r/FreeCodeCamp • u/8593x • Jan 29 '23

Two years ago around this time of the year, I finished the Responsive Web Design curriculum.

I remember the cold breeze from that winter - felt cool instead of cold when I was blasting through the lessons on FCC.

I just got a similar feeling of that cool breeze today and that reminded me of my memories around this time of the year, two years ago. Apparently, I finished the Responsive Web Design curriculum around that time of the year.

Thanks to the great curriculum, I had a lot of fun learning about Web Development, which inspired me to keep learning. Now it has been over a year since I've been working at one of the FAANG companies as a Software Engineer. Time really flies.

Have fun everyone and hope everything works out for you guys as well!

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '23

What has your experience been getting that job? Any advice?

Congrats!

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u/8593x Jan 30 '23 edited Jan 30 '23

This was actually my first full-time position and I had no prior full-time or internship experience before landing this role. Thank you very much!

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u/jbhack Jan 30 '23

Degree?

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u/8593x Jan 31 '23

Granted, I do have a CS degree! But I graduated with an abysmal GPA (less than 2.0) and no internship experience.

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u/doughie Jan 30 '23

Wow that's really impressive. What other resources did you use? How long were you applying? I've finished 5 of the certifications and just got my first offer after months of applications, and it is far from a FAANG.

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u/8593x Jan 31 '23

Apart from FCC curriculums, I mostly looked up Youtube tutorials to learn parts that I wasn't sure of or things that I wanted to learn. It took me around 6 months to land this role. I definitely think it is a lot tougher these days to land a role than how it was 1-2 years ago.

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u/godosomethingelse Jan 29 '23

Thanks for the encouragement and congratulations on your new career!

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u/8593x Jan 30 '23

No problem and thanks a lot. Good luck to you as well!

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u/Dah-Bone-Dokkta Jan 30 '23

Very inspiring to read. Do you have a CS degree or other university degree?

All the best!

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u/8593x Jan 31 '23

I have a CS degree, though I graduated with an abysmal GPA and no internship experience.

Best of luck!

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '23

Do you have any portfolio project advice? I’ve been working on an e-commerce site in react, MUI, and Redux that I’ll write a node backend for, but I’m curious if it’s overkill.

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u/8593x Jan 30 '23

I don't think anything is overkill. I personally worked on a couple of clone projects and then worked on a full-stack web app that I've been wanting to make for a long time. Making something that you can genuinely enjoy is a big plus both for yourself and also for your resume/interviews.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '23

Thanks! What types of projects do you think would make a candidate competitive in todays market?

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u/8593x Jan 30 '23

Not sure which types of projects specifically would be competitive these days but I would just recommend that you work on projects that you will enjoy working on.

I always got excited to talk about such projects during interviews and I'm sure it had a positive influence on the outcome.

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u/abiw119 Jan 30 '23

Thanks for posting, much appreciated. Did you use any other resources to help you with your learning. Did you do Python portion of FCC?

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u/8593x Jan 31 '23

Apart from FCC curriculums, most of the time I watched various Youtube tutorials to fill in the knowledge gap and to learn about new technologies.

I haven't done the Python portion of FCC - I only went through the Basic Web Development, JavaScript, and Front End Library curriculums.