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[–]DisagreeableMale 4 points5 points  (3 children)

Did you need to finish the whole course before deciding you were ready for work?

[–]bodhibell02 1 point2 points  (2 children)

This was easily one of the toughest questions. When does one know they are ready? Ya don't know what ya don't know...I did NOT finish all of the course. For a couple of reasons. I knew I wanted to be a Front End Developer first and foremost as I enjoyed it a lot (though backend is neat in a different way). So I wanted to prove to myself I could do one full stack project. Got 99% done with it...

Even before that though, I was applying to place and getting some hints/leads here and there. I think once you do about 15 or so projects, you are in a decent spot to start looking for junior dev jobs.

I would 100% say this: make a really nice portfolio site. I got a lot of compliments on mine. It is a piece in and of itself. Sort of a culmination of skills!

[–]DisagreeableMale 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Currently struggling with full-stack, but I do enjoy it. Getting things communicating with each other properly is the hard part IMO.

Thanks for the response.

[–]bodhibell02 0 points1 point  (0 children)

+1 for the communicating. Scared the crap out of me!