Full Stack is not for beginners!

Before we discuss anything.....
Let me tell you what Full Stack Development is...

In simple language, Full Stack Development is the whole combination of Frontend + Backend, in other way you can say Client side + Server side PROGRAMMING!

So I said Full Stack Development is not for BEGINNERS...

WHY???

The simplest reason is that you're not eligible to become one.

WHY???

• You don't have any core fundamentals laid out.

• You don't have any real working experience. And companies don't hire junior Full Stack Developer. (IF THEY HIRE THEN YOU MUST KNOW THAT THE CANDIDATE POSSESS TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SKILL).

• There are multiple things to handle beside just Frontend and Backend.

• You have to learn and practice a ton of things to be able to get a job which will cost your time and mental health too if you're a beginner.

NOW, WHAT TO DO?

• Focus on the fundamentals (HTML, CSS & JS) first.

• Go in Frontend Development. (Companies don't let you handle server side as a beginner).

• Build small projects. (Check out Frontend Mentor website for challenges).

• Learn in public. Share what you're learning and building with Twitter, LinkedIn and GitHub.

• Host your projects with GitHub Pages. Other alternatives are Vercel, Netlify.

• (OPTIONAL) You can write blogs on any tech related topics. Best platform are dev.to and hashnode.

CONCLUSION💭

• Relax;
• Take your time;
• Learn, practice and get a job;

HAPPY LEARNING 🎉

Comments

[Jimmy McBride]

My first job was as a full stack dev. I did vue, react, php and golang and used AWS services. Before I ever got my frist job, I built a fullstack markdown CMS from scratch with React and Express/TS. I had over 100 users. I even built the style library I made the website with. From 0 to launching Best Markdown Editor, took me about 1.5 years of learning how to code. Never touched it before.

Some people like to take it slow, but that's not me. I don't play video games or watch Netflix. I do the thing I love to do every single day. Code. It's amazing what can happen when you truly give your life to something.

The world takes all kinds of people. I don't tell everyone to grind like me. Not everyone can handle it. By the same metric, I don't think it's good general advice to tell everyone to slow down and take it easy. There's many types of people in the world.

My advice: Listen to wisdom and your heart. Do what you know is right for you.