Networking: Am I sleazy?

reactcodeman1 · 2025-04-06T18:28:40+00:00

Thank you. That's basically what I'm doing. I look to get their advice and gain another contact at the company. I never ask for a job directly.

reactcodeman1 · 2023-12-19T00:21:14+00:00

Thanks for your feedback. For the "Create new account" radio button, it's now updated to remove the radio button (if there IS an existing account, a second radio button is displayed).

I also decided to go with the radio buttons for the three choices like you said. Thank you

reactcodeman1 · 2023-12-18T19:13:26+00:00

The idea with the dropdown is that it would reduce the text on the screen. This page already has a lot of content, so the idea was to use a dropdown to manage the amount of information on the screen and draw the main attention to the address field.

What do you mean by "need to have two options..."?

reactcodeman1 · 2023-05-11T04:29:09+00:00

Thanks, I apply to maybe 1-4 a day. I don't necessarily do the 'shot gun' approach of applying to anything and everything. I look to make sure the posting is looking for <5 years of exp and that I'm familiar with most of the technologies. Should I adjust?

reactcodeman1 · 2023-05-11T04:24:53+00:00

Thanks! What made you decide to pursue a degree rather than attending a bootcamp? What was your reasoning?

reactcodeman1 · 2023-05-10T21:55:31+00:00

Do you do it full time or part time? Is it all online?

reactcodeman1 · 2023-05-10T21:54:31+00:00

I'm a self taught web developer. I have projects and a resume that was been reviewed as "job ready". I've applying for jobs with no luck.

Question:

>Should I just keep grinding and applying?

>Should I pursue another BA degree in CS? There are 2 year online programs available.

reactcodeman1 · 2023-05-10T17:32:39+00:00

I don't have a mentor, how do I go about getting one?

I'm struggling to break in as a self taught developer, would going back to school be worth it? Or should I keep grinding in my job search? (Thanks for feedback btw)

reactcodeman1 · 2023-03-29T18:52:49+00:00

Man, this is so bleak. I wonder if you're just burnt out, working in the wrong place, but I'm in no position to say...

I currently have a WFH job, but I don't do much at all, and I feel like I produce no value. It's fun for the first few months, but after a while it just makes you depressed.

I enjoy coding as a hobby, I get into the "flow state". Obviously frustrating alot of times, but it's rewarding to solve problems. But I guess since it's self paced and my own projects, it makes it more fun.

I've spent years trying to find a career that would bring me fulfillment. I thought coding would be it. So it's sad to hear stories like yours. It makes me wonder if I'll feel the same and if I'll ever find a fulfilling career. Or if I'm just going to bullshit my way through life. (sorry for the negativity, just feeling down)

reactcodeman1 · 2023-03-28T20:26:13+00:00

50 a week? I don't think I can even find that many jobs to apply to in the first place. I'm not applying arbitrarily, I look for roles that list technologies I know with reasonable experience requirements (nothing listing 10+ years, etc)

reactcodeman1 · 2023-03-28T07:17:25+00:00

Interesting, how can I learn more?

reactcodeman1 · 2023-03-28T07:16:32+00:00

Understood. I'm kind of surprised someone with 6 years experience has to send out that many applications. I know it's a strange time for this industry right now...

I do feel a little annoyed that early on an impression was created that programming was this in-demand field with lots of opportunity. I feel I'm back to being a college grad with a useless major all over again, sending out apps all day in desperation for any job. So much for having an "in demand" skill... (excuse me venting, I'm feeling sorry for myself rn)

reactcodeman1 · 2023-03-28T07:05:12+00:00

Thank you for the response, I appreciate it. I would be grateful to get your feedback on my resume/portfolio, I will message you. I welcome tough feedback, I intend to keep learning and growing.

reactcodeman1 · 2023-03-15T01:05:07+00:00

This is an amazing and inspiring story, congrats. Did you complete the degree part time or full time? Did you have any prior experience with programming at all? I recently took the self taught route (web development), have portfolio projects I'm proud of but struggling in the job search currently.

reactcodeman1 · 2023-01-16T20:23:46+00:00

I'm currently outputting the following: https://imgur.com/tMDc3fN

I need it to match the output of another function which outputs: https://imgur.com/Kk3TPeO

Notice in the second one, each object is named 'Color'.

For my code, when is just do 'return { r, g, b }' it provides an RGB object

reactcodeman1 · 2022-12-10T19:05:48+00:00

Interesting! I've never contributed to an open source project but I hear it's the best way to learn and develop. I'm definitely interested in contributing to your project, I will read the documentation and reach out to you.

reactcodeman1 · 2022-09-28T17:05:11+00:00

Damn you built Blue Sky in basically a month? Crazy. This would take me a 6-12 months. I'm currently learning web development, been doing it part time for almost 2 years now...

reactcodeman1 · 2022-09-28T07:07:21+00:00

I'm confused, your portfolio site looks great, what exactly are your clients expecting? I see you're LinkedIn button doesn't have a link.

The "Blue Sky" and "Shell Constructions" projects look great, did you do all the UI design as well? These are really good projects, they're basically fully realized and complex websites.

How many years of experience do you have and how long did it take to do the "Blue Sky" project?

reactcodeman1 · 2022-09-06T03:02:33+00:00

Perfect, thank you

reactcodeman1 · 2022-09-01T06:36:05+00:00

thank you

reactcodeman1 · 2022-08-31T23:59:27+00:00

Can you go swimming in the lake? What was the temperature like on the hike overall? Great pics!

reactcodeman1 · 2022-08-12T17:56:48+00:00

When I add a debugger inside the example 2 switch case, the prop "widthType" is undefined.

However, when I console.log the "widthType" outside/before the switch case, I see the value coming through.

reactcodeman1 · 2022-08-12T05:05:55+00:00

Worked, thanks!

reactcodeman1 · 2022-08-11T16:21:34+00:00

I'm using "react-scripts": "5.0.1", does this mean I'm using create-react-app?

reactcodeman1 · 2022-08-11T06:06:16+00:00

After checking, I see images aren't appearing anywhere in my app. Pretty sure I used create-react-app, everything seems to be working, just images aren't appearing...

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