Wow, I'm beyond happy to tell you all that I'm now a Microsoft MVP for Developer Technologies 🤯🥳.
I can't actually believe it yet, I need some time to process this 😆.
Thank you
@jamesmcroft
,
@RachelAppel
and
@jfversluis
for believing in me!
#MVPBuzz
🔥 A very realistic roadmap on how to become a developer (source: Instagram) 🔥
- 2 days of HTML
- 1 day of CSS
- 30 minutes of JavaScript
- A week of React
There you go, you're now a senior developer
You don't NEED a MacBook.
I often get the question "Everybody on Twitter is using a MacBook. Should I save for a MacBook to get started with coding?"
You can code on Windows, Linux and Mac. Use what you already own or what fits your budget & goals. You'll be fine.
There's YouTube.
There's FreeCodeCamp.
There's The Odin Project.
There's Microsoft Learn.
All of these platforms cost nothing. You can learn how to code for completely free.
Just get started!
People messaging me that they don't like Microsoft so they refuse to use Windows or .NET. However, they do use GitHub, LinkedIn, VS Code, TypeScript and/or NPM.
I see you 👀
You CAN be a developer and be bad in math.
You CAN be a developer when you find it hard to learn how to code.
You CAN be a developer.
Just keep going, you can do it.
A big mistake a lot of students make in my opinion is going to uni and getting grades, and that's it.
If you're here on Twitter, blogging, contributing to open source projects, and networking, you're already one step ahead in finding success.
Can we please agree on keeping code files short? A part of my soul dies every time I see a C# file that's over 500 lines, lets not even talk about over 1000
If we look at statistics on which programming languages get googled the most you get:
Python - 29.9%
Java - 17.7%
JavaScript - 8.3%
JS and Python are very popular on Tech Twitter. I barely hear anything about Java. Why?
If you're coding regularly and/or creating or helping out with (open source) projects, you are a developer.
Don't use 'aspiring' anywhere on a site or bio. Don't give clients or companies a reason to hire you and then underpay you.
How to be a REAL developer roadmap:
1. Go to udemy .com
2. Buy a coding course on 'sale'
3. Watch the introduction video of the course
4. Never touch the course again
Repeat these steps and you'll be a software dev master in no time 🔥🔥🔥
Top 5 technologies developers want to learn (Stackoverflow Survey 2021)
1. Python
2. Typescript
3. JavaScript
4. Go
5. Rust
Do you see anything interesting?
You don't have to be into Web3
You don't have to be into JavaScript
You don't have to be into Python
You don't have to be into coding
There is a place for you on Tech Twitter as long as you treat others with respect and dignity
I see very ill willed tweets against women in tech again.
Just to be clear:
Women in tech are valid
Women in tech are smart
Women in tech are awesome
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise because they are stuck in a world view from 2 centuries ago.
I've had IT service desk jobs.
I have a sys admin degree.
I followed courses in ITIL and ITSM.
I'm Cisco, Microsoft, and Linux certified.
I'm currently studying at uni for my CS degree.
I love to share my knowledge. Don't be scared to ask questions ever.
Ask me anything!
➡️ I'm 23 years old & Dutch
➡️ I'm currently a web dev intern
➡️ Junior web dev starting next month
➡️ I work with C# and React
➡️ Applied CS student
➡️ Degree in IT Administration
I'm doing this again for people that don't feel comfortable in DM 😁