Quote: I was wondering if I taught myself front end fully and built an impressive portfolio would it be plausible I could get hired anyway?

(04-30-2021, 12:39 AM)Tibo Inc Wrote: Hi guys,

So I am currently teaching myself front end web development, and wondered if I could turn it into a career.

For reference I am 17 In england, I kinda messed up my GCSEs so left with only a Maths qualification.

But I was wondering if I taught myself front end fully and built an impressive portfolio would it be plausible I could get hired anyway?

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(05-09-2021, 08:20 PM)Equinox Wrote:

(04-30-2021, 12:39 AM)Tibo Inc Wrote: Hi guys,

So I am currently teaching myself front end web development, and wondered if I could turn it into a career.

For reference I am 17 In england, I kinda messed up my GCSEs so left with only a Maths qualification.

But I was wondering if I taught myself front end fully and built an impressive portfolio would it be plausible I could get hired anyway?

You absolutely could. I worked for a few years as a backend developer, my resume was nothing but the work that I did for other people or companies, and I was self taught in what I did. One thing though is that I wouldn't keep yourself too attached to just front end development.

Not so much on a more corporate level, but much more on an individual, when people would pay me to develop their website, they often times wouldn't have a concept of what is backend or frontend work. That being the case, even though my work was advertised to be backend work, I did a lot of frontend work too. So don't be surprised if you're designing a website and a customer is expecting functionality from it.

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