The most important thing you can do as a new developer is have a goal, something you're trying to achieve. It doesn't need to be something that's going to make you money or build you an empire. Because when you're new to it all, the value isn't held in the end product but rather the journey along the way.
For so long, I said I wanted to learn to code but had no goals, no ideas just a hopeful wish and guess what I achieved nothing, this went on for years.
Now, starting only a few months ago, I decided to take it seriously and set goals, build a new portfolio, build this website, find a way to do this. Not because they'll change the world because I guarantee they've all been done hundreds of times before. But, I learnt so much it kept me moving forward. And, this is what's important.
Finally, if you're ever stuck on what to do. Drop all the frameworks and libraries, challenge yourself to build something using the pure language itself.
I started my journey learning React and Gatsby and guess what I did stuff because I was told to not because I understood it. So recently, I've dropped all of it and gone back to basic JS and in the last few weeks I've learnt more about JS and how it works than I ever did before and now React and makes more sense to me.
So in summary:
Set a goal, even if it doesn't make sense and you'll never use it again.
Don't worry about frameworks, they change the language doesn't.
And, most importantly enjoy the journey. :)
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The most important thing you can do as a new developer is have a goal, something you're trying to achieve. It doesn't need to be something that's going to make you money or build you an empire. Because when you're new to it all, the value isn't held in the end product but rather the journey along the way.
For so long, I said I wanted to learn to code but had no goals, no ideas just a hopeful wish and guess what I achieved nothing, this went on for years.
Now, starting only a few months ago, I decided to take it seriously and set goals, build a new portfolio, build this website, find a way to do this. Not because they'll change the world because I guarantee they've all been done hundreds of times before. But, I learnt so much it kept me moving forward. And, this is what's important.
Finally, if you're ever stuck on what to do. Drop all the frameworks and libraries, challenge yourself to build something using the pure language itself.
I started my journey learning React and Gatsby and guess what I did stuff because I was told to not because I understood it. So recently, I've dropped all of it and gone back to basic JS and in the last few weeks I've learnt more about JS and how it works than I ever did before and now React and makes more sense to me.
So in summary:
And, most importantly enjoy the journey. :)