 So you're making a ton of mistakes as a self-taught developer. You reached right video that makes playing this video was brought to you by digital Academy you're number one source to learning programming fast and get to that six-figure salary you desire our third day project course Includes our JavaScript front-end projects our Python back-end projects our sequel database projects and much much more So go ahead and click the link below to our free seven-step guide so that you can start reaching your programming goals today I'll see you guys in the course So let's get a couple of quick points out of the way before I really get into the details of the video I really just get to you guys who are trying to be self-taught developers and the mistakes you're making guys Don't be that typical coating monkey style Self-taught developer. This is the person who just all in on learning how to code regardless of any job prospects problem-solving problems Or anything you just HTML code code code code code code, and that's the only thing you're talking That's the only thing you really value and that's okay if you're doing this as a hobby But all of us are trying to find a job as a developer. That's the whole reason we taught ourselves how to code We're trying to get to having that career faster without having to go to traditional way of college or a Certification or a bootcamp or something like that. So at the end of the day guys We have to make sure we don't make these mistakes as a Self-taught developer to put us ahead of the competition and put us where we need to be But before I get started with all the other details guys, do me a favor Tell me a little bit more about yourself and your journey as a self-taught developer What you're struggling with some what are some of the other mistakes that you're making? Comment below. Let's start a conversation I want to make sure I give you guys an opportunity to Tell me more about yourself and then we can have a more more detailed conversation I can help you guys out more if I can know your struggles put you in position So comment below that being said guys. I made some points here. I want to make sure I cover these specifically and Again guys with the whole self-taught developer thing. It's great. Don't get me wrong. It's great I don't want to come across as being negative I just want to make sure you guys are aware what you're up against and how you're gonna present yourself to be valuable Because at the end of the day you do not want to be that person who's struggling to an interview not prepared Don't have anything that you need to stand out from the other competition You're gonna let college or coding boot camps or even people who have a certification Just pass you even though you may be a better fit for the job You're just coming in with that same self-taught development mindset cold cold cold cold cold and not thinking about any other factors And I want to talk about some of those factors here today guys number one can't showcase your skills on to your network and Two things there showcase your skills and your network. You probably haven't done any of those two things You guys may be wondering hey, right. I don't want to go to all these events and smooths and stuff like that I never get in jobs from that and you're right to a certain extent But at the end of the day you have to know the layer of land of your industry your local job market Who's the movers and shakers who's the companies and how do you fit in that dynamic? Can you actually help these people out? Do you know what they need all that stuff? You can find that out by networking It don't have to take a lot just a little bit But at the end of the day when you're networking you have to showcase your skills and be able to let them know Communicate to them. Hey, how can I help your company? You have this problem? I solve this problem I I've seen this problem in the past and I solved it this way with my code You got to be able to communicate that to them if you don't do that Somebody else will and you won't get the job You'll be amazed that people that don't have a traditional four-year degree or Four-year coding boot camp or all these fancy certification it comes down to fit Do I trust that you can get the job done? But I can't take a chance on you if you haven't showcased that to me. Yeah, I can you're talking good about the technology I see, you know all the frameworks library and all that stuff, but I Cannot take your word at face value I need other things that can show me your value and that you've done something similar to end to this in the past My other point there or make my number two point gonna go into detail of that number two is No real-world projects and before you get on me. I'm gonna tell you hey I understand as a self-taught developer You don't know what the real projects real-world project looks like you're right, but you can do some Networking you can do some detail analysis on the actual job market That's going to allow you to find out what these real-world projects are or better yet You can get my seven-step guide below. It's free guys We go over some of these real-world projects That's going to allow you to have the advantage over your competition These are some of the projects you can even as you doing your networking events you can talk about Hey, what are you guys doing for onboarding? What are you guys doing for off-boarding? You got some slow-ranging systems? Hey, you want to upgrade this? Oh that legacy code that dotnet framework need to be updated Hey, your custom modules need to be performing through a graph that integrate that data from sequel to my Front-end application all of that is stuff that you can get a huge advantage over if you have that level of knowledge of those processes and Projects the real-world projects over somebody who had a college degree Now boot camp all these certifications if I had somebody if one put put myself in a position of the employer If I had a developer basically telling me hey, you got the problem onboarding off-boarding all those stuff Hey, I've done that before this is how I can do this for you and I Basically can do this for you in the end What do you think that person gonna do next when can you start? They're not gonna be looking at your resume. They're gonna confirm it though Then they got your portfolio. They're not gonna be asking you all these questions about the coding where they do now the Coding interview and you got to go through all of these different tests and all this stuff Show me if you've done this I want to see proof of it just to confirm it Come work for me. That's gonna be the discussion instead of you having to prove yourself go through 18 interviews and do all this stuff guys So at the end of the day guys Number three, this is in and this is gonna be contradictory a little bit But again go check out my seven-step guide. We're gonna get into those projects It starts and ends with the projects guys And if you already checked out my seven-step guide already go grab the premium 30-day developer course is gonna really put Things in perspective for you get the right projects in front of you and also show you how to showcase your skills and give you Shortcut on how to actually get a job and really put yourself in a position as a self-taught developer because I want you guys to see Definitely want to do that and number three no form of education college or certifications and Listen to me on this one guys not to say it's required to get a job But if an employer see somebody who self-taught with the same level of skills Experience or as an aspiring developer want to get started versus a college degree or somebody from podium coding boot camp And we're talking about same person same personality everything equal They're probably gonna go with that for your degree only from a traditional perspective feel like hey that formal education gave that particular person the edge over that and yes, that's a real thing and Unfortunately the only thing you can do to don't put yourself in a position is to be able to communicate more of the Processes how you can help solve problems all that stuff on the resume and showcase your skills and all the stuff that we talk about in our Previous point if it's equal if it's equal They're gonna always most of the time pick the person with the most education and again You know again, this is hypothetical. I'm pretty sure in the real world. There's gonna be differences personality Different projects different experience level this person can come on On this person want to work remote all those different factors But at the end of the day you want to make sure you give yourself the best Opportunity to get these jobs guys, but at the end of the day if you haven't already guys comment below tell me about your situation and Also, check out the goodies in the description box My seven-step guide and also go ahead and check out my 30-day Lunch bag course guys links below to all that and I'll do you a extra favor I'll put a link here on the screen and I'll see you guys in the next video base