What do i need to know to land a job?

Experience is everything in this industry and the only way to convey you actually know the skills you say you do is to present them through your portfolio. I've only been studying here on treehouse for a little over 6 months and only last month did I begin applying to jobs. I've landed a few interviews here and there but the lack of visual experience was a huge factor in the reason why I wouldn't get many responses.

So I began working on my portfolio with small projects here and there and as more interviews came I had much more to talk about. I haven't managed to get a paying job but my experience was enough to get me an internship at a local agency.

Take the time to view job postings by doing a search on google and If you think you fit the job requirements, apply for the job.

Well for starters you're not alone and this syndrome of 'I don't know enough' is never leaving you unless you are confident enough to accept your current skills. Be content with what you are learning. Those who declare themselves as coding gurus were the same people who also started with learning if-else statements.

Most of the times people tend to ignore the importance of learning base knowledge and are very easily carried away with the glitter a language brings. It's good to know sass, bootstrap and whole lot of that stuff but unless you don't have a clue what css or html means whats the point? So when they start right at the top; they learn no doubt but that knowledge is so constrained that the slightest of change will break their perception. But if your base knowledge is strong none of those fancy names will bother much

So continue with your pace of learning things. When applying for a job look carefully what skill set they require and apply accordingly. You're on the right track but just make sure to build up on your skill set everyday. You can read 20 books on css and html 5 and complete it in a week. That will sustain you for a week or month but that knowledge will soon fade away if not built upon

Go out there and give it a try. Even if you don't get a job immediately you'll know exactly where to boost your skill set. I'm sure you'll eventually land a great job and like Steve Jobs puts it (also happens to be one of my favourite quotes) "Stay Hungry! Stay Foolish"

Thank you both for your answers!

I will stay hungry and foolish!

if then?

dude OOP is like total different language. Take the game development course. MVC.. Another hard concept.

If then doesn't really imply it is an OOP language. But then again it was just to prove a point. But I agree all of these are pretty hard to get at first