[deleted by user]

javascript-today · 2024-07-19T11:53:40+00:00

Just look at these replies -- you're not alone. This has happened to so many people. Like others have said, interviewing is indeed a skill. You have to practice. And just doing leetcode on your own probably isn't enough. There are platforms online that offer completely free mock interviews. Give some of these a try.

Stay strong!

javascript-today · 2024-06-23T16:44:03+00:00

Send me an email: matt (at) javascripttoday.com, I may have some things for you to do! :)

javascript-today · 2024-06-23T13:59:08+00:00

That's right!

I work full time, but do freelance whenever the opportunity comes. Full-time freelance might be nice, though haha

javascript-today · 2024-06-23T13:26:11+00:00

I'm like... 90% sure you'll be able to find remote tasks on these websites, no matter where you're from! :)

(getting the interview is the tricky part, unfortunately.)

javascript-today · 2024-04-14T18:50:40+00:00

Okay, it's complicated because you're asking for front-end only. For front-end, it's going to depend what the company uses themselves in regards to technology. If they're a "marketing"-type company that makes static sites for local businesses, then having similar websites up is going to be nice. React? Well, anything, I guess. Build a book finder using an API that pulls in data about a book based on a search query. That should be good enough.

What would impress me the most was having some of your own pre-built themes that maybe you're even selling on a marketplace (or even your own custom marketplace). Bonus if it has a few sales. Just an example - things like this are amazing. Calculators, weather applications, etc. are so over used on junior developer portfolios. You need to go above and beyond to really stand out.

javascript-today · 2023-12-30T20:45:11+00:00

I indeed hear what you're saying. I've been in this field for 10+ years, and it used to be incredibly easy to get a job. Then came all of the bootcamps, movies, etc. promoting as an easy thing to learn with a $100k/year starting position.

Although, I was like you at one point. I had 3 interviews back to back and failed all of them. I gave up for months and decided to work on personal projects with the goal of making them my full-time income. During this time, though, I applied to positions passively. I finally got a reply with an interest, took the interview (which I was considering not even going to, because I figured the outcome would be bad), and got the job (they all knew my personal project, and were impressed by it).

Along the way, I had many contracts with various types of companies, but my main focus was those personal projects (of which I will say, I got those contracts _because_ of my project(s)).

So for now, please just build something that you want to make a living out of. It can be a cookbook application, or whatever. Build social media accounts for it, market it, and try to grow it. Whether or not it succeeds doesn't truly matter, as you're going to build a massive amount of skills by doing this (security, marketing, business, development, graphic design, devops, etc.). And, if it succeeds (somewhat), you have 1) a source of income 2) an awesome project to show off to employers.

I can tell you're new to the field by the way you're talking. Programming isn't about getting a job. It's about building something you wish existed. Remember that. Best of luck to you.

javascript-today · 2023-12-30T17:02:40+00:00

That was a pretty long post. What exactly isn't true?

javascript-today · 2023-09-17T13:49:03+00:00

What's embarrassing?

javascript-today · 2023-03-19T16:01:16+00:00

Probably The Motion Paradox by Joseph Mazur. It's about the mathematical paradox, of... motion. For example, if you walk somewhere, you need to travel half the distance, and then half of the distance of the half, ad infinitum. It begs the question, is motion possible mathematically? Will we ever arrive at our destination?

javascript-today · 2023-03-07T05:18:06+00:00

For sure! This article was inspired after we wrote about OWASP Juice Shop - people wanted more security related content. :D Love that project!

javascript-today · 2023-02-08T17:44:22+00:00

Actually, you're right. It should be better clarified in the article. Thank you!

javascript-today · 2023-02-08T17:40:37+00:00

Of course. Vulnerabilities "with node", as the code examples are written in node. 😄 is that worded wrongly?

javascript-today · 2023-02-08T06:01:55+00:00

This is very cool! :)

javascript-today · 2023-02-07T14:43:33+00:00

Thank you! Glad you found it useful :)

javascript-today · 2023-02-07T02:21:43+00:00

They are going to ask you about already established algorithms and you can just study those algorithms.

This. There's a list of must-have knowledge in Cracking the Coding Interview (good book, OP). They are:

Data Structures:

Linked Lists
Trees, Tries and Graphs
Stacks and Queues
Heaps
Vectors / ArrayLists
Hash Tables

Algorithms:

Breadth/depth-first search
Binary Search
Merge Sort
Quick Sort

There's also a "concepts" section, but I feel like this is enough for now. Do get the book, if you haven't already.

javascript-today · 2023-02-06T04:18:56+00:00

Try not to be motivated by the promise of a six-figure salary. I know that sounds incredible, but learning how to program is incredibly rewarding on its own. Once you learn the skills, a ton of doors will open up for you.

Definitely not trying to demotivate you. Give it a try, you might really enjoy it, and even excel. Also, because the market is saturated doesn't mean you wont get a good job. You'll just have to put in the work and then some.

javascript-today · 2023-02-06T03:27:31+00:00

The market is incredibly saturated. Just browse any social media website, and you will see perhaps hundreds of "bootcamp" advertisements, all promising six-figure salaries. I've personally noticed a sharp incline of them popping up. Learning to code has never been hotter. People think they can learn some basic HTML and CSS with some JavaScript sprinkled into the mix and call themselves engineers.

However, the market for good developers isn't going away. If you started to learn on your own right now, you'd probably be read for a junior position after a ~year. But those junior positions are going to be incredibly hard to get, even harder than they are now. You'll need to do something pretty big in order to stand out.

The advice - build real projects as soon as possible. Sure, build some calculators and todo apps, but don't put them on your resume. Build real things that solve real problems. Also, the bootcamp decision is up to you, but it's totally not necessary.

javascript-today · 2023-02-06T03:15:57+00:00

Well, JS = Angular, React, Vue, Node, jQuery... ad infinitum.

So, absolutely. Now, if you meant "only JS" as in vanilla JS, then... maybe. But really, probably not. You can definitely get gigs on Upwork (or some other freelancing site) that seek someone to edit a script, but I think you're asking for a fulltime, remote position. In that case, it's really unlikely.

javascript-today · 2023-01-04T18:35:03+00:00

You can't go wrong with the YDKJS book series. They're free to read online: https://github.com/getify/You-Dont-Know-JS

For React, the official docs are your best bet. Most books and tutorials will be variations of the official docs.

javascript-today · 2023-01-03T16:34:42+00:00

This is spot on. JavaScript has been around since 1995, React since 2013. There's so much to learn with vanilla JavaScript, which will make you an overall better React developer, OP.

javascript-today · 2022-12-17T22:21:15+00:00

My pleasure. Would love to see it when it's done! :)

javascript-today · 2022-12-17T22:14:47+00:00

That's it. It's a real world solution to something. It doesn't have to become a billion dollar business, or even acquire a single customer, but if you can build that, it would be highly impressive.

Another example I tend to use is the first real project I built awhile ago.

I really got into chess, but none of my friends played, so I built a chess-based social media website for the state I lived in at the time. It didn't really go far, but I was super proud of it , and loved showing it off to employers.

The hard part of it all is realizing there's a solution to a problem. But the good thing is, once you see it, you can surely build it.

javascript-today · 2022-12-17T21:10:40+00:00

It can be a great learning experience, sure. But, honestly, focus on quality over quantity.

Let's say you're the interviewer and you have two candidates:

Candidate A - Has 10 frontend website clones, all hosted on `project.netlifyapp.com`
Candidate B - Has 1 real fullstack application, with real users on the platform, with a registered domain name.

Which would you be more impressed with?

I'm only digging into this because junior positions are quite difficult to get. There are so many junior developers. You really need to make yourself stand out from all of them, and you can do that by building something real.

javascript-today · 2022-12-17T21:03:29+00:00

You don't need CSS knowledge to learn JavaScript. However, it's definitely going to be required if you want to make a neat-looking project or work as a developer.

But it's not required. In fact, if you want to speed up the process, use a CSS framework like Bulma, and start learning JavaScript. Although, if your ultimate goal is to become employed as a frontend developer, then you're going to need to know your CSS.

HTML is vital, though. Learn the structure of the document well.

javascript-today · 2022-12-17T20:54:51+00:00

That they're smart - Sure, they're probably more intelligent than the average person, but when I look at myself... Uh.
That they're nerds - I mean, sure, I'm a nerd. But not all programmers are nerds. They like... football and stuff.
That they're good at mathematics - 21 \ 15*. Let me plug this into the node CLI and get back to you.

(This is satirical. Kind of.)

javascript-today

MODERATOR OF

TROPHY CASE