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.