5 Signs of an Inexperienced Self-Taught Developer (and how to fix)

Travis Media β€’ January 24, 2024
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Hi, my name is Travis and I am a self-taught software developer of 7 years. I learned to code and stepped out as a full-time freelance within 1 year. Since then I have entertained full-stack development, DevOps, and Site Reliability Engineering and have documented my journey here on the channel. Here you'll find coding tutorials, career advice, professional coding tips, life hacks, and the ups and downs of this highly enriching journey of software engineering. I make videos specifically for YOU and if there is anything specific you would like to request please don't hesitate to ask. If all this sounds like something that can help you on your own coding journey, consider subscribing and joining me along the way! Kind Regards, Travis

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There's a lot of hate out there towards self-taught developers from those who hold CS degrees. In fact, I'll show you a comment in this video calling for the eradication of all self-taught engineers!!! But don't sweat. There are too many of us out there for that. Yet we need to ensure we are growing so that we prove valuable teammates, dependable programmers, and competent "engineers." In this video, I'll explain what I think are 5 tell-tale signs of an inexperienced, non-traditional, developer and what steps you need to take to grow out of it. My brand new programming/tech newsletter is now live. Go and subscribe - https://geni.us/AJ91eMh Join our thriving Coding Community - https://travis.media/community/ Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:19 CS Grads hate us 01:24 Sign 1 02:29 Sign 2 04:35 Sign 3 06:09 Sign 4 07:15 Sign 5 Updated Udemy deals - https://travis.media/udemy ** Career Path Coding Tracks ** Web Developer - https://geni.us/jBigBd Software Engineer - https://geni.us/AbMxjrX Machine Learning - https://geni.us/GporLlT Python Developer - https://geni.us/tv2FJBU DevOps Engineer - https://geni.us/MgHtJ ** My Coding Blueprints ** Learn to Code Web Developer Blueprint - https://geni.us/HoswN2 AWS/Python Blueprint - https://geni.us/yGlFaRe - FREE My microphone - https://amzn.to/3sAwyrH ** I write regularly ** https://travis.media ** FREE EBOOKS ** πŸ“˜ https://travis.media/ebooks LET'S CONNECT! πŸ“° LinkedIn βž” https://linkedin/in/travisdotmedia 🐦 Twitter βž” https://twitter.com/travisdotmedia πŸ™‹πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈ Website βž” https://travis.media #selftaughtdeveloper #juniordeveloper #softwareengineer ** Some of the links in this description may be affiliate links that I may get a little cut of. Thank you.

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