 --> 00:12:40.290 on your own yet. 264 00:12:40.290 --> 00:12:42.690 But don't lose motivation here, 265 00:12:42.690 --> 00:12:46.100 just keep writing lots and lots of code on your own 266 00:12:46.100 --> 00:12:49.540 no matter how much time you need to spend fixing bugs 267 00:12:49.540 --> 00:12:51.750 and searching for solution. 268 00:12:51.750 --> 00:12:55.870 It's all part of the journey and it's still gonna be fun. 269 00:12:55.870 --> 00:12:58.960 Slowly, you will become better at writing code, 270 00:12:58.960 --> 00:13:01.800 so you will become more competent, 271 00:13:01.800 --> 00:13:04.870 but your confidence might drop even further 272 00:13:04.870 --> 00:13:08.480 because now you start to realize just how much more 273 00:13:08.480 --> 00:13:11.530 you will need to practice until it can build a real 274 00:13:11.530 --> 00:13:14.250 application on your own. 275 00:13:14.250 --> 00:13:18.640 You are now in the so-called pit of despair, but believe me, 276 00:13:18.640 --> 00:13:21.490 it's not as bad as it sounds. 277 00:13:21.490 --> 00:13:23.390 You might start to feel lost, 278 00:13:23.390 --> 00:13:26.260 but a great solution for this is to start learning 279 00:13:26.260 --> 00:13:28.950 with other people like other beginners 280 00:13:28.950 --> 00:13:31.530 or even other developers who might mentor 281 00:13:31.530 --> 00:13:33.750 and help you along the way. 282 00:13:33.750 --> 00:13:35.600 To leave the pit of despair, 283 00:13:35.600 --> 00:13:37.950 you must keep challenging yourself. 284 00:13:37.950 --> 00:13:40.820 You cannot stop here, okay? 285 00:13:40.820 --> 00:13:43.810 So keep building bigger and bigger projects, 286 00:13:43.810 --> 00:13:47.870 run into lots of problems and keep fixing them. 287 00:13:47.870 --> 00:13:51.320 You really need to have this mindset of fixing problems 288 00:13:51.320 --> 00:13:53.750 in order to become a web developer. 289 00:13:53.750 --> 00:13:57.210 It's what we do all day long basically. 290 00:13:57.210 --> 00:14:00.230 At this point, it's also important to keep in mind 291 00:14:00.230 --> 00:14:04.630 that learning how to code is a really hard thing to do. 292 00:14:04.630 --> 00:14:08.830 So don't beat yourself up for finding it too difficult 293 00:14:08.830 --> 00:14:11.280 and for being stuck all the time. 294 00:14:11.280 --> 00:14:15.220 It is difficult indeed, but it's gonna be worth it. 295 00:14:15.220 --> 00:14:18.290 And trust me, we've all been in that place 296 00:14:18.290 --> 00:14:22.340 and everyone who successfully works in the industry today, 297 00:14:22.340 --> 00:14:25.560 just start out the same as you right now. 298 00:14:25.560 --> 00:14:30.030 So really, congratulations for even starting this path. 299 00:14:30.030 --> 00:14:32.890 It's already a great achievement in itself. 300 00:14:32.890 --> 00:14:35.500 Now you just need to continue building stuff. 301 00:14:35.500 --> 00:14:37.960 If you want to know about me personally, 302 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:40.490 I learned to code by starting projects 303 00:14:40.490 --> 00:14:43.770 that were actually way too difficult for me at the time, 304 00:14:43.770 --> 00:14:45.600 but that made them real challenges 305 00:14:45.600 --> 00:14:47.820 that made me grow tremendously. 306 00:14:47.820 --> 00:14:50.720 For example, I tried and failed 307 00:14:50.720 --> 00:14:55.180 to a football simulation game with Visual Basic. 308 00:14:55.180 --> 00:14:58.900 Then, I build a Content Management System in PHP 309 00:14:58.900 --> 00:15:02.670 with really bad quality code, but it worked 310 00:15:02.670 --> 00:15:04.710 and I actually sold it to a client 311 00:15:04.710 --> 00:15:06.280 and made good money. 312 00:15:06.280 --> 00:15:09.770 I also accepted some client projects for websites 313 00:15:09.770 --> 00:15:12.140 that I didn't know how to deliver, 314 00:15:12.140 --> 00:15:14.170 but I figured it all out in the end 315 00:15:14.170 --> 00:15:16.490 and it made me grow so much. 316 00:15:16.490 --> 00:15:19.810 And I'm sure that the same is gonna happen to you too. 317 00:15:19.810 --> 00:15:22.540 Anyway, back to the journey here, 318 00:15:22.540 --> 00:15:25.900 at a certain point, you will start to see the light. 319 00:15:25.900 --> 00:15:29.930 So at this point, you are getting quite good at writing code 320 00:15:29.930 --> 00:15:33.800 and your confidence will finally start to grow again. 321 00:15:33.800 --> 00:15:37.390 You are now in the back to awesome phase. 322 00:15:37.390 --> 00:15:40.660 Now you can either start learning new technologies 323 00:15:40.660 --> 00:15:43.570 or you can start rounding up your skillset 324 00:15:43.570 --> 00:15:46.320 with best coding practices and tools 325 00:15:46.320 --> 00:15:47.870 that you will need for jobs, 326 00:15:47.870 --> 00:15:50.900 for example, like version control, testing, 327 00:15:50.900 --> 00:15:53.440 task runners, et cetera. 328 00:15:53.440 --> 00:15:55.680 If your goal is to find a new job, 329 00:15:55.680 --> 00:15:59.740 you're probably starting to be ready to apply for jobs. 330 00:15:59.740 --> 00:16:03.680 You need many things for that, like a really good portfolio, 331 00:16:03.680 --> 00:16:06.270 but that is a topic for another day. 332 00:16:06.270 --> 00:16:09.060 Just be aware that even when you're working, 333 00:16:09.060 --> 00:16:11.580 you will never stop learning. 334 00:16:11.580 --> 00:16:15.300 So you're never really done learning how to code. 335 00:16:15.300 --> 00:16:18.200 Web development changes really fast 336 00:16:18.200 --> 00:16:20.680 and so you will need to be constantly adapting 337 00:16:20.680 --> 00:16:22.810 to new technologies. 338 00:16:22.810 --> 00:16:26.350 All right, and that is basically the typical journey 339 00:16:26.350 --> 00:16:29.100 from start to job ready. 340 00:16:29.100 --> 00:16:33.300 Now please, don't be scared by what I just told you. 341 00:16:33.300 --> 00:16:36.360 I'm telling you all these things not to scare you, 342 00:16:36.360 --> 00:16:40.300 but to prepare you because I really want you to succeed 343 00:16:40.300 --> 00:16:44.270 on this path and I want you to achieve real success, 344 00:16:44.270 --> 00:16:46.830 not like fake success. 345 00:16:46.830 --> 00:16:49.310 There are just too many people out there 346 00:16:49.310 --> 00:16:51.740 who will tell you that coding is easy 347 00:16:51.740 --> 00:16:54.350 and that you will magically become a web developer 348 00:16:54.350 --> 00:16:57.930 in two months if only you take their course, 349 00:16:57.930 --> 00:17:00.730 but this is simply not true. 350 00:17:00.730 --> 00:17:03.180 So I'm not gonna sit here and tell you 351 00:17:03.180 --> 00:17:05.060 that coding is easy. 352 00:17:05.060 --> 00:17:06.570 It's not easy. 353 00:17:06.570 --> 00:17:08.870 But with the right attitude and the guidelines 354 00:17:08.870 --> 00:17:12.770 I showed you in this lecture, you can totally do it. 355 00:17:12.770 --> 00:17:15.530 And I mean that because I've seen it happening 356 00:17:15.530 --> 00:17:17.410 time and time again. 357 00:17:17.410 --> 00:17:20.210 So many people have learned how to code 358 00:17:20.210 --> 00:17:23.530 from complete scratch, switched careers, 359 00:17:23.530 --> 00:17:27.740 found better jobs and improved their lives dramatically. 360 00:17:27.740 --> 00:17:31.320 And I mean many of my students and also many other people 361 00:17:31.320 --> 00:17:34.180 that I know personally, it's real, 362 00:17:34.180 --> 00:17:36.510 and you can achieve the same thing. 363 00:17:36.510 --> 00:17:40.023 Just keep going, keep coding and keep building.