What to do if I want to work so much but have nothing to work on?

Maksim Gorodov — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 13:47:02 +0000

Hi guys! I'm a frontend developer with almost 4 years of experience. I started with websites on HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and a little bit more than 2 years ago I started working with React. Unfortunately, 99,9% of this time I worked either on freelance (all websites — no web apps or anything like this, even though I had some websites on Gatsby) or on my own projects. I had almost all my freelance projects from one customer so unfortunately, I didn't master the science of searching for new customers and new projects.

So, why am I telling you all this stuff? Right now I'm in such place when I want to work, I want to work hard and a lot because I love working on frontend, I love JavaScript, I love React, I want to grow as a developer, I tried working with TypeScript and I want to work with it more, I want to write tests, I want to work in a team with teammates who want to grow as developers too, and the most important thing — I need to work to keep myself busy because otherwise, I regret that I'm just wasting my time.

But the problem is that I can't find a job or a new freelance project on React. And I have no idea what to do. It's not the first week or first month, it's going like this for half a year. I tried to find a job or new projects on React. I had an idea to work open-source on some projects like Gatsby or some other projects I know and I like but it's all in vain. I would love to work on my own projects but I don't even have any ideas. It's just sad that so much energy and passion is wasted. And I thought maybe you could help me with that? Any ideas, recommendations or anything else is welcome. If somebody has an open-source project or a project that is dedicated to helping people or anything else and you think I'll be useful — please, I'm open to anything.

Thank you!

What degree will be the most useful for Frontend developer who goes to college?

Maksim Gorodov — Sun, 21 Jul 2019 06:02:03 +0000

First of all, I want to say that I'm a freelance Frontend developer with an experience of 3 years in my 17th and things went that way that I have to go to college in another country (Canada, if it matters). Yes, I have.

My problem is that I can't decide which education program I should choose. I haven't found any programs that aim only on Frontend. I checked out some "Web design & development" programs and I can say for sure that I'm not going to learn XML, PHP and MySQL.

I was thinking about Computer Science but I'm a Frontend developer and I want to keep working as a Frontend developer in the future, I want to work with React, not some programming language and I'm afraid of math lessons! But I still have to go to college so I'm trying to find the most useful program that will help me to make some good contacts in this field and upgrade some other skills that will be useful in life in the future.

Any suggestions, thoughts and advice are more than welcome and appreciated, thanks :)

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What to do if I want to work so much but have nothing to work on?

What degree will be the most useful for Frontend developer who goes to college?