My Self-Taught Programmer Success Story: From Broke to Stoked

Thanks for watching! If I can do it, you can too. I made a similar video on my old channel a while back and I felt like it needed updates so I decided to film this new version!

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[SonicFictionTV]

I'm also a music producer, but I started learning frontend development from scratch at the beginning of last year. I landed my first freelance job yesterday, and in a few weeks, I have an interview for a full-time position as an Angular developer.

[jakemealey]

I’m going a somewhat different path. I’ve been self taught for 8-9 months and recently I’ve felt lost and lacked direction. Then I looked into my local community college which I previously graduated from in a completely different degree and they recently opened an IT building. I’m going back to cc to complete an it associates with a programming concentration so I can get more firm direction while working extensively on the side on my self taught journey which is building my portfolio. I am well ahead of the game already and this video pushed me further as recently I kept bouncing from going for cs degree or bootcamp which both can be great but I don’t want to fork out all of that money and University is just too much time lost for potentially not much of a gain given my experience. Granted I have a lot and I mean a lot to learn but I have the discipline to stick to self taught but this associates will be short, very little cost and I can get some better direction while simultaneously building my portfolio. I’m so excited and this video reaffirmed my plan. Thank you!

[KingSoraProductions]

That's a subscribe my guy. Was doing music also... but before I graduated, right during March-April 2020 upon my graduation... i had a remote graduation... couldn't even start my career and everything I learnt in the past 3 years. Here I am now coding and learning continually. Your story gives me hope. It's inspirational and realistic. THANK YOU! You're doing good! Keep going Dylan!! 🙏🏽💯🚀

[NaomiMathe-vshq]

Great testimony
Everytime I feel like I'm getting nowhere, videos like this are a reminder of how far I've come
Thanks for sharing

[PropTechFounder]

Wow I could relate a lot to this one, as I went from real estate to a self-taught dev.. quality of life was definitely a huge motivation to succeed. Great story!

[johnryanvillar]

thanks man, currently learning html css and bootstrap after I finish those courses im gonna practice javascript and reactjs.

[Hamcap]

Same here. I started 3 months ago. Looking for another 6-7 months of learning and landing my first Front-End developer position

[nomadictaylor]

Dude you're a life saver. Well done.

[antoniobertolini]

I don't know why, but music production prepared me for coding, stay hour on a daw and learn is not that different than studyng coding, so now it feel so natural

[brianedward]

Bro this was the inspiration I needed today. Also a musician in SoCal, just started freeCodeCamp, and hoping to follow in your footsteps to get a job that allows me the time to work on my passion as well.

[trustyaxe]

Very inspiring! I'm gonna adopt that motto...Persistence trumps talent every single time!

[Odiabadsha]

Really appreciate your videos it's not only helpful for aspiring developers like us but also a great source of motivation. Please keep on upload video it's extremely helpful 😇

[bagery]

I was just getting ready to ask you about LinkedIn when you mentioned to keep it updated.

Social media makes me straight up miserable. I had an account when LinkedIn was new and got rid of it. I was hoping to gain tech entry without it but one program I signed up for required an account.

I'm hearing all this about networking on there and I feel very much like it's selling my soul. Not to mention, people I thought I was cool with, won't add me. And industry gatekeepers say you need a lot of connections to "appear" hireable.

I like how down to Earth and relatable your career switch sounds though. Makes me feel like I can do it. Trying to get the hang of this JavaScript and React stuff at the moment.

[Brandondeejay]

I love this story. I have been saying I want to jump into this field and this is my sign

[KijanaWv]

This is a great video, so many I’ve seen are repetitive, all over the place and vague. This is detailed well and stays on point.

[ToLyLive]

Great story, happy for you! thank you for sharing

[mianhani]

Fantastic story. Keep going.

I have a question.

But before asking the question, I would like to explain my situation to you. So, I decided to drop out of university (CS Degree) as I felt like this was wasting my time. I am 100% free 24/7. I like web dev. So, I want to become a web dev. I have finished HTML, CSS, and learning Javascript now.

Few things to keep in mind:
Remember that I can't get a physical job due to my personal/family issues. So, I can only work from home. I like time/location freedom. Also, my family is supporting me financially as long as I want. I am just 19 years old so I have crazy time on my hands.

Now the main question:

After learning web dev for some time should I do freelancing first and then settle down to a full-time job (remote)? Or should I aim for a full-time job directly (remote)?

I know that I have made a lot of mess in here, but please don't mind that.

Any kind of guidance/help would be appreciated.

Have a great day.

[juandaRodriguezO]

Great motivational video Dylan! I am starting the journey as a full-stack developer and will definitely check the Udemy resources you suggested.

[BusinessWolf]

Yea, you got it from the very beginning. Everything is free already.

[kennyborahae]

Thank you for this! It's sooo encouraging😭