Thank for your thoughts! I agree with you completely that our careers don't necessarily need to be our foremost passions, but can help us live a lifestyle that allows us to pursue our passions. Best of luck on your journey and let me know if I can help in any way!
Hi! Thanks for replying. I could actually use some guidance. Mostly, I am beginning to work on my portfolio and some projects for it. Wondering what the best frameworks and libraries are to use for it and also what the best projects are for it. Although, I was a chef I have always been a musician and would love to work for some sort of music company as a self-taught “entry level” web developer. But, of course I would also take any entry level web development job. Anyway, any insight is appreciated. Thanks again for this article and your reply.
I would say that the best frameworks and projects to use are the ones that excite you. It would be good to have projects that showcase your evolution as a programmer.
My most recent portfolio had a CLI program that connected to the Google Books API and let users put together reading lists, a Ruby on Rails web app that was a wine-lovers' social media page, another Rails app that was a job search organizer, and a small webpage I made that tells you dad jokes when you click a button. All of my projects were written in Ruby, Ruby on Rails, and JavaScript.
CLI programs are really nice to have because they show proficiency with a language. Full-stack web apps are good to include because that's what we work on most of the time, so it's good to be familiar with how they work. Whatever you include, be sure you deploy it to Heroku or some other cloud provider.
Once you start working professionally, all of your learning projects can be replaced with examples of your real-world work, which is a great feeling.
I hope this helps! Let me know if I can give you any more information. I'll try to respond sooner next time.
Thanks for this reply. I actually missed it somehow. As one might assume, progress was a little halted due to life's little twists and turns. Been doing a lot of personal chef work since about the time you responded, but I am now a little more balanced and back on the coding path. Thanks again for all that information. Very much appreciated!
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Thank for your thoughts! I agree with you completely that our careers don't necessarily need to be our foremost passions, but can help us live a lifestyle that allows us to pursue our passions. Best of luck on your journey and let me know if I can help in any way!
Hi! Thanks for replying. I could actually use some guidance. Mostly, I am beginning to work on my portfolio and some projects for it. Wondering what the best frameworks and libraries are to use for it and also what the best projects are for it. Although, I was a chef I have always been a musician and would love to work for some sort of music company as a self-taught “entry level” web developer. But, of course I would also take any entry level web development job. Anyway, any insight is appreciated. Thanks again for this article and your reply.
I would say that the best frameworks and projects to use are the ones that excite you. It would be good to have projects that showcase your evolution as a programmer.
My most recent portfolio had a CLI program that connected to the Google Books API and let users put together reading lists, a Ruby on Rails web app that was a wine-lovers' social media page, another Rails app that was a job search organizer, and a small webpage I made that tells you dad jokes when you click a button. All of my projects were written in Ruby, Ruby on Rails, and JavaScript.
CLI programs are really nice to have because they show proficiency with a language. Full-stack web apps are good to include because that's what we work on most of the time, so it's good to be familiar with how they work. Whatever you include, be sure you deploy it to Heroku or some other cloud provider.
Once you start working professionally, all of your learning projects can be replaced with examples of your real-world work, which is a great feeling.
I hope this helps! Let me know if I can give you any more information. I'll try to respond sooner next time.
Thanks for this reply. I actually missed it somehow. As one might assume, progress was a little halted due to life's little twists and turns. Been doing a lot of personal chef work since about the time you responded, but I am now a little more balanced and back on the coding path. Thanks again for all that information. Very much appreciated!