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Posted by Omer Asadullah
Omer Asadullah
10,415 Points

After Treehouse, Thinkful or Ben Hunt Pro Web Design?

Hello Guys!

I am married have a daughter and only one year to gain enough education to preferably start my own business or start a job.

Here is my plan to learn front end web development.

Web Design Track,

Front end Development Track,

Php

Learn Wordpress,

WordPress development Track - Developing sites from themes

Starting your own business track

My question is what should I do next? I believe that without a strong portfolio I can't get hired or attract customers. For that I believe thinkful.com is a good choice. However I also am impressed from Ben Hunt Pro Web Design course (which focuses more on marketing skills than design). I want to ask which one should I choose. Also without any bias I want a suggestion that is Teamtreehouse enough and should I just start finding work after completing these tracks and care less about having a portfolio?

1 Answer

Jamie Barton
Jamie Barton
14,498 Points
Jamie Barton
Jamie Barton
14,498 Points

I'm confident if you spent enough time watching the videos provided by Treehouse and then watched again the courses/videos you're not so comfortable with you'll have enough to start building a few of your own personal projects you can put in your portfolio.

First starting out can be difficult but ask around and explain to a local business you'd be willing to maintain or update their site for free or at a reduced fee because it's a new area for you. You don't need to explain how new you are but explain there will be certain areas of the role you've never done, so that's the reason. I did this myself and found a few clients to build my portfolio with.

Let us know how you get on! You'll find the answers to any question you have online at Stack Overflow no doubt.