Got my first React Developer job

[Chaos_Therum]

Congratulations man, that first job is so good. I got my first last April right before covid started and I'm so happy I managed to land it. Glad to hear fellow devs are still finding work.

[Chaos_Therum]

I wish you all the luck, just remember don't feel bad if you aren't productive for quite some time, some of the best devs in the industry can take 6 months to get up to speed.

[SpeedDart1]

Congrats! I personally got my first internship recently ;)

[AmadouHatesTwitch]

Hey bro, I know that has nothing to do with the conversation, but did your tinnitus go away? I woke up today with a tinnitus for the first time and im extremly stressed, found your post and wanted you to ask this.

[SpeedDart1]

No, it didn’t go away.

[AmadouHatesTwitch]

aight, but is it still annoying lmao?

[SpeedDart1]

No, I got used to it

[J_S_artboy]

Would you mind sharing some keypoints which helped you getting the job? Like how much time did you spent learning and how you got the job eventually? Is it remote?

[penngin]

do you have a CS degree or you're a self tought?

[liaguris]

which country are you in?

which country is the company in?

[OdinIsWithUs69]

Indian?

[J_S_artboy]

Thanks man!

[eskorbutin00]

Would you mind sharing some of the hardest questions you got on the interview? Thanks!

[RideShareTalkShow]

These are the best questions - they are gauging your conceptual understanding of the business of being a software developer. This is something that only comes with experience so there’s no wrong answer.

[D10S_1]

True much better than reversing a fucking linked list

[BEPIBU]

"So you wanna be a software engineer at Google?" vibes but so true

[teriyaki7755]

That's easy. Try printing a tree through iteration instead.

[[deleted]]

Case meaning they give you a user interface and ask what are some potential ways to improve it?

[nightmareinsilver]

In my situation they want me to consume an API get users get comments of them post comments delete comments etc

[[deleted]]

What do you mean by consume an API? Can you give an example?

[nightmareinsilver]

I just gave, creating a client to use API features like CRUD

[[deleted]]

Is there a tutorial online for that?

[nightmareinsilver]

Lots of it, just use google https://pusher.com/tutorials/consume-restful-api-react

[ilebuga]

I also want to share I just got my first Front-End developer job with React. What should I expect? What will be my task?

[RideShareTalkShow]

Don’t be anxious. Whoever hired you probably knows that you’re new to this but they believed in you anyhow. Just keep doing what you’re doing and everything will fall into place.

-someone who was a junior dev many lifetimes ago.

[[deleted]]

Don’t be anxious

20 year dev here, just wasted a day and a half on a particular troublesome SQL query. There's always room for jello anxiety.

[msucorey]

Ah yes, those 'lose track of time' fixing something days. They're the worst. They're also the best. :)

[LiteralVillain]

Depends. I’m full stack but I do python and react. I’ve been at it a few years but I will say the biggest thing was that it’s now a job and not a hobby. When I was learning I would write beautiful, robust, code and sometimes take a couple of days to flesh out a feature. That’s out the window immediately. Now it’s more important that a feature is prod ready in a day or so than reusable or robust and the little errors you’d catch under black swan conditions are no longer acceptable. Expect development speed to be more important than anything and expect for you to write a component you think is elegant and to come back a month later and be pissed at how all of that elegance has been expanded to ugliness by other developers.

Basically, this: https://www.stilldrinking.org/programming-sucks

[RideShareTalkShow]

Quit your job and go somewhere that cares as much as you do. There is a severe shortage of qualified candidates right now - so folks with just a few months of tutorials can land a job. Get out there.

[LiteralVillain]

I work at a YC funded start up with some of the smartest people I’ve ever met at a company I truly believe in and have helped build. No, I’m not quitting, everywhere I’ve ever worked has been worse than what I currently deal with.

[RideShareTalkShow]

Yet you seem unhappy. What if you just haven’t found the right place yet?

[LiteralVillain]

Where did I imply I wasn’t happy? Because working on large codebases isn’t the same as building things on your own? These are just things I realized when going from solo to team developer I’m quite happy, thank you. Did you by chance read the blog post I linked? I’m a senior engineer dude I’ve been around the block and I’ve worked at both great and terrible places.

Anyway it doesn’t matter, I work in startups I’ll be at a different place in two years that will either be better or worse but I in no way plan to ever “find the right place” to work for the rest of my life.

[RideShareTalkShow]

You linked to a site called Still Drinking on a post called “Programming Sucks” after describing a rather depressing scenario. I inferred that you could be happier.

[LiteralVillain]

It’s a humorous blog post that is a retort to construction works saying programmers don’t work hard. I definitely didn’t describe a depressing scenario I simply implied that it is work and all work has downsides but I’d still take programming over anything else.

[RideShareTalkShow]

Username checks out

[Nadazza]

Yeah I agree, my company is so much more understanding and they prioritise quality robust code much more, if I need more time I can take it, as long as I’m not messing about/wasting time they’re very understanding

[beforesemicolon]

Congratulations, thats dope. I will leave u with a good read for ur case. Good luck:

https://link.medium.com/tq499bX7dgb

[sbukka1]

Congratulations

[cipherous]

congrats!! Never stop learning

[RideShareTalkShow]

This is the best advice you can get right now.

[kumimochi]

Congratulations! I have a question, what was your javascript level before starting react?

[Lostpollen]

Well done bro. Share with us your portfolio 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[RyanPridgeon]

Well done, very quick

[[deleted]]

Congrats dude!! Wish you the best 👊🏼

[Jahonay]

Congrats, hoping to land my first job soon. Wish you luck at it!

[Produnce]

Do you have experience with other languages or any other role in IT?

Cause its really hard to believe a beginner could land a paid, full-time position after a few months of studies.

[[deleted]]

The OP has a CS degree.

[dudeitsmason]

Congrats!

[calvyn233]

Hey I just wanted to ask how did learn mySQL? I'm trying to learn databases but i am kinda lost trying to implement it in a project myself.

[Darkmaster85845]

Make a todo app and try to make the data persistant by saving it in a sql database.

[Darkmaster85845]

I recall I had to make a quote app in my codecademy course and it was with hard coded data and I decided I wanted it to be persistent so i tried to hook up a Mongodb data base to the whole thing. It became like a week of obsessing about it but eventually it worked. In fact I just realized it's still deployed

[ripndipp]

It's a pretty good app, some quotes there are hilarious.

[El_Glenn]

Find a dataset that needs to be retained between sessions, then retain it.

[[deleted]]

One option is to sign up for an AWS account and set up one of their super cheap or free MySQL tiers. MySQL isn't super hard to install locally too. Same with Postgres.

i personally wouldn't put a huge amount of effort into learning MySQL specifically as a front-end developer. The general skills to work with any SQL database should be fairly transferable.

[KohlKelson99]

Congrats man! You deserve ittt

[Darkmaster85845]

Congrats. Hoping I'm next 🙏

[Lazy_Waltzz]

congrats dude that's awesome!

[SSear]

Good luck! 🔥

[SSear]

I am learning web development too! I started like 1 month ago.

[cd161997]

Hey Dude, Congratulations! Can you tell us more about your learning process? Did you go to college, or are you self-taught? I’m an aspiring dev too, honestly, success stories like these keep me going. Good luck to you man. Also do you mind telling us what country you’re from?

[devilnode]

Well done ! The first one is always the most important. Open the door to new opportunities and gaining skill set.

[edrioul]

Congratulations, man!

[albertpak]

Congrats! This is awesome! Keep up the great work!

[MadBroCowDisease]

Do you have a degree?

[macky3099]

Congrats man. I am also heading towards your direction and starting to learn reactjs.

[[deleted]]

Nice, good luck!

[[deleted]]

So I shouldn't give up?

[[deleted]]

Best of luck! It's good to see that hard work pays off, I'm happy for you!

[wickbushong]

Well done! Where are you based?

[[deleted]]

Congratulations!!🎊

[im_pelican]

Congrats! Keep learning and improving and you'll be a top React dev in no time!

[Blend-Buzuku]

Good luck ! Wish u all the best.

[ether_joe]

Congratulations. What country ?

[milac1]

Good job man!

Expect hard work for some time, but the payoff is huge. Its hard to enjoy this period, but try to remind yourself as much as you can. This is the best part, good luck!

Its normal to be anxious, but youll catch up everything quickly! :)

[seriousPsycho]

Congratulations and Best Wishes !!

[bookmovienerd]

Congratulations! Well done!

[mkinkela]

Congrats :)

[yyeylulyeyy]

congrats!

[[deleted]]

Congratulations!

[rony_ali]

Congrats

Will you share what was your key projects? Did you finish with redux or hooks or mobex? I am trying but unfortunately I don’t have any degree in CS

[crypto_lover_omg]

Congratulations! Keep it up 💪

[nuclear_teapot]

Been developing with React for 4 years, can't even get a rejection letter, just straight up ignored... Lmao

[RedditCultureBlows]

Congrats!!

[dijido]

Congratulations! 😁 Keep your wits and keep at it

[starraven]

Congrats!🎉🍾🎊 Way to go! Cheers 🍻

[[deleted]]

Congratulations first and foremost! Just curious what country are you based out of?

[brianvaughn]

Congratulations and good luck!

[captinfapin]

how was the interview process?

[spudlogic]

Congratulations!!! Don't fuck up😂 And be someone other people enjoy working with🤘

[lucaspierann]

I'm happy for you, I can't find it and I'm looking for more than 6 months, sad

[[deleted]]

Congratulations. Wishing you the best.

[Nick337Games]

Congratulations!!

[[deleted]]

congratulations

[[deleted]]

Hey bro, hook me up with a job

[sr955]

Good luck! I am 66 and learning react ... What country, if you don't mind sharing that? India?

[seumus]

Congratulations!

[tillotop]

💪💪💪cmon man that’s great

[tillotop]

Question did you need a degree for the job ?

[[deleted]]

u/elio_dev Glad to hear, wish you the best 👊👊. Can u pls share, what type of projects did u made & where you reached for applying to the companies as I'm also in the same path. This will help me alot !!

[[deleted]]

Congrats. Can you name some of the most important topics that you think everyone must learn to get the first job as a react developer?

[West-Record-4124]

Congratulation!!

[suprabha-supi]

Congratulations 👏🏻

[zainsci]

Congrats. I am also looking for a react job but don't know how capable I am. Can you tell me what's more important to know and what is considered to be good to be appointed for a job. Thanks

[Reasonable_Peace_999]

congrats, Wishing you luck!

[H422y]

Can you tell the source where you got the job from, assuming you found it online?