Hello
I'm a former construction worker changing careers due to being too old and worn out to carry on with what I used to do physically. After a bit of noodling about figuring out what to do next I have reached the conclusion that development is the way forward for me because this allows me to continue to build things, just in a less strenuous way.
I'm currently learning vanilla js, node js, react, and mongodb, along with continuing to work with HTML, and css.
I'm a friendly, non-dev, cisgender guy from NC who enjoys playing music/making noise, hiking, eating veggies, and hanging out with my best friend/wife + our 3 kitties + 1 greyhound.
Welcome Mat! My name is Michael and I'm a Community Manager here. It's great to meet ya!
I totally hear ya on the transition and hope that it goes well for ya. It's kinda cool to move from constructing the physical (buildings I'm guessing) to constructing the abstract (code) haha. As you said "continue to build things, just in a less strenuous way."
It sounds like you're starting off on a good foot from what I hear. Admittedly, I am not a developer, so I'm not gonna claim that I know the "best" path, but many folks claim that it's good to get a basic understanding programming Vanilla JS before going to deep in frameworks — it apparently helps to have an underlying understanding.
Well, that's all I have to say for now.
It's nice to have ya with us and feel free to hit me up if you have questions, comments, or other feedback about DEV!
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Hello
I'm a former construction worker changing careers due to being too old and worn out to carry on with what I used to do physically. After a bit of noodling about figuring out what to do next I have reached the conclusion that development is the way forward for me because this allows me to continue to build things, just in a less strenuous way.
I'm currently learning vanilla js, node js, react, and mongodb, along with continuing to work with HTML, and css.
Nice to meet you all.
Hi 👋 I wish you all the luck in building stuff in just a different way 😁
Welcome Mat! My name is Michael and I'm a Community Manager here. It's great to meet ya!
I totally hear ya on the transition and hope that it goes well for ya. It's kinda cool to move from constructing the physical (buildings I'm guessing) to constructing the abstract (code) haha. As you said "continue to build things, just in a less strenuous way."
It sounds like you're starting off on a good foot from what I hear. Admittedly, I am not a developer, so I'm not gonna claim that I know the "best" path, but many folks claim that it's good to get a basic understanding programming Vanilla JS before going to deep in frameworks — it apparently helps to have an underlying understanding.
Well, that's all I have to say for now.
It's nice to have ya with us and feel free to hit me up if you have questions, comments, or other feedback about DEV!