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How to be successful as a self taught developer

Andrew Baisden on September 02, 2021

The game has changed. You don't need a College or University Degree to be a developer anymore. I am not saying that you should drop out however if ...
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Peter Witham

Some excellent points. The problem can be that by the time you learn a technology through what I'll call traditional methods, it's already been replaced. So learning on the job has always been my preferred method and something I look for in candidates when finding team members.

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Jon Randy 🎖️

You don't need a College or University Degree to be a developer anymore.

This has always been the case, the game hasn't changed

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L. Reddy

:} that's great

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iayf8823

Hey Andrew,
Great article. Thanks for the links. I don't like social media, or to be honest, posting on social media, but you are completely right.

Thanks.

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Aderson Bertim

Omg Andrew, that's a good topic, and so rich content, very important advices and helpful links, thanks a lot Andrew, you helped me too much !!!

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Victor Ubong Okon

Great!
I enjoyed this and I learned a lot
Thanks 😊

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DrDaxter

those are good advice, i did not have any idea about freeCodeCamp thanks for sharing it.

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ktscript

Thank you, Andrew. Useful Links

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moraevan0311

Excellent article, I look foward to participating in #100dayscode challenge.

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Shriya Dhar

Nice article 🙌👌🏼

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Rosered

Thank you, Good content

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TabbRon

Agree, most especially if you will be developing your own apps.

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Zibusiso T Siso-sibanda

Thanks 4 the info. Really appreciate it

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SwagatikaBehera

Great article! CleanBlog. I always listen to videos to get the info. But after reading such a amazing amazing contents i m into reading. Thanxx a lot

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Felix Fleku

Thanks for this piece

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#AmericanDream

This amazing man just a newbee

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ShwetaUpadhyay

Your post is really aspiring, made my day. 😊

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Reagan Odhiambo

Great piece,
Getting started with my 100daysofcode challenge ASAP!