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Today I finish a 6-month course called "Webdeveloper". It was meant to be a further education but it felt kinda basic.

HTML, CSS, JS, jQuery, PHP, Typo3 with some Typoscript

I still don't feel prepared for job market :/

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  • 9
    At least it wasn't Wordpress. Besides, that sounds exactly like WebDev 101.

    While that IS a basic course for coders, I'd say it's advanced for users... That's a major difference, mind the gap.
  • 11
    Honestly, you're (almost) never prepared for the job. But it's okay, because more than just knowledge, the important thing is to know "how to learn".
  • 7
    Beware impostor syndrome. There are plenty of jobs that will take someone who knows how to make "a website" and train you in whatever specifics they need. I know people who didn't know webdev at all and got a job where they learned it from scratch.

    Of course the listing will say they want someone who knows it already. Just make sure you're the candidate who's the most eager and capable to learn whatever they'll need you to do.
  • 4
    It’s all about experience in the field of work. You’ll get there since you know the basics :)
  • 1
    What did you enjoy the most?
  • 3
    You will never be prepared enough, because the field is continuosly evolving. I call it a career in "Life Long Learning". No matter how much you prepare or input, it's never enough.. But as long as you got the fundamentals down, it's time to take the plunge. 🌊 Try it, you might just be surprised of what's to come..
  • 3
    @hubiruchi Besides HTML and CSS I enjoyed JS the most.

    I dislike PHP / MySQL. And Typo3 / Typoscript feels clunky.

    Would like to learn Vue or React. Seems to be a good thing to have for Front-End Dev.

    And for no particular reason I feel attracted by Python ^^
  • 1
    @Hubot-0x58 already thought about that.

    I try to figure out some good "micro projects" first to build some kind of portfolio.
  • 2
    I'd suggest to put your projects on GitHub in a public repo and put a link to your repo on your resumee (at least that's what I did). I got a lot of positive reactions from that, by not just having forks and empty stuff on github. It also puts you in the mode, that other people will see your code. And therefore you think about readability and security, by not putting up there stuff that shouldn't be there, like passwords etc.
  • 0
    you are probably fine
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