just launched on PH and would love your feedback

haskinator — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 13:21:13 +0000

Hey everyone, I am launching my first product on Product Hunt today.

I've built a mini website builder that can replace your outdated portfolio or link in bio tools. You can tell your story and share it with the world.

Give it a shot and consider an upvote if you like it. Your feedback is highly appreciated.

https://www.producthunt.com/products/the-gist-of

Next steps of junior developer: how to maintain the growth

haskinator — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 16:01:59 +0000

I am self-taught frontend developer. I do not have any formal education in this field apart from coding bootcamp. Pretty soon after finishing the bootcamp I landed my first job as a developer.

Fast-forward to present day - I recently celebrated 1 year on the job and things are going well. I am confident that this is the career I have always wanted and for the first time I have no intention of switching to something else.

During my first year I was focusing on building up my skills, getting confident with the basics, following best practises (that I previously had no idea about, if the code works it's fine isn't it? 😅). Obviously the learning curve was really steep and I did not really have to set up any specific goals for this period - the only goal was to learn as much as possible and deliver.

But now as the year has passed and I am getting more confident about my skills, I am wondering what should be my next goals. I know there is still so much to learn but where to even start? There is so many articles about how to break-in to the industry and become developer, but I did not find many good resources on how to level up from junior to something more.

One thing I could work on is building confidence in my knowledge.

As I did career switch into tech only couple years ago, the imposter syndrome hits hard sometimes. I want to be able not only to deliver results, but also properly explain my reasoning, defend my solutions and offer my point of view. I am lacking in this department and usually follow the senior's opinions, because I cannot properly express or gather my thoughts. Probably because I feel the gaps in my knowledge.

To compare this to something - it is like foreign language - I am able to use it, but I would probably not be able to properly explain and justify why I used past perfect tense either 😃 You know what I mean?

I saw this quote somewhere

explaining concepts helps to reinforce the knowledge

I think this could be a good thing to start with. I could start writing down some guides, or explanaitions about coding concepts that I struggle with, or I maybe do some mentoring for beginners. What do you think?

DEV Community: haskinator

just launched on PH and would love your feedback

Next steps of junior developer: how to maintain the growth

What did your career path looked like? Do you have any tips on how to continuously grow? How do you set up your career goals?