Articles by Tag #selftaught
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What I Would Tell My Younger Self About Learning to Code
If I could go back in time and give my younger self some advice about learning to code, I’d have a...
How I Discovered I Love Tech as a 26-Year-Old Sous Chef
From wine dinners to Linux terminals — how I fell in love with tech while still cooking full-time.
Javascript, the Return
(This post covers the period up to Sunday, 22/9/24). Just a short post this week, as the week was...
Coding Bootcamp vs. Self-Taught: What’s Better in 2025?
Explore whether coding bootcamps or the self-taught route is better for developers in 2025. This guide compares costs, flexibility, job-readiness, and career prospects.
Linting, dropdowns and carousels...
Things I've worked on/completed since my last post… Linting Dynamic User Interface...
Balancing a Passion for Coding with Family Life: What I Wish I Knew Sooner
For years, I let my love for coding consume me. Hours would slip by as I worked on projects, debugged...
How to learn tech after college step-by-step.
My real story of moving from a commerce background to web development — and how I’m building a tech career from scratch.
M.I.A.
I have not checked in for three weeks due to not having much time and then not making much progress...
🚀 My Journey as a Self-Taught Developer: Lessons and Tips for Beginners
When I started learning programming, I had a firm understanding of my path. After my experience in...
let X0X0 = 'help me';
(This should have been posted yesterday 27/10/24) I am not going to lay my post out as I usually...
Yes, I'm still in the same place (To-do)
Note: I’ve decided to change the order of my posts as it makes more sense to liste the issues I’ve...
Overcoming Self-Doubt: Lessons from My First Year as a Self-Taught Developer
Hey everyone, I'm Emmanuel Olusegun, a frontend developer and aspiring full-stack dev. Originally, I...
BST - the end in sight?
I did not post last week as I did not have much time to work on BST. I will keep this brief as my...
I (to) did it! (To-do project)
Things I've worked on/completed since my last post… I completed the To-do project! ...
Attack of the killer Webpack
(Note that I didn’t have much time this week, so didn’t make as much progress as I had hoped). ...
Learning Windows Server 2022: My First Setup on VirtualBox (Part 1)
I'm currently building my skills in IT support by doing hands-on projects and documenting the...
Still tic-tac-toeing...
(Note: this should have been posted on Sunday 20 Oct. 24) Things I've worked on/completed...
Gridlock
(This should have been posted on 8/9/2; this post covers what I’ve done up to 8/9/24 only). ...
To-do, to-do, to-do
Note: this should have been posted on Sunday, 12/01/25. Things I've worked on/completed...
Moving towards the sign-up form...
(Note: due to personal commitments, my post is a few days late. I am including whatever I worked on...
Editing and deleting: rewiring To-do...
I am going to make this week’s post short, as I had very little free time this week and also had an...
Shhhhh....the Library Project
(Should have been posted yesterday) I will keep this post shorter than usual this week for two...
Carousels, form validation, asyncronicity and APIs...
I was ‘out of action‘ for a number of days, so didn’t post last week and my records this week are a...
M.I.A. the Sequel
Due to external circumstances, I had to take an extended break during which I got very little done...
Finished the BST deleteValue method...
THINGS I’VE WORKED ON/COMPLETED… I finished the BST deleteValue method. ISSUES I...
Imposter Syndrome as a Self-Taught Developer: What I Wish I Knew
When I landed my first developer job, I expected to feel accomplished. Instead, I felt like a...
Taking a break...
I achieved very little this week due to various reasons, so I will resume posting from 12th January...
Why I Started CS50 (And What I'm Learning So Far From Level Zero)
What I Did: Before June 2025 I’ll be transparent: I originally considered going back to...
Tic-tac-stubbed-my-toe!
(Should have been posted yesterday, 13/10/24) If I went into all the issues I have had this week, I...
To-doing the to-do...
(I am going to try to keep this post short, as I have been short of time this week and my...