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Devin Harris
9,693 PointsSetting myself up for a smooth transition
Hi there Treehouse community. This message is geared towards instructors and those of you in the community who work full time in the Web/Software Development world. I am looking to transition into the development world when I separate from the military in (approximately) two years. My question is what (besides Treehouse) should I be doing to set myself up to seamlessly step into this awesome world? Thanks for any help.
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Erik Nemesis
13,356 PointsWell, you have lots of great resources outta there. Treehouse is just the first step towards your goal, but you will effectively learn only by your mistakes, by trying to jumpstart into the world.
As I said to a friend who is doing QA in our company, try first to build a website about something you like: it could be a blog, a gallery or a list of resources that you want to share; but don't use a CMS such as Drupal or Wordpress, instead do it from scratch with HTML, CSS and JS. Even if it looks ugly, at least you will have done something with your own hands.
Try then to look on Github or Codecanyon for things that other made and learn from the best. For instance you can use Bootstrap or Foundation for the CSS, add jQuery plugins, use a Javascript framework such as AngularJS, etc...
I think in one or two months you will be quite ready to take over the Web world and still have a lot to learn.
I am in the field for three years now and I am still learning new things.
Devin Harris
9,693 PointsZoro,
Thank you for your assitance.