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Code Smarter; Use a Debugger
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Code Smarter; Use a Debugger
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Stuck in Tutorial Hell? This Open Source Project Might Help
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Stuck in Tutorial Hell? This Open Source Project Might Help
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How to Teach Yourself to Code and Start a New Career (or at least how I did it)
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How to Teach Yourself to Code and Start a New Career (or at least how I did it)
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Learning Tree Prototype
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Learning Tree Prototype
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Bootcamp! My experience - Part 1 (Intro)
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Bootcamp! My experience - Part 1 (Intro)
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Teaching Coding to Absolute Beginners
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Teaching Coding to Absolute Beginners
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How I land my first software engineer job as a self-taught developer ?
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How I land my first software engineer job as a self-taught developer ?
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5 Changes that Propelled My Progress
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5 Changes that Propelled My Progress
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5 Reasons Treehouse is Great for Beginners
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Oct 28 '20
5 Reasons Treehouse is Great for Beginners
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Refactoring code from a year ago helped me with my imposter syndrome
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Refactoring code from a year ago helped me with my imposter syndrome
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Completed HACKTOBERFEST 2020
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Completed HACKTOBERFEST 2020
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When Should You Actually Move On To The Next Project?
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When Should You Actually Move On To The Next Project?
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How I got into Software Industry without a CS Degree (no summer school, no internship)
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How I got into Software Industry without a CS Degree (no summer school, no internship)
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Learning Django Through Problem-Solving: How A Lawyer Built His Side Project
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Learning Django Through Problem-Solving: How A Lawyer Built His Side Project
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5 difficult things about being a self-taught developer
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5 difficult things about being a self-taught developer
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So you have ideas but lack the knowledge to build them? Just f*ing write it down.
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So you have ideas but lack the knowledge to build them? Just f*ing write it down.
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Getting out of debt by learning to code (without a CS degree)
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Getting out of debt by learning to code (without a CS degree)
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This Liberal Arts Major changed career path to software development
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This Liberal Arts Major changed career path to software development
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Self taught journey, and some tips
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Hello, World! From High School to IT consultant
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Hello, World! From High School to IT consultant
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Career Change Process: Leverage Your Current Employer
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Career Change Process: Leverage Your Current Employer
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A simple learning path for a self taught programmer
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A simple learning path for a self taught programmer
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"Non-technical" is not a thing.
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"Non-technical" is not a thing.
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Getting The Most Out of Coding Tutorials
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Getting The Most Out of Coding Tutorials
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All Systems Nominal
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The Best Online Learning Resources for Web Developers
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The Best Online Learning Resources for Web Developers
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The Most Important Traits for Software Developers To Have
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The Most Important Traits for Software Developers To Have
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College vs Bootcamp vs Self-Taught
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College vs Bootcamp vs Self-Taught
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Self-taught? Your strengths and weaknesses
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Self-taught? Your strengths and weaknesses
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What I've Learned Being a Self-Taught Developer
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What I've Learned Being a Self-Taught Developer
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What are the best sources to learn practical Javascript?
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What are the best sources to learn practical Javascript?
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A beginners guide to finding a mentor
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Jun 19 '18
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The Inner Game of Self-Taught Development
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The Inner Game of Self-Taught Development
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how to be self-taught nowadays
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how to be self-taught nowadays
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6 Things I've learned teaching myself to code.
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6 Things I've learned teaching myself to code.
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The Advantages of being Self-Taught
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Tips for getting the best out of online courses
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The person who made pics on Twitter a thing talks learning to code
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The person who made pics on Twitter a thing talks learning to code
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From sleeping in a car in Silicon Valley to owning a development agency
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Become a Self-taught Developer
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Become a Self-taught Developer
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The foundation of self-taught development
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The foundation of self-taught development
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Supporting work...
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Supporting work...
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Day 18 - Digging Deeper into CSS - Responsive Design
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Day 18 - Digging Deeper into CSS - Responsive Design
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Day 17 - Project -NYT Article - Completed
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03.12.19 - Turn, return, turn
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26.11.19 - Testing, testing
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18.11.19 - boot camp
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Being a location-independent developer without a CS degree
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Being a location-independent developer without a CS degree
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Day 14 - Project - NYT Article - Part 1
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28.10.19 - In which many wheels were spun
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28.10.19 - In which many wheels were spun
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21.10.19 - Proteins and Laptop Repair
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15.10.19 - This Week Brought to You by the Letter Aurek
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15.10.19 - This Week Brought to You by the Letter Aurek
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Self Taught Data Science Journal
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Self Taught Data Science Journal
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Day 3 - Some Early Projects
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Day 2
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My Journey Thus Far - Day 1
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Computer Science for all
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Who is "CODE-IT CALEB"?
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An Issue with Learning JavaScript
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Self Taught Developer Resources
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