5 Reasons Why You Will NEVER Become A Developer

Loving the content, Don. Will be joining nucamp next month, and it was a pleasant surprise to hear honest opinions from both of you!

I got stuck in Q/A for soooooo long.

The timing couldnt have been more perfect! I'm starting nucamp next Monday! You rock Don and Ludo!

I hate the "don't do t for the money" argument since alot of people transitioning hate their jobs as is so if I can make more money doing something else, when I already hate my job, I don't see the problem..

Great content as always Don, I love the no-nonsense approach that answers the hard questions

One thing I just don't agree with is the "Don't do it for the money." There's people out there working stressful minimum wage jobs that they hate (like me) and I would rather take the money and deal with the "Not liking the job". When you're trying to get your life together and there's limited options you gotta do what ya gotta do.

I love the "Don't do it for the money." argument because there is no way in hell you are going to become a software developer making money if you hate software development.

Thank you so much for your information on how to networking it's very useful with me.

I only got into coding to become more proficient at content creation. Working with Adobe photoshop ,illustrator, aftereffects Not to mention 3d software like Houdini and blender. There are WAYYYyy fewer job opportunities in art sector than coding. When so you say the market is saturated I'm having a hard time understanding that as a fact?

Great to hear from Ludo again. Great back and forth with wonderful insight.

You were right Don! Most of my questions regarding the web dev industry were answered in this video! Loads of great introspection and helpful tips! I really found the point about “if you don’t like the process of figuring problems out…that isn’t a good sign.”

Thanks for a great interview video!!

U always bring all questions on the table,
I am QA on automation side, trying to figure out path to get in to developer , just don’t know how

Great content, thanks for bringing on Ludo! I'm starting the 11 month software engineering bootcamp path at Nucamp next week, beginning with the 4 week intro class. Trying to prepare on my own beforehand going thru Codeacademy courses. Excited, nervous, but looking forward to this next phase in my life.

Great content. Deciding which dev area to focus is quite tricky in the early days. The best way to is build small personal projects and see what interests you the most.

I'm Graduating from a full-stack web development boot camp in a 1.5 months
Pretty excited for the future

I just started my path of learning Web Development this past Weekend. Signed up for Treehouses Front End Web Dev track and am really enjoying it. I've generally always been interested in Computer Science, as I've grew up always interested in new technology and the way things work being the scenes. As well as jailbreaking/modding various devices. Just felt like I needed a break from schooling the past few years. Now I'm feeling great and am excited to continue learning. Great podcast 👍🏾

Im struggling making 40k why not struggle making 100K? Give me 100k and I figure out later if I like it or not

Don, do you have any content covering SQL? How to get into that specific lane, what employers look for?

I love Ludo and this was a great podcast, Don. I would add that it is important not to do crappy work, get a bad reputation or--most importantly--make enemies. I disagree about settling for a QA position as those are notoriously hard to break of.

Hey guys:) it's been a month since i started to learn the basics of PYTHON, it's my first language. If anyone wants to study togetherness that would be great. It just feels good if you have someone to ask for.

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Amazing video I learned so much!!!

A free resource that I’ve been enjoying so far as someone with ZERO knowledge of programming/coding/dev is Khan Academy. I’m slowly picking my way through the AP/College Computer Science Principles and the Computer Programing courses. Don, I’m curious if you’ve ever looked at these and what you think about the content?

There are a lot of things I enjoy, but I don't like doing it as someone's employee.

Constraint is form; form frees creativity.

As a rural native of New Mexico finding support in my community has been non-existent. I haven’t been able to find anyone willing to mentor me or befriend me. I found one new person to town from Washington working for Microsoft. Well I asked about a mentorship and he said probably would charge $35 and hour. What! I was thinking free. I am looking to make friends and mentors. Meet ups are near impossible the nearest “big” cities is over two hours away. I do not see any meets ups there anyways. Don’t get me started with online accountability partners. What do you guys think?

I'd be happy to just do my own apps and try to use coding in another tech job. Coding afterall , can be a good skillset in itself. How many people really know if being a dev is a great culture fit for them?

What exactly is, “QA?”

Bro looks like Abel Ferreira, the soccer coach of Palmeiras in Brazil

Great content btw!

Too many people doing this now and too much A.I.

Hey Don, I think I just found you on my feed and so far good content man.

Just a suggestion. Maybe check your mic settings to try to noise cancel heavy breathing. Your mic sounds great but it’s a little sensitive so I hear too much.

Anyways keep up the great work.

I don't see encouragement for 4 year CS degree. Every employee wants CS grads first.
And there is massive difference in skills. On those bootcamps you learn total sh*t.
The only bootcamp you should attend is one organized by a real IT company with senior devs. And it should be FREE!!!

Thanks

Great information! Thank you.

Let's think of this fictional scenario. The year is 2050 and all minimum wage jobs have been eliminated and are replaced by artificial intelligence/robots etc and the only jobs left are software engineers and data scientists etc to maintain the AI algorithms and robots functionality. What will you do in this situation if these are the only jobs left in the economy and the only way to pay rent and avoid being homeless is to get this job no matter what. Doesn't matter if you are motivated or passionate etc, this is the only way to earn a paycheck and pay your rent!! Will you adapt and survive and learn it and become a developer/scientst etc or just end up homeless..

@ the 13 to 14min mark... yes, there is a great course called Zero To Mastery. You can literally look at Cybersecurity, Web Development, Data Science and Machine Learning, DevOps, Career help... This is literally slept on.

Great conversation

A coding bootcamp sounds good now after hearing your comments. Been learning python for 3 yrs now. Im need some structure to learn other thing to build a complete solution.
There are no junior developer positions. This was true 20 years ago as it is today. Company's don't want to take the chance on a newer developers.
Solving problems is very satisfying. Especially when there my software issue not someone else's issue.
Nucamp sounds good as a bootcamp. Other bootcamp prices are to high and there content is to poor.
I'm looking for a job where I can work on electronics and do some coding. Electronics repair is my background.

If you enjoy the process just keep learning and you will get one eventually because you will learn all the things

People in software development really don't have idea how other fields can suck. The principle of learn new things and grow in your career + more compensation is just not happening in many fields. I came from teaching and, man, teaching sucks. Even when IT is its worst, it is way better than teaching.

Passion might be hyperbolic (though I don' t think so..) but you have to at least have a strong genuine interest for coding. Otherwise becoming a coder would not be "rough" it will be impossibile. I am amazed at how little most people realise this, while at the same time they would find preposterous to think that someone who has no interest in music can become a musician or someone who has no interest in medicine or curing people and saving lives can become a physician.
And then there is another elephant in the room. Te become a professional programmer you need to have talent and inclination for it. Not everybody is "wired" to be a programmer. I would go as far as saying that only a rather minor percentage of people is, and that is why there is always a shortage of programmers ..

I personally like this conversation, the problem is how to get a mentorship