How To Become a Self-taught Developer (Advice and Stories From Actual Self-taught Developers)

💻 Learn Frontend (20% off): https://scrimba.com/the-frontend-deve... ⚙️ Learn Backend (25% off): https://boot.dev/?promo=DONTHEDEVELOPER 🧠 Advanced Coding (40% off) - https://app.codecrafters.io/join?via=... 🐱 Learn NestJS (free) - https://scrimba.com/nestjs-c0n7djgjma... 👥 1 on 1 Mentorship - https://cal.com/donthedeveloper/mento... 👾 Join Discord -   / discord   🏢 Follow on LinkedIn -   / donthedeveloper   🐦 Follow on X - https://x.com/thedonofcode Disclaimer: Some product links are affiliate links which means if you buy something I'll receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. --------------------------------------------------- I invited 3 self-taught developers on to talk about their journeys of becoming professional developers and share advice on how you can follow the same path. At a time where opportunities are limited due to the pandemic, we need all options on the table more than ever. If you believe that the only way to become a professional developer is to invest in a college degree or coding bootcamp, why not listen to a few developers who carved out their own path? Topics/Questions: 0:00 - Intros 8:51 - What industry did you come from and how did you get into coding? 35:54 - Sponsor me TeamTreehouse :) 37:20 - How to overcome a few common problems self-taught developers usually get stuck on 50:31 - If you had to become a software engineer all over again, what would you do differently? 1:10:44 - Outros Host/Guests: Don Hansen -   / donthedeveloper   Aaron Billings -   / aaron-billings-9b429610a   Jeremy Wall -   / jeremywall   Whitley Bone -   / whitleybone