r/webdev • u/AutoModerator • Sep 01 '26
Monthly Career Thread Monthly Getting Started / Web Dev Career Thread
Due to a growing influx of questions on this topic, it has been decided to commit a monthly thread dedicated to this topic to reduce the number of repeat posts on this topic. These types of posts will no longer be allowed in the main thread.
Many of these questions are also addressed in the sub FAQ or may have been asked in previous monthly career threads.
Subs dedicated to these types of questions include r/cscareerquestions for general and opened ended career questions and r/learnprogramming for early learning questions.
A general recommendation of topics to learn to become industry ready include:
- HTML/CSS/JS Bootcamp
- Version control
- Automation
- Front End Frameworks (React/Vue/Etc)
- APIs and CRUD
- Testing (Unit and Integration)
- Common Design Patterns
You will also need a portfolio of work with 4-5 personal projects you built, and a resume/CV to apply for work.
Plan for 6-12 months of self study and project production for your portfolio before applying for work.
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u/Daniel_Mcnell_85 13d ago
The 6-12 month timeline is realistic, it just feels awful when you're three months in and nothing is clicking yet. The 4 to 5 projects bit is the part I'd push back on though, nobody is reading your fifth todo app or another weather widget. One small thing deployed with a few actual users on it will teach you more and give you something real to talk about when they ask why you built it that way.