17yo wants some advices for coding

[danielopris817]

Hello there fellow mates! My name is Daniel and I’m 17 years old.

I’m new to coding and I’m fully motivated to learn , but I have a big anxiety about not making it , I don’t think I will go to college (I can’t tell you the reasons) and I’m afraid of not getting a job in IT without a degree .

As I said , I’m fully motivated to learn coding , but I’m also thinking about what if freecodecamp is not gonna be enough for me to get a job.

What else I would be able to do after I finish the C.V so i can get a job.

Any advices?

[JeremyLT]

It is far easier to get a job with a degree. That said, the self-taught route can work, but you need to demonstrate that you have equivalent skills to someone who has a college degree. You’ll want to look at lots of different resources. This has been asked a bunch of times on the forum and people have posted some pretty good lists of additional resources, so I’d start by looking up those lists.

[astv99]

@danielopris817

I’m also thinking about what if freecodecamp is not gonna be enough for me to get a job

This isn’t an “if”. It’s a certainty that FCC is not enough to get a job. There’s a lot to learn in web development, this will give you an idea of what to learn: Frontend Developer Roadmap: What is Frontend Development?

I’d recommend taking the CS50X online course as a first step though, especially if you know you won’t be going to college.

[danielopris817]

Thanks for the advice I really needed to hear that , it made me feel motivated and I’m glad to know that I still have a chance to get hired if I work hard enough and believe in myself.

Thank you Ethan!