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One of my favorite parts of being
a developer is being able to create

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something that didn't exist before
that makes the world a better place.

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>> I finished the front-end
track within six weeks, and

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within one week of finishing it,
I got a job.

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>> I had plateaued at my previous job, and
I was looking for something different.

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And Treehouse was able to come in and
save the day for me.

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>> I started doing an hour a day.

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It made me a better resource for
my teammates,

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it made me able to better do my job.

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There have been times where I've
learned something in Treehouse, and

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that day I've come across a situation
where that knowledge was put into use.

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>> I was always really interested
in technology as a kid.

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When I got to college, I didn't study
computer science because I kind of

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had this preconceived notion that
you had to be a math genius.

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That's what I really liked about
Treehouse is that they approached it

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from the perspective that you could start,
really, from ground zero and

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become a productive developer.

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>> I was immediately hooked.

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The technologies front-end web developers
use, this is what you should know.

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>> When I initially
started with Treehouse,

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I didn't have any experience with code.

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And slowly but surely, I began building
websites and I had a portfolio.

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So now whenever I apply for jobs, I can
say, hey, look, this is what I've done.

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I don't have a four year degree, but
I learned this at Treehouse in a year.

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So imagine what I can do for
you in a year.

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I used Treehouse to learn how to code and
it changed my life.

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>> Technology is evolving.

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Languages are evolving constantly.

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And to stay abreast of that,
I use Treehouse.

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>> It's less about this is
how you write code, and

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it's more about this is how
you think about problems.

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>> After studying on Treehouse for about
six months I was able to transition from

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a project manager role into
a full-time web developer role.

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>> Learning at Treehouse wasn't
just about jump-starting my career,

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it was about starting my life.

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