I’ve been doing FCC for around 2-3 months, and I’ll be done with the front-end course in maybe 3-4 weeks. I feel confident in designing and laying out a website well, a bit less on the JS, and I have to Google a LOT. Every job I search up seems wayyy out of my reach, but I’m in circumstances where …

[image] How do you know that you are job fit? I am soon to claim my front end certificate. I got few more projects to finish. One of my goals is to get hired. At this point, I am pretty confident with my JS even though I am fully aware I am not utilizing yet functional programming and pr…

The video in that thread really calmed me down, thanks! :smiley: Love the guy’s other videos too! I live in London, where there are so many jobs, but I’m still terrified of not being able to find one. I think I’ll finish my front-end cert and start applying.

The front end certificate, at a minimum, but really I’d recommend doing the full-stack certification. You want to hit the marketplace with as much value as possible, so understanding D3 and Node is a big deal. Not to mention having actual project experience.

Great question and answers here. My 2 cents for what they are worth is that you should start applying when you complete the front-end certificate, learn basic usage of Git and Github, and know how to deploy a simple website. It can take a long time to get your first job , so keep that in mind and ju…

Thanks @slocodemonkey and @NathanGE for your advice! I agree that I should know some back-end stuff too, so I’ll finish the front-end cert, polish up my finished projects, learn Git & Github and some other back-end basics, and start applying while working through my back-end cert. I just finished h…

When should I start applying for jobs?

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When should I start applying for jobs?

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