Question for the people studying web development ...

Well for me I've been interested in web design for a long time, not web development specifically although I try to build my skillset wherever I can. So I'm keeping up as best as i can but work comes first always and there's so much for me still to learn.

I'm working to build my skillset for my business that I run on my own.

At the moment my focus is Wordpress Development so I can learn to sell Wordpress Themes that I make myself or build custom designs in Wordpress. But when I saw the CSS Layout Basics course that was released today, I couldn't help but start to dip into that too :)

I actually just started less than 3 months ago, I have always wanted to get into web development, but did not know where to start, never really met anyone who was doing it, even for a hobby. When I was younger, I used to design forums and it was involving a bit of code, but it was soon to be forgotten as I had to join the army (2009) for 3 years. (2012) :(

After being finally released I did not know what I want to do, so I was just working in a government job until I "find myself". I was depressed and did know which path to take as every path would involve spending huge amounts of money I did not have or will have even in a few years. Somehow, I landed on a technical support job in a big company (it has many Windows) actually had to move to another country for it as well. After some time I discovered Treehouse, did the trial and fell in love.

I'm not going to say "I would like to.." because I am confident I WILL have a job as a Front-End/UX/UI Designer job sooner or later, I am just at the beginning but honestly I won't let anything or anyone push me down. Some point down the line I would like to have my own company, but for now I'll be more than glad to work Freelance or in a small company.

OK, enough blabbering, I am going back to study, I'm at the CSS Layout Techniques/Saas Basics part of Web-Design Track :P

I've been a web developer for quite some time now, I freelanced when I was in my early teens and eventually scored an IT job where I got to work on some serious e-commerce backend/frontend/internal stuff. I got on Team Treehouse because I like their company and needed a solid way to learn things in my spare time. The other reason I am on here is because I like teaching people and I've found out that I can put my teaching capabilities helping newcomers to web development here.

My goal one day is to work somewhere like Treehouse, even if all I am doing is helping people on the forums on a daily basis. This field is so large and things are constantly evolving that it is becoming increasingly important to have access to quality training resources.

The biggest thing that I want to teach people is that what we do for a vocation is extremely important. Every bit of work we do for a client or company can result in that company succeeding, which isn't just rewarding to you for doing an awesome job, but you are also building the economy. When a company generates more revenue or sells more product it means that people get raises or more people get hired.

Seeing the community grow on Treehouse is awesome and is something that I can see really transforming in the future, and conversations like this are one of the ways in which I see that happening. People empowering each other and working together to help one another succeed.

I started programming while serving in the Air Force. I noticed a friend of mine using JavaScript and I thought it looked pretty cool. It just looked so hard to understand. I later on researched the things you can do with coding a programming so I picked up an interest in it after I got out of the military. I decided I would go after it since there is good money in it. Eventually I realized that I genuinely enjoy the challenge of coding as well as seeing your creation at the end. So now I'm looking to either get a really good job that will not only allow me to earn good money but also get paid to get better and better at it. Like you said every penny counts and my current job doesn't really pay me to program so my time for learning is limited but I feel that if it were my full time job that I could be amazing at it. Also I am interested in having my own business in the future.

I am doing this for my daughter, who is due March 7th! I found out I was going to be a dad in July, and it hit me that I was not in a place where I could provide the life I want for my daughter, financially, or even just being an example of hard work for her. I have always wanted to get into web development, but was always intimidated with the work that it takes to get into it. With the encouragement from my wife, I took a long hard look in the mirror and told myself you just have to do it. You have to do it for Winnie (my daughters name). So my days are now filled with 8-10 hours at my day job and then I come home and jump on treehouse. My hope is to be in a front end position by April-May.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!