# Where are you now with your coding? **URL:** \ **Category:** Career (You Can Do This!)\ **Created:** [May 18, 2021, 5:01am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/where-are-you-now-with-your-coding/460747 "2021-05-18T05:01:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Simon\_phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Simon\_phoenix](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/Simon_phoenix)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 5:01am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/where-are-you-now-with-your-coding/460747/1 "2021-05-18T05:01:32Z")
Is there any one who have been doin jobs without collage degree just only from learning n practicing here? ---
**Author:** ![jwilkins.oboe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/jwilkins.oboe/32/179497_2.png) [@jwilkins.oboe](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/jwilkins.oboe)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 7:09am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/where-are-you-now-with-your-coding/460747/2 "2021-05-18T07:09:41Z")
Hi @Simon_phoenix ! Welcome to the forum! Here are some people in the FCC community who got jobs as developers. > [@Found a dev job, after 15 months of self study](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/found-a-dev-job-after-15-months-of-self-study/418208): > > Hey guys, I had an interview last Friday, with a company in Tokyo, and showed them my project (link below), a full-stack single page application I built and deployed to Heroku. It uses data from Taiwanese government on birth statistics, pulls data from government API, and user can store these data on their own account on this SPA. It’s really for showcasing my skill, not much practical use. Took me 3 months to build, prior to this I had zero knowledge of Vue.js and PHP. Had to learn everything… > [@Got my FIRST DEV JOB! rocket](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/got-my-first-dev-job/448159): > > Hi everyone wave I’m super excited and happy to share with you this news: rocket I FOUND MY FIRST DEV JOB rocket I can’t express how grateful I am tho the whole freeCodeCamp community. Discovering freeCodeCamp curriculum and this forum was the best thing that has happened to me during my learning journey. Thank you! Hoping that someone will find it useful I’d like to share with you some of my thoughts and lessons that I’ve learned during my coding journey. Facts no university degree … > [@I got a job as a software developer!](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/i-got-a-job-as-a-software-developer/362574): > > After a little more than two years of teaching myself web development, I got a job as a software developer. Resources used include: Udacity Mobile web specialist (grow with google scholarship) The Odin Project Leetcode From there I started doing personal projects and made a basic portfolio. I applied to maybe 150 jobs. Ultimately though, a local employer reached out to me on LinkedIn. I did a couple rounds of interview (nothing technical, oddly) and got the job! I didn’t actually use free … > [@Got my first job as Front-End developer!](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/got-my-first-job-as-front-end-developer/430757): > > Guys! I started with FCC in January 2020. Before I was working as an architect (construction), but i decided for career switch. I am already 35 an despite all of the COVID situation in 2020 I got the job as React Front End Developer. smile I am working in an beautiful office that is placed in my home town, but with a team that is currently placed all over my country (Slovenia, Europe). It is really exciting. I am soo happy! Thank you FCC, you are amazing! So, just let me say, YOU CAN DO IT TO… Hope that helps! ---
**Author:** ![ecouch23](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/ecouch23/32/218579_2.png) [@ecouch23](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/ecouch23)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2021, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/where-are-you-now-with-your-coding/460747/3 "2021-05-22T20:58:50Z")
it’s certainly possible, but it depends on how you utilize your resources and learning time. you don’t need a college degree, but **you do need to be able to show employers that you know as much as someone with a degree or, better yet, more than them**. the main piece of advice i can give is build _good_ projects to show employers. it doesn’t matter how many courses you take, books you read, podcasts you listen to, or videos you watch, **you need to be able to apply your knowledge**. FCC projects are a great way to start off, but make sure your project is unique to you and not a replica of the tutorial. if you have projects completed and you want feedback, #project-feedback is a great place for that. in order to get that first job, though, you need to get yourself out there. reach out to people on linkedin, build your resume and portfolio, go to programming events and, basically, just get involved in the community as much as you can. the journey from beginner to having a programming job isn’t easy, but it most definitely _is_ possible. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/original/3X/e/1/e1c433102e34b46dfaa3e15d13ab9a514b127078.svg) [@system](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2021, 8:59am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/where-are-you-now-with-your-coding/460747/4 "2021-11-21T08:59:00Z")
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