I'm not even a senior frontend but this article describes perfectly how I feel learning these fancy frameworks so I can get a job somewhere... Even if I do my best there are too many things I don't understand (I'm a self-taught designer&developer, so I lack a lot of basic knowledge I guess...).
Unfortunately I can't ask any of my colleagues, but we have this incredible sharing-based community and posts like this, that make my hopes go high!
I am also a complete auto-didactic person. My way is just to start doing something and let my curiosity lead me. Not only professionally, but also in my spare time I taught myself to weld, use a lathe, do bodywork, build engines, etc.
Big downside of being self-taught is the terminology. I often hear my colleagues say stuff that I have no clue about, but when I ask them to explain I often also find that I perfectly know what they are talking about, but don't know the theory and words for it.
Also, having colleagues to talk to, discuss with and learn from is so valuable! But if you don't have the luxury of having them, it's very good to engage in communities like this one :)
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Great post!
I'm not even a senior frontend but this article describes perfectly how I feel learning these fancy frameworks so I can get a job somewhere... Even if I do my best there are too many things I don't understand (I'm a self-taught designer&developer, so I lack a lot of basic knowledge I guess...).
Unfortunately I can't ask any of my colleagues, but we have this incredible sharing-based community and posts like this, that make my hopes go high!
Thank you for sharing your experience.
Hi Desiré, thanks for your response!
I am also a complete auto-didactic person. My way is just to start doing something and let my curiosity lead me. Not only professionally, but also in my spare time I taught myself to weld, use a lathe, do bodywork, build engines, etc.
Big downside of being self-taught is the terminology. I often hear my colleagues say stuff that I have no clue about, but when I ask them to explain I often also find that I perfectly know what they are talking about, but don't know the theory and words for it.
Also, having colleagues to talk to, discuss with and learn from is so valuable! But if you don't have the luxury of having them, it's very good to engage in communities like this one :)