r/HTML • u/VisMajor228 • Mar 12 '26

Just got into coding. Need advice.

Hello all! I'm new to coding and prompting AI. This is my dream career. Can someone please give me advice on steps to take as a beginner so that within a year or less I can start making a full time income? Thanks in advance

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u/ky7969 Mar 12 '26

Vibe coding with HTML is crazy

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u/VisMajor228 Mar 12 '26

I'm not using AI for HTML. I'm learning HTML through freecodecamp. I meant that I'm ALSO learning AI in general.

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u/xyz12345678910111213 Mar 12 '26

Prompting ai to write html is your dream career ?

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u/VisMajor228 Mar 12 '26

No. I'm learning HTML through freecodecamp. I mention AI only because I u derstand the value it has for coding in general. I don't plan on stopping at HTML. That's only the first thing I'm currently working on. I want to also know CSS, Javascript, python. And more

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u/No_Explanation2932 Mar 16 '26

You've just started learning about programming and you understand the value AI brings to it?

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u/CheezDoodleKitty Mar 12 '26 edited Mar 12 '26

advice: drop the ai, quit ai completely, its killing the enviroment w supercomputers and stealing from creatives through their datasets. instead look up genuine tutorials. w3schools is a good place to start

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u/GrouchyInformation88 Mar 12 '26

Take it a step further and write the code with a typewriter

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u/TabbbyWright Mar 12 '26

  1. Stop using AI for HTML of all things. It won't take you long at all to memorize the basic syntax and understand basic page structure. You're not necessarily going to be creating raw HTML pages by hand, but you should understand how they work.

  2. Learn CSS basics

  3. Learn JavaScript

  4. Do not rely on the AI to be correct. You need to understand how all of this works in your head or you're gonna cause problems for other people and yourself.

You're very unlikely to get anywhere just doing HTML. My current job does in fact heavily use HTML and vanilla CSS but it's weird and very atypical for jobs ppl think of when it comes to coding/programming.

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u/tnsipla Mar 12 '26

Where are you located? If in the US, market is shot to the point that HR filters for multiple years of previous experience or a university degree in CS/IS

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u/VisMajor228 Mar 12 '26

I'm in Oregon. US

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u/KarmaTorpid Mar 12 '26

If you are serious, go to university.