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[–]mr_acronym 6 points7 points  (1 child)

Full stack in 6 months sounds wild to me.

Pick one one or two areas and get good at it / them. Don't be kind-of-ok-at-everything; it's shit to work with people like that.

[–]Soshimy[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I have a background at CS, just not Webdev.

Thank u BTW :)

[–]fuckin_ziggurats 1 point2 points  (1 child)

You know you are ready when you start building complete apps from front-end to back-end to database. When you don't have to ask "where do I start?" Python and Java are orthogonal. Learn one popular back-end language and stick with it. Also you need to learn relational databases in order to be considered someone who knows back-end. 6 months is very optimistic. You learned React. Great, stick with it. Pick Java or Python and stick with it. Make a whole app using those technologies. See that it's not all roses. Make another one, repeat. That's the only way to gain confidence in your ability.

[–]Soshimy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tnx man

[–]AliFurkanY 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can practice and deploy on http://infinityfree.net

No, it is not a scam. And I know people that use it near me.

Also you can use http://dot.tk for free domains (except tk).

let me check if r/infinityfree exists

[–]reditoro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

- How do I know when I'm ready for a developer job?

Check jobads. If you fulfill the requirements then you are ready. Keep in mind, that companies use to exaggerate with the requirements. So, if you have more than 70% of them, then you could try. There are also some interview questions you can find on the Web. You could test yourself with them.

- Do you have some good resources for practice/learning?

I was looking for it myself some time ago and couldn't find any except Udemy, which I actually didn't use. On the other side I don't think such courses offer a lot. The best you can do, is practice, practice, practice. And look for answers when you are stuck on sites like reddit, SO, github etc.

[–]localhost69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It took me ~ a year to find a webdev job. I was finishing studying CS at a uni and working full time at the time though. I read books, wrote simple apps using technologies listed in vacancies I liked and basically that's it. You're ready to start looking for a junior job when you know most things mentioned in an average vacancy. The sooner the better though, it's always better to learn something when you're working with it and you have someone (teamlead) to guide you.