3 Common Myths About Starting a Coding Career in 2020.

Let's discuss these 3 myths about learning to code and becoming a developer in 2020:

1. The market is saturated with Developers!
2. A.I. is going to take my job!
3. Nobody hires Junior developers!

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[CodingAfterThirty]

I have been watching your channel for a while now, and you guys talk a lot about c#.

I have specifically only been doing React and JavaScript.

And... I just recently got hired. And quests what? Our backend API is written with C#. So guess what I am learning now.

Anyway, just wanted to say that first. But yes it’s possible to get your foot into the door.

I am 39 years old and I just got hired as a junior dev.

The question of my education did come up, and I feel that because I did not have a degree my starting pay definitely not as high as it could of been.

But to say you won’t get a job is just not true.

Few takeaways. You need to be self directed, be prepared to read a lot, and be prepared to test code.

Also, believe it or not, there is plenty of busy work that a junior dev would be perfect for.

Part of me getting hired was to make sure that the senior and mid level devs are not wasting times on low level tasks that are perfect for junior dev.

So true about smaller companies.

Anyway great video.

[sin]

"So 2020 is a great year"
That didn't age well

[HashimWarren]

7:22 "senior dev 5 or 6 years down the road". Compare that timeframe to any other career. What other jobs will label you as a senior after just five years???

[JohnDoe-szjh]

I got hired as Junior Application Developer by a national Insurance marketing agency. No degrees and no bootcamp certificates.

[phokus]

Thanks for words of encouragement! I'm on month 2. Just learned HTML and CSS now onto JavaScript...
Slow and steady...

[dynamo]

got laid off from my first junior dev job 13 months ago and haven't been able to find anything since. endless rejections. so the fact that junior devs are not particularly in demand is pretty true.

[gregap]

There're always gatekeepers, people trying to keep you out of the room. I remember this time in my early 20s, I was starting in photography and I met this huge photographer, he would do shoots for Coca Cola, Toyota, etc and I showed him my early pictures, I was excited and anxious to know what he thought, but his answer was very cold, he simply told me "you don't have what it takes". He really tried to discourage me, well after time passed I kept trying and I had a lot of success. I became the main photographer for some big companies and a couple of my personal pictures were featured in Vogue Italia's website. So I guess, I did had what was needed to make it. This photographer over the years, would follow my work, he would drop accidental likes on Instagram, comments trying to tell me how to edit my work differently and then, after some time a couple of congratulatory messages, to me it was funny that he was keeping an eye on me. Sometimes, gatekeepers have other motives when they try to keep you out, you just got to believe in you. Now, that I'm 30 I wanted to change my career, so I began studying coding, programming, and I'm also in college studying Software Engineering and let me tell you, it is hard and people will tell you it's hard, but F that. Keep pushing and you will be who you want to be.

[perfectionbox]

I've seen junior coders who make it and those who don't. A big dividing line is the junior who will listen and learn, and the one who insists on doing things his way and flailing about not realizing how much they are sinking further into technical debt.

[christianjamesguevarra]

Gatekeeping senior/elitist devs are the cancer of programming community. Youll usually find them in their natural habitat (stackoverflow/hacker news) doing their favorite pastime: scaring away beginners invading their precious livelihood.

[quantumgirl]

I'm right now on a .NET programming course...and this channel really lift up my spirit when it comes to the future of what I'm learning.
Being able to live from doing something I love sounds like a dream nowadays.
Greetings from Argentina

[claraharmonson]

Starting coding Bootcamp on Monday, I needed to hear this. Than you!

[lastactiongamers]

I find more time then not are job ads asking for junior developers with a experience level in the senior level. Basically, wanting a senior developer but not pay for it.

[bjornarmar]

I’ve been self-teaching for about a year now, and in the last month or so I’ve finally begun applying.

By now, I have sent literally hundreds of applications, and I haven’t heard back from hardly anyone other than a few recruiters, let alone gotten to any actual interviews.

Last week I seriously considered just giving up since it didn’t seem like anyone would care to look at a self-taught aspiring junior dev without a million years of experience, so I went an entire week without even touching one of my projects or sending another application.

But between you, Stefan Mischook, and Brad Traversy, I’ve been convinced to just take it on the chin and keep moving forward. Maybe I’ll just freelance if no one wants me on their payroll...

[nickrodriguez]

Very informative. As a former engineer I worked without an engineering degree. So being self-taught is an amazing thing. As my skills surpassed many in the industry who had an engineering degree but no hands-on experience with electronic Hardware. And of course this also applies to Software. Any trained professional must know how to troubleshoot whether it's software or electronic Hardware. This is where experience is key.

[karolveg]

I like this channel. These are the best motivation videos for C# I found on YouTube. I want to specialize in C#. I am not a professional programmer. I am a physicist. I am doing more like engineering. My first project in C# was automatization of measurement, where I synchronized the motorized stage and detector in my experiment. Wau, it was so easy to write a program in C#. In my project, I needed TCP/IP connectivity to send commands to the hardware. I also needed to do some image manipulation. It is so good language. I also purchased a Visual studio. I believe this man. He recommended creating a few projects in C#, and I will do it. I think he is right. You should learn by doing. Actually, I replace my LabView codes with C# ones. Once more, great videos. Not only for IT specialists. You are hitting a broader audience.

[loveoneanother]

I subscribed. You’re just so humble and nice and encouraging. I can just imagine how patient and amazing of a teacher you are. Thank you for the great video I really enjoyed it.

[michaelparker]

Thank you for the video, I started computer boot camp in October, just getting into the beginnings of coding!

[larrylaconi]

This is GREAT advice and information. I just graduated from UConn's coding bootcamp and I'm struggling to find my way into the job market. The advice here is very helpful and gives me a much needed jolt of hope. thank you!

[Fyzyx]

Saw a job post today that required 12 years experience and was marked as "Entry Level"

[LeftoverSundriesMan]

While I get your argument that more experienced devs have to come from somewhere (namely be trained up from junior ones), lots of businesses simply don't see it that way. So many of them are still in the .com bust era mentality that the talent pool will never run out and that they can continue asking for (at the risk of sounding cliche) mid-level or senior level work while offering entry-level pay. They would rather just spend more and more trying to poach each other's experienced employees than take on the cost and risk of training college or bootcamp graduates that are likely to leave in a year or two anyway. As depressing as the prospect is, maybe it will take the industry running itself into the ground before businesses change their ways.