I think it’s better to learn to motivate yourself and keep yourself accountable. On the job you aren’t going to have someone cheering you on and keeping you accountable. If they have to do that, they aren’t going to want you.
Also any experts advise on what can I do to set myself up for success i.e the best platform to create projects on?
What do you mean by “platform”?
Ultimately, the most important thing is learn things and keep building things.
Goal would be junior dev or freelance bidding for projects!
OK, just be aware that this always take more time and work than most people assume.
Total newbie here any tips/recommendations are welcome!
Keep learning. Pick a good path. FCC is one, but there are others. Stay on that path. If you don’t know something, google is your best friend. Keep learning. And keep building things.
Just to be clear, I think meeting with other learners and developers, doing meetups, etc, I think that is a very good thing. I just think that you should not depend on others for motivation and accountability.