Why documenting your journey will lead to success as a developer

by Jonathan Puc Why documenting your journey will lead to success as a developer I recently wrote an article on how I landed my first job as a self-taught developer [https://medium.freecodecamp.org/how-i-set-myself-up-to-land-my-first-job-as-a-self-taught-developer-43d326ea6b67] . One of the points I made was to build a personal brand by creating content and putting yourself

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How to convince strangers to help you get a job

by Alex Lacey Looking for a job? Here’s how to convince strangers to help you find one The 7-step process that I used to get 40 referrals In an increasingly competitive job market, landing a first-round job interview can be a major challenge in itself. However, there is one surefire

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How I used my coding skills to make an airline replace my lost baby stroller

by Kristóf Litavecz How I used my coding skills to make an airline replace my lost baby stroller Last summer my wife and our two children flew from Hungary to California to visit friends. Among other complications, our airline lost our little one’s stroller on the way. After numerous unsuccessful

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My first step into the world of Software Development — and what you can learn from it.

by Tim Park My first step into the world of Software Development — and what you can learn from it. *Nervous laugh* (Source [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ_JOBCLF-I])As a budding student of computer science, there’s a disconnect between what you learn in class and what you see in the real world. You learn all

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Why feeling uncomfortable is the key to success

by Rick West Why feeling uncomfortable is the key to success Your comfort zone is a beautiful thing, but you will never grow there!When I started learning web development, and especially since getting my first job, feeling uncomfortable has become a bit of a recurring theme. I’m going to be

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440+ Free Online Programming & Computer Science Courses You Can Start in February

Six years ago, universities like MIT and Stanford first opened up free online courses to the public. Today, more than 800 schools around the world have created thousands of free online courses. I’ve compiled this list of over 440 such free online courses that you can start this month. For

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Here are 330 Ivy League courses you can take online right now for free

The 8 Ivy League schools are among the most prestigious colleges in the world. They include Brown, Harvard, Cornell, Princeton, Dartmouth, Yale, and Columbia universities, and the University of Pennsylvania. All eight schools place in the top fifteen of the U.S. News and World Report 2017 national university rankings. These

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How to get the most out of freeCodeCamp

by Anthony Yannos How to get the most out of freeCodeCamp If you are currently learning how to code, I would highly recommend you look into freeCodeCamp [http://www.freecodecamp.com] if you haven’t already done so. For those of you who are starting out, I thought I would share my experience so

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