Hi there, I'm Julia 👋
I am working on my portfolio for just too long. When I saw this challenge by CodeNewbie Community, it just felt like the perfect challenge for me. Getting all the information on how to best find a job, working with other developers at the same stage, and get their insights, I learned a lot from it. 🙇
Background
I first got into programming when doing an internship at the University of Vienna while studying Japanese studies. With a small team of students, we created a (WordPress) website for a lecture about 150 years of relations between Japan and Austria. This internship made me realize how much I enjoyed working with programming languages as well as learning languages in general. After graduating a year ago, I started learning HTML/CSS/JavaSript on my own and here I am. 😁
Progress
I am really close to my goal. Since January I started learning React and Google Firebase and want to deepen my knowledge in these two areas. I am almost finished with my portfolio and should be ready to apply for jobs starting in July. 😎
Takeaways, Learnings, and Growth
I am very aware of where I am right now, meaning, how much do I know, what I have to improve on, etc. I do record my process since January because this was the time when coding felt real (I was working with a team of four developers on a "Smart" React App, storing data in Google Firebase), and with this experience in mind, I feel very excited getting my first job. This challenge helped me once more to make things clear on what it takes to get a job, and how to make it into the web development area. 🥳
Sticking to it
For me, it is easy to stick to my plans. I have many side projects in my mind to keep on learning. But for now, I will study my four main projects to kind of fully understand them, to be able to talk about the code I used, finishing my portfolio in mid-June to start job hunting in July. 💪
Overall Reflections
I am glad that I was not alone facing this challenge and it motivated me to go throw the #CNC2021 with others together. What I like most about this web development is to be able to meet people from all over the world. ❤️
What's next for me
Job hunting of course 😁 After finding my first job, I might start taking a look into other areas of web development, but for now I want to deepen my knowledge in the tech stack I know so far.
Top comments (23)
I know I don't know you, but I'm SO proud of you! Finding a job can be really challenging (no pun intended) and feel lonely at times. Very glad that you found comfort and motivation here. Please keep us posted Julia!
I am so happy to inform you that I got a job :)
Congratulations, @yuridevat 🙌 You've been putting in so much effort and have inspired so many others in this community, it's a delight to hear that your hard work has paid off!
Wishing you all the best with this new adventure. Thanks for sharing the news!
Oh my gosh! Huge congrats, Julia! I can't wait to hear more about it!
Congratulations!!!
Thank you so much for your kind words Gracie. I definitely will keep you all posted :)
If you'd like an outside viewpoint on that, we'd be happy to take a look and offer some advice on building an effective portfolio. Just for fun.
That's very kind of you, thanks :)
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You've got this!
Thanks Ben :)
Wishing you good luck in your job hunting, and do keep us posted! Would love to hear more about your journey 😀
I got a job :D
What a good news!!!! Congrats, Julia! 🎉
Definitely will 😁
You got this! keep it going and as others have said before, keep us posted 👍
I got a job :D
Thank you :)
Wish you good luck finding a job but while looking for job don't forget to work on few projects to keep you burning
I will :)