How I Became a Developer in Less Than a Year

My background

Healthcare Industry

Certified Professional Coder
6+ years
No enjoyment/passion

Development Interest

Interested in technology and development
Studied free online courses
Gave up on those courses 🤷

1 Year Ago

Opportunity Knocks

Moved to Texas
Took opportunity to learn web development
Researched online learning resources

Team Treehouse

What's Treehouse

Treehouse is an online technology school that offers beginner to advanced courses in web design, web development, mobile development and game development taught by a team of expert teachers. Its courses are aimed at beginners looking to learn coding skills for a career in the tech industry.

Front End Web Development Techdegree

Enrolled in September 2017!

HTML | CSS / SCSS | JavaScript / jQuery / React
12 projects (included portfolio, quizzes, coding challenges, final exam)
Slack Community
Certification

After Hours

Helped answer questions in Slack
Reviewed other student developers code

Struggles

Project 4 - SASS
Imposter Syndrome

It's over!

Graduated in January 2018!

🎉 First Tech Job 🎉

Treehouse Contract Position

Balanced working remote full time and a contract job after hours
Helped answer student questions in Slack
Helped debug student'ss code
Reviewed student'ss projects

Applying

Decided to apply in the local area to get out of the house / meet people (since just moved to Texas)
Applied for a position, was told I needed more experience