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My Journey To Front End Developer

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Road Bump

Hey, 

so things were definitely moving a long rather quickly, I was grasping things and really enjoying myself. Then I got hired back as a pipe welder, things got crazy busy and still are and will be for quite some time.  I will have to adjust to this and work out times for me to do my coding projects. I love working, I love welding pipe but I definitely miss having lots of time for coding. I bounced back from Code School to Code Academy right before I got busy.  I finished up most of the projects in the html/css course there. I had just begun the final project which has you creating a portfolio site on your own, using your own tools.  Shit is fun. :] Once I’ve completed that I am planning on diving into Javascript.

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Moving along

Hi there,

well so far so good, I signed up for the full thing over at Code School and I’m really enjoying the courses offered there. I’ve completed their HTML/CSS sections and I’m now moving into JavaScript.  I will for sure redo everything once I get through JavaScript and jQuery just to really burn it all in the old brain. Also attempting to build a linked in profile with other stuff than welding lol. :] Anyway, I’m feeling motivated and things are moving along.  Also creating mock up websites to practice, I’ll use those for a portfolio I guess once I feel they’re up to par.  Anyway, until next time! Keep coding!

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First steps

So, my journey began... The first thing I did was browse and search for inspiration, others like me etc. Also successful designers/developers for motivation. Then I began taking free courses like code academy, khan etc. I still enjoy and do projects at code academy while I've now signed up with code school which was recommended to me by a life long friend who's been in the industry since he was a teenager. (We are late 30s and 40) respectively now. The courses at code school are a bit more in depth and I really enjoy the screen casts provided once you sign up. I just paid for an entire year which is seriously one of the best out there imo. So far so good. Once I complete the initial HTML/CSS courses I will begin to create a portfolio. Then move on to the next courses. At least this is my plan. 😂🤓

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First Contact

Well, never really cared to sign up for any of these types of sites but at this point, since I am making my transition into front end dev/ux design I figure why not right? Can’t hurt, plus I’d like to perhaps chronicle my journey here for my own use and pleasure.  Perhaps even motivate someone out there wondering if they should give it a shot as well. A little bit about myself, well, I am a 40 year old male married to a beautiful and supportive wife. Together we have two awesome kids, without them I’m not sure where I’d be!

Quite a while back I had decided to pursue Graphic Design as a profession, but for some reason I bowed out after about a year and a half in the local community college.  Then I spent about 2 years, perhaps 3 just going from job to job not knowing exactly what I wanted to do with myself.  Then I found welding, decided to enroll myself into the local vocational tech school.  There I learned everything from blue print reading, fabrication and welding.  Achieved 6G SMAW unlimited (6010 root 7018 filler) under 6 months without any prior experience.  That career is still ongoing, however, since I no longer want to travel and in turn be away from my family I am looking to change career. To clarify, you need to travel to make real good money as a welder.  Some will disagree with this but such is life. Hence, my journey has begun.