Why I got fired from my first two jr. developer jobs - Life after a coding bootcamp

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This is essentially part 2 to my video about me getting fired. I had so many ask me WHY. I hope this video clarifies a little bit about my experience.

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[michellewilliams]

You are one of the most honest developers on YouTube.

[chadbowman]

As a software engineer who has been in the industry for 5 years, my anxiety levels went 📈📈listening to these stories. Those are terrible experiences dude! I'm glad you're still here and working on your freelance business.

[HolisticMarz]

Man, you were out there like the wild wild west.

[williamparrish]

Finally! Someone who first job sounds EXACTLY like mine did. No mentor, no help, a fricking desert. And I had never written anything bigger than a few method calls large. Suddenly I had to develop a front-end application using Angular. I didn't even know JavaScript. It was a disaster hahaha!

[MechMK]

As a junior dev, working in a team is absolutely essential. Always having an experienced developer around you available to ask "Why is it written this way?" is invaluable. Even when you get more experienced and have to design your own solutions, having someone available to tell you why your proposed solution may not be the best idea is incredibly helpful.

Flying solo as a junior dev means you will get in trouble, and you won't have anyone to help you.

[jordon]

Building many projects on your own before taking jobs is essential as it teaches the skillset and ability to problem-solve complex problems and gets you comfortable and used to facing daunting uncomfortable situations. Relying on tutorials and being told exactly what to do is a killer, at first everyone needs that but at some point learning how to do things independently is crucial.

[javierruiz]

Just got fired from my junior position. I only lasted a month! No help, no mentorship, nothing. Your story is almost identical to mine. I'm currently feeling like shit because I wasn't able to excel. It really took a toll on my mental health.

[markslima]

"I kinda lied on my resume, I'll be honest." Paradoxically the truest statement I've ever heard on YouTube haha. Great video, I think your experience is far more common than people admit. That point is you keep on going regardless! :)

[mmaranta]

When I see that lava lamp I remember getting fired from Wendy’s Hamburgers after smoking weed in the back room. They hired me back a few weeks later when the manager who fired me stole money from the safe and went to Lake Tahoe.

[trafficmonsoonacademy]

You're a legend bro. Very few are willing to share this humiliating experience. My respects to you sir.

Because u share, we can prepare ourself better

[tbcfrankee]

Hey man I wouldn't worry about it too much. Starting off is always a learning experience. You got what you needed, which was professional experience dealing with real web dev problems. I went through 4 years of medical school and dug myself into $270k debt just to end up not getting into residency. I then led some research that I had no idea how to do and ended up with nothing to show for it. In the end, I decided to switch to web dev, which has always been a passion of mine and I've been enjoying the process. The truth is that you might think you failed on those jobs you talked about, but the reality is you did what a lot of other people are afraid to do. You should be proud of yourself for trying your best. Victory is founded upon a thousand failures.

[peterstanleyswope]

Dude thank you for your honesty, time and courage to actually post this video! Im at the stage of searching for a Jr position right now, and have been fearful of looking like im a newbie ( which is stupid, I know) . But this is expected, by senior developers, and healthy teams and companies. Anyways thanks again

[AQDuck]

This was my experience to a T... Except I lost all interest in programming after that disaster for almost a year.
I _barely_ passed the bootcamp, I wasn't even qualified for it and was 100% sure I would be rejected after the introduction weeks (where they weeded out the bad fits), but somehow I got accepted. Bootcamp went horribly for me, at one point I even forgot how to make a constructor and was too embarrased to ask for help since it was such a basic thing.
Got my first job handed to me by the bootcamp, it was a local factory that wanted a time keeping system for their employees. The closest thing to programming anyone there knew was my boss who did some HTML 20 years earlier.
I got it to sort of work but they wanted me to extract the data to some proprietary program and I had no experience at all with that kind of APIs so at that point I really didn't feel comfortable winging it.
Damn near killed my motivation for coding completely. Had to take a 6 months break from programming before I got too burnt out, picked it up again but still pretty unmotivated.

[DigitalTutorialsDeniseLanorias]

this video has more confidence now than the previous one..getting better in vlogging :) thanks for sharing

[bjchandler]

I have 26 years Engineering/IT management with for fortune 500 company. I am inspired by the wisdom you have far beyond your years. I wish I had your maturity at your age but did not. Your advise is spot on. I hope those starting out find this post before they find others more cinical. The Dev world is more like surfing. You can fight the corporate wave like a beginning surfer, or you can follow your "Joe Webb" advice and learn to tap the energy of the wave and ride it like a pro.

[elbjorno]

As a junior developer coming straight out of uni with a 5 year degree in computer science, I would not be able to do much in those jobs either. You have been really unlucky with your jobs, and they are absolutely not "junior" positions. Keep at it and get yourself one of those actual junior employment and I'm sure you'll excel! You have self reflection and a work-hard attitude that employers value highly, your proficiency in coding will come with time. You will do great if you just keep hammering away.

[MJLinane]

The honesty here is pure gold. Thank you for it.

[FatherPhi]

Cool to see another small youtuber in the programming niche, subbed to see your growth and i hope to see you advance in the biz my friend

[percyjacks]

Thank you so much for this. I'm not a developer but I do electronic engineering which has elements of programming (verification engineering). I always see things online about people who have done a coding bootcamp and gone into the career and I've always wondered what the real reality is like. This definitely shed some light about it!

[flnn]

I started with your first vid talking about getting fired, and now that I hear the reason you got fired, I gotta say you really were too hard on yourself in the first vid. this all makes total sense, and I think these are very easy pitfalls for new developers (or frankly anyone starting a new position in a new career field). great tips, and thank you for sharing! definitely helps us new developers out here.