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Waqar Mohammad
Waqar Mohammad

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Code Newbies - Lets Connect

Hey guys πŸ‘‹,

Have been in this community for a few weeks now and it is 😎. Everyone seems so friendly and the content is amazing too. So much to learn!

I’m just wondering how many newbies / learners there are on here. It would be great to connect and grow together. Come say πŸ‘‹.

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Veronica β€’

Hey there! I'm a newb too! I'm halfway through my part-time, six-month full stack web boot camp (while working a demanding full-time job... why have I done this to myself). Glad to meet other rookies :)

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Waqar Mohammad β€’

Wow, that’s some serious effort you’re putting in. But I’m sure it will pay off in the end! How is your boot camp experience.

On my journey (I still have a long way to go), sometimes I ask β€˜why am I doing this’ like you. I guess if we have others in the same boat as us, it makes it easier.

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Veronica β€’

Wellll I wish I could say that I was putting in 100% effort... but I'm a tired adult human with oh-so-many responsibilities like everyone else, so I'm afraid that my commitment level to learning code is pretty minimal right now. I'm glad that I'm doing this, but it's definitely the hardest thing I've ever put myself through!

But I'm enjoying it for the most part and I do hope it pays off in the end and helps me focus my life a bit better. We've been learning JavaScript, which is terribly fascinating and intimidating, and I still have so much information to retain! I feel like I'm constantly just looking at my old assignments and projects to even get started on anything new... Do you think that's normal, and how long till I can start just coding as soon as I sit down?? lol.

What language(s) are you learning?

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Waqar Mohammad β€’

The first priority is your health, so try and balance things.

If you’ve not sat on your own and written a function or object - I’d suggest you do so. Theory is good but till you sit on your own, practice, and hit a few road blocks, you will be stuck in an endless loop like I have been in the past.

I’ve touched on php and javascript but right now I’m focusing fully on JS whilst going over other fundamentals like Databases, css Grid, git etc.

I’ve started a discord for this, if you want to join, sorta like a support group for help, discussion etc

discord.gg/dCefgm

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Flavio β€’

Hi there , newbie here ,coding like a yer ago sadly (for me) now i'm doing some managment stuff , but looking for a remote developer work like past year .

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Waqar Mohammad β€’

πŸ‘‹ Flavio, cool. Hopefully you will find your ideal position. What langs are you doing?

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Flavio β€’

use to do web services(api rest) and pages in .net and js , some mobile apps with xamarin too

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Waqar Mohammad β€’

cool, ive not heard of xamarin. Sounds good thought. What are you working on now?

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Flavio β€’

in my free times i'm learning game design and reading about programming patterns, my current job consumes lot a time and it's about management some old java and cobol programs, meetings and mails .

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Waqar Mohammad β€’

wow that sounds cool. Damn, i can understand about the work and stuff. I am in the same boat somewhat. Learning whilst working, family and other stuff too.

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Herman Ng β€’

πŸ‘‹

Present!

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Waqar Mohammad β€’

Hey how are you. How is the learning going?

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Herman Ng β€’

Hi there,
It feels like im at the lowest point at the moment. Hahaha

But i'll keep doing it till i make it i suppose.

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Waqar Mohammad β€’

I know the feeling too well. I’m sure many more do to. We just got to get through this. That’s why I wanted to connect, we have better chance of success together.

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Herman Ng β€’

Yeah sure man.
Will love to connect with this community.

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Elijah Logan β€’

I'm a newbie, I've been coding seriously for about a year and a half. How about you?

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Waqar Mohammad β€’

πŸ‘‹ Elijah,

About the same time but on and off. What Langs are you into?

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Elijah Logan β€’

HTML, css, ruby , python, I’m really trying master js though. What about you?

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Waqar Mohammad β€’

Same here, focus on JS a bit of php/ Laravel. Nice to meet you 🀝

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Elijah Logan β€’

Nice to meet you as well 🀝, what have you been working on with js?

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Waqar Mohammad β€’

just through the FreeCodeCamp syllabus and some personal stuff. You? Trying to create a newbie community so we can help each other out

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GainiZh β€’

Hi, I am a newbie too! I am working full-time in performance marketing. Learning front-end languages in my free time, now I am focusing on JS.

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Waqar Mohammad β€’

Hey nice to meet you πŸ‘‹. Cool, how are you finding JS? I am learning JS too, mainly through FreeCodeCamp. If you have time, stay in touch on the discord server discord.gg/WPKDsYq

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GainiZh β€’

Hi, nice to meet you too! The more I learn it, the more complicated it seems :) We'll see, how it goes. How are you finding JS so far?

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Waqar Mohammad β€’

I started with PHP which was good but I’ve taken a liking to JS, so far so good I guess. Still a lot to learn though

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juniusfree β€’

πŸ‘‹

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Waqar Mohammad β€’

Hey dude, how’s it going?

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juniusfree β€’

Hey. I'm a newbie. I'm focusing on front end dev. How about you?

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Waqar Mohammad β€’

Nice to meet you. I’m working on JS mainly but tons of other stuff to learn to lol. Staying focused is hard

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Candice β€’

Hi,
I just stumpled on here when I while I was reading something on codepen.

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Waqar Mohammad β€’

Hey Candice, it’s a great community. Nice to meet you

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Candice β€’

Thank you Waqar. Nice to meet you as well.

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John Bull β€’

Newb forever here.

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Waqar Mohammad β€’

hey buddy how are you

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John Bull β€’

Doing good. Love your thread and call to action. Been learning for a while, working part time as a dev and working super hard to keep learning. Love the community.

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Waqar Mohammad β€’

thanks dude! great to hear, hopefully can learn a thing or two from you. If you have time, do join the discord :)

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Basti Ortiz β€’

Hi! We're all newbs here, my friend. That's why the learning never stops.1

1 And that's a good thing!

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Waqar Mohammad β€’

πŸ‘‹ , great πŸ˜ƒ.

Thank you

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ffreemanjr β€’

Greetings all. This is awesome. I am a newbie who is just beginning to start with JavaScript. I hope to learn and share with everyone.

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Waqar Mohammad β€’

Hey buddy nice to meet you. I am also doing javascript and have been learning for a while. Hopefully will be getting a job soon 🀞. If you fancy, pls join the discord

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