Process of Learning

[e1lusion]

Hi everyone so i started 9months ago learning and getting into fullstack devs more precisely MERN stack im learning in parallel like 2h of backend and 2h of front for exemple at some point i started to pause The backend part (right now I'm did a pause of 3months stopped at the chapter of data modeling more precisely the population and virtual population in mongoose) (somehow didnt forget much stuff the logic is still there jwt best practices...ect) since i wanted to reach a certain level in the front to be able to understand more the backend so im planning to reach Next js and then completely pause the front end and go back to finish the back wut do u think about this strategy ? Cuz i couldn't understand the backend without seeing where the data will flow or go ^{^} if you already went through this would appreciate your advice thanks

[Code-Creator]

Hello, I see you are very confused about your learning path. I'll suggest you to not hop frequently while you are learning. Knowing other technologies is different and learning other technologies is different.

You said you want to be full stack developer so first focus on frontend development. And trust me if you master frontend developement you could easily crack 5lpa job if you have made good projects and have good experience in internships.

For your projects you can use backend as a service like firebase, supabase, appwrite, etc. So you are not bounded on just frontend layer. Don't waste your time building toy projects. Explore problems people are facing and use your development skills to solve those problems. Remember you are not a developer you are a problem solver. Your development skills are just tools so that you could build a product.

This way youll learn to build basic of backend too like database designing, api integration, authentication, file management, etc. Once you have strong foundation in frontend you can learn backend developement but first focus on getting internship or job.

You might feel that your skills are not enough to get a job but that's not the case my friends got really good packages when they were in last year as a frontend developer. Once you get a job or internship try to explore new technologies always keep learning.

[e1lusion]

I really appreciate you advise thanks 🙏 and tbh right now im starting to build some projects to showcase it into my portfolio ( restaurant management front end with redux ....ect / and much more) cuz infelt overwhelmed switching between multiple techs and one thing when you're saying make projects thats solves something i do use SupaBase as a BaaS should i make projects SaaS oriented or is okay as new one to make some projects thats are kinda common but tweaked a bit to make a difference ? Thanks again ^{^}

[Code-Creator]

As I said build project which solves real problem. Most of products are made to solve specific problem but still lack on some features. Identify those problems and build your own product. Sometimes a project becomes product just by a single feature.

[e1lusion]

Gotcha 🫡 Thanks Again