My first interview was weird: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gGyFr6qqfsy-ido.html

Hey bro I just want to say that you are the person that now has made me commit to codeing as of today watch your first video and my word I have been doing landscape construction for 15 plus years but I'd like to really connect with you, In your video you say knowing someone in the industry is better then most cirtificates and would love to speak in DM somewhere if that's cool but anyways I hope I can be have as successful as you bro Thanks Again

Hey man, I'm in a coding camp right now. It's not full time but still pretty strenuous with a full time job and family responsibilities. I was really close to quitting after the second module and not being able to get some of my JavaScript to work. I stumbled across your channel and it's helped give me the motivation to push through. I appreciate you brother and look forward to more content. I hope success continues to come your way!

@jamescross

2 жыл бұрын

way to not give up! you'll get there!

Crazy yet amazing story James. Could you recomend any project ideas for a web portfolio. I'm having trouble trying to find projects that will help land me a job. Currently I am learning node js and after that React.

@jamescross

3 жыл бұрын

Hey John, a lot of people do the todo apps which makes it harder to standout. what are your interests / hobbies? maybe we can come with some ideas around those. For example, i like cameras, so a related app might be one that includes a sun tracker to determine golden hour as well as a way to take pictures of cool places to shoot with location information and other notes.

Amazing story!

@jamescross

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Thumbed down for the cliff hangar ending.

Sir it's a good video. Very interesting!

@jamescross

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it

Hey man. I'm a 32 year old construction worker. Been around the trades since i was a kid I'm a full on plumber of 8 years. Now I have a full blown back injury. So here I am. I'm sure the roofing I did in my teens didn't help. I'm a fast learner tho.

4 years traveling all over the placing and getting beat up by current 😪 I hope to land a coding job soon 💪🏼

@jamescross

Жыл бұрын

best wishes

Very motivating story. I got a 2 years associate degree in CS do you think that it would help in landing my first software development job?

@jamescross

3 жыл бұрын

@Salem 2 years in CS is a better start than I had. It would definitely help in getting a job. If you recently got the associates degree, I would continue on to get the BS degree if possible. But, I would try to get a job as soon as possible to get experience and then work on the degree part time if that is an option. The biggest mistake I made was waiting to take the leap.

@salem5464

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamescross Yup, pursuing my bachelors in CS currently, however got many pre reqs that are not related to CS to take and that it is taking lots of my time. So I'm thinking of taking a break from school to do my best to get my foot in the industry first.

@jamescross

3 жыл бұрын

@Salem considering the salary growth potential that comes with experience, it could be a good financial decision. I would still work on the degree part time. There are some opportunities that will only be available to someone with a CS degree. Maybe next semester, shift your classes to the evening and focus on getting a job at the same time.

@salem5464

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamescross Agreed, sounds like a win win situation for school and job hunting. Thanks so much James, can't wait for your next vid. Stay safe : )

@jamescross

3 жыл бұрын

yw. thanks for watching and have a great day!

Where there any apps or site you used to learn all this.

@jamescross

2 жыл бұрын

yeah but most of that is outdated now. it's better to focus on recent versions of the language and frameworks.

Can you become a self taught financial analyst?

@jamescross

Жыл бұрын

probably better to ask a financial analyst that question.

i want to cross over but I am almost 50 is th is too old?

I'm completely new to HTML-CSS and I'm a beginner in C# game dev on and off for years because I could never find time to go head to head without getting burnt out with life and work at the moment I'm working for a factory for pennies to the dollar I also just got a job at an arcade( planning to leave the factory to have more time coding but with that comes an 11 dollar pay cut) and in the interview, I told him about me working with C# and making a few games on unity.... and for some reason, I think he took that as I can create a website for his business... sooooooooo... Would you use Codeacademy as a way to learn to code such as web deving? to be honest I am thinking about it myself but I am unsure if I should go pro for the full-stack courses they have.

@jamescross

2 жыл бұрын

codeacademy is a good place to get started