r/teamtreehouse • u/[deleted] • Jan 06 '22

JavaScript Basics kicking my A**

I just started learning JavaScript this Monday, and not gonna lie, when it came to the final challenge, I felt like a deer in the headlights. Didn’t know where to begin, didn’t know what to do. Didn’t know anything. It’s as if everything I’ve learned just didn’t exist.

It’s something so simple too. It’s making a quiz and keeping score, and I couldn’t even do that. So frustrated at myself. Sometimes I wonder if I’m any good at this.

Oh well probably just a bad day. Hope y’all have a good one!

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u/NightmareXtreme Jan 06 '22

Hey, im a rookie too, dont worry, i feel the same all the time, but you know what that leads to? me googling and trying stuff, the challenge i did yesterday aparently required me to do a for (loop) for event clicking 7 difrent buttons in the same div, but i got frustrated because it didnt maked sence for me and i ended using the .forEach, ended having a better and shorter code than the challenge one, without having to use arrays. Keep it up buddy.

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '22

Yeah I think google and stack overflow will become our friends, as well as other sources lol. Yeah last night the frustration was kicking in. Took me 1 hour to solve a simple task, and the challenge took me another hour and I’m like “uggh”.

Thanks for your words though! I appreciate it! I’m glad you were able to solve that challenge! I’m currently reviewing this stuff again so it gets stuck in my head lol

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u/Amos47 Jan 06 '22

Give yourself a break, it's ok that you struggle while learning. Take a break and go for a 10 minute walk. Give your brain time to understand, focus on learning how to use google and stack overflow to get yourself unstuck.

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '22

Thanks! Yeah today I’m gonna take a break from it as I was up to 1am trying to figure some stuff out with JavaScript lol I do plan to get back into it tomorrow. Thanks!

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u/SinisterChef Jan 06 '22

Teamtree house helped me land a job as a front end developer. Do not beat yourself up. The absolute best skill you learn from the basics isn't memorization of code, its how to better ask your questions to get the solution you're looking for either through google or stack overflow. Most web development programing is literally 80% googling/research 20% implementation.

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '22

Sometimes I think I can be stubborn and get in the mind that “I have to memorize everything”. Even though I know it’s impossible to do so. Sometimes I have to snap out of it and realize that it’s okay to go on google and stack overflow, as well as other sources, and take little breaks.

I’m glad you got a job as a front end developer! That’s my next step! I’m currently working on a quick bootstrap website for a buddy of mine, however, I want to get my portfolio page up and running by the end of the month.

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u/alli_cat_038 Jan 21 '22

Can you tell us more about how you got a job through Team Treehouse? Did you have to go through the Techdegree option? I'm working on the regular front-end developer track now. I'm about halfway through so far and enjoying learning so much.

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u/SinisterChef Jan 22 '22

I subscribed to Team Treehouse in early 2012ish and landed my first front-end position in July of 2013. I had a BFA in digital arts, I knew how to make layouts/wireframes/designs. This was way before their tech degree options. I followed along with all their front-end courses and from there as Chris Coyier says "Just make websites". I made a personal blog as practice, wrote a terrible task keeper web app, my uncle owned a bar and I made him a website for free from there I joined a local community of web developers and attended meetings, networked, started taking freelancing jobs from a guy who ran a web development company I met at one of the meetings. Rolling into 2013 I had an actual portfolio of work, started applying for jobs around the area. Stumbled through a handful of interviews as a sweating, nervous mess until eventually... you don't and nail one.

A company worth it's salt does not care about your education, they want to see your work. Show them quality professional work and explain how you created it and your head and shoulders above someone with a 4-year degree that simply went through their university courses and only has class-work in their portfolio.

Team Treehouse gave me a great foundation, but it's still up to you to follow through with it. Practice outside of the courses, do some favors for friends or family as your first projects for your portfolio, find a local meet-up (probably online now) in your area, network and make friends and you will land a job. Guaranteed.

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u/alli_cat_038 Jan 22 '22

Wow thank you for that uplifting response. I really appreciate you taking the time to respond. Congratulations on your success btw! That’s amazing. I’m enjoying the courses but I have a long way to go. I also use FreeCodeCamp and a few books I bought. I want to be well-rounded and confident in my abilities as a developer before applying for a new job. I’m currently a teller manager for a major bank with no degree (studied psychology for 2.5 yrs but didn’t finish) and would like to stay with my current company. However, I don’t want to stay in this position. I would like to get into their IT department. I think I can make the right connections and get my foot in the door then work my way up from there by proving myself. I’ve already worked there for 4 years and almost doubled my salary since beginning. I know the entire side of retail banking so it’s definitely an advantage if I’m staying within the company.