Entry Level Dev Jobs in 2024?

People are saying that entry level developers jobs are now hard to get.
... Is this REALLY true? If so, why?
I think a large part of the problem is that many of these 'junior' developers have come out of bootcamps ... or worse, $10 dollar tutorial courses with their certificates of completion. #learntocode #bootcamp #mentoring #unclestef
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[@MyBaBB]

Its been over a year now studying and practicing double time. I won't quit, everyone tells me to quit.. I won't quit. I am doing it . Everyone that tells me to quit sucks.

[@readerrabbit6690]

I’ve been following you Steph since I started learning code in 2017/2018. I am proud to say I am a dev now, but the journey was long and arduous. I think a lot of people don’t anticipate the amount of time and effort it will take, and unfortunately get discouraged enough to give up… if you know you love this then you know. Yes to an extent we are chasing the money, but to a greater extent you must love what you do.

[@libeltoure7970]

Can you give me a roadmap of what you learned ? I am still in the html/css/js learning phase, what are the next things that i need to learn ?

[@scottpickering5945]

​@@libeltoure7970​ look at working towards full stack development, try react, node, express and mongodb (also known as MERN Stack) it gives you a great overview of how everything pieces together and is all javascript based 👍

[@allincludedworldsbestscena376]

practice

[@kandycan]

Your advices are on point. 😮 You are absolutely right. The great thing is, you are so connected with youth. No one thinks about young people anymore.

[@sinaftw]

nice video uncle stef! im 32 and im just now starting out. super excited to be a sponge and learn and your videos have been excellent motivation so thank you very much!!

[@TheMattiestarz]

Sup Steph, every time I come to your channel I leave completely inspired. I love your honesty and getting straight to the point. No bs! You add a piece to my game in this industry! Thanks man!

[@LLCrypto]

From my short experience doing a work training with senior pros has helped me a lot faster than tutorials and bootcamps. Learning on the job with senior developers is far better. The senior developers I have are very patient and thorough, and I learn more in 1 day than I do in a month of tutorials. Get out there and work even if it's for free!!!!

[@CA999]

I think getting the opportunity to work with 'senior' professionals in any profession is the key challenge. Particularly if their time is very limited and their time is worth much money. This is perhaps another topic but I think our (western) culture has a big problem with this and all these higher education or $20 courses are distracting us from this core culture problem.

[@LeftoverSundriesMan]

Agree with all of this except letting others exploit you.

[@NorBENFRIHA_Seawoman]

That's great video. Very helpful. Thank you very much Uncle Stef.

[@lukesemail6980]

Thank you for more encouragement!

[@actionphotopassion5082]

Hello Stef, Like yourself I graduated in IT during late 90's early 2000 but in France. Back then finding a job was super duper easy as writing asp, jsp or cgi web app was like a mystery for management companies and the annual income I remember was comparable to 50% of full total of a 2 room flat for sale in Paris. Nowadays I don't see it so profitable anymore, but more like a whatever food paid job honestly. I can imagine that the newcomers are struggling especially because they lack of fundamentals. You and I, we didn't learn coding in front of a machine btw, but on sheets of paper. Sounds weird nowadays but I think it eases the gymnastic of algorithm and so on for the brain. Learning to code is one thing, but without the fundamentals it's not sufficient: concepts of OOP, design patterns, grasp patterns, OSI layers, merise, 12 factor and so on and so forth. These are the real basis that are still only available in the books like an O'Reilly for instance, but there are the real keys... Why? Because anything technical-related can be easily solved, but being the architect or the designer of the proper solution needs wide knowledge deeper than just coding and that's what companies are searching for.

[@ZettaiKatsu2013]

Newcomers are struggling because there are not enough jobs for all of them. Back in the 90's, nobody needed a portfolio to get a job. If the problem was just quality of work, companies would be training them anyway.

[@actionphotopassion5082]

@@ZettaiKatsu2013 Not all companies are searching for interns... By definition an intern is a resource that is learning and is not upskilled enough to have any responsability of any sort in any of the dept he is. Some companies are proposing intership specifically for this. I remember I entered a client for an oracle PLSQL job and I didn't know PLSQL at all: They provided me with a 2 weeks plsql course. But at that time I already knew SQL and Merise (relational db design) like the back of my hand and that triggered the opportunity. So yes training is a possibility as long as the learning curve is minimal otherwise it's also a loss of money for the project. And now that you're talking about the 90s: billing clients was another totally different story compared to nowadays (if you lived it you know what I mean 😅)

[@gehdochnicht]

@@ZettaiKatsu2013 I think you are a step behind😅nowadays they don't even bother to open and look at porfolios anymore unless you have some connections or aren't a beginner.

[@DevlogBill]

2 thumbs up! Good video as usual.

[@jesuslua1821]

Thank you! For keeping it real with us 👍

[@StefanMischook]

You bet!

[@moraaoo4889]

I love you and your videos, god bless you ❤

[@mohdeshtiwi629]

Love you man

[@waynejones5635]

Thanks Steph ... always enjoy your videos and your insights on the industry. As a aspiring developer it is a challenge to land that first job.

[@trixter2537]

Nice video man. ty for motivation !

[@StefanMischook]

Any time!

[@cedrizy]

O.G talk, straight up! 🔥

[@theBinaryBits]

Following this guys from 2014 when i was learning php , thanks steph for all the tips you really helped me to become a software engineer.

[@mehmettahacolak5483]

Thats the summary about job market. Thanks 🎉

[@StefanMischook]

Welcome 🙏

[@JaznKim96]

We love your videos!

[@frankprit3320]

Another old guy here. Dare i say this sounds like a "Recession"????? I've been through 4 of them 😁

[@David-no7zi]

Yeah I'm a fan of Steph's but this is basically a thinly veilled infomerical "buy more courses" when the actual fact is we're in a recession and there's people with degrees and years of experience who can't get jobs.

[@CA999]

I liked the video. I would like to see another please on how to identify and approach organisations or individuals to work on a project for free to obtain experience and mentoring. You started to mention this at 4:15. Also, how do yiu win the trust in someone on something as sensitive as operating on their data (even though the prototype seemed successful)?

[@Jav7927]

I appreciate your videos =)

[@2Themasterblaster]

we love videos, Uncle Steff

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Hello Uncle you are precious.

[@Paulelitee]

Thank you Sir

[@dvdragon]

Thanks for the straight talk Stef. Better to hear the truth than have high expectations based on false beliefs.

[@TuxTuxedo-oc9kg]

I hate the idea of boot camps, it's like eating as much as you can just to throw up afterward. When I (re)tried to learn Java in the beginning of 2023 I eventually got interested in the basics of computer science (my background is biology - and not the bioinformatics stuff; this I find - interestingly - totally boring) and even brought my old math and algorithm scripts (from back then when I - desperately - tried to study computer science) and books to relearn math. Especially getting a feeling for algorithms was the hardest task, that's why I gave myself time and I gave myself time off. When I came back and looked at the theory again, it was much clearer and I could intuitively grasp it more easily. I think learning to code is a good thing, but every person should try to give themselves time and also give themselves time to learn how to learn. Kotlin and Scala are the languages I want to learn eventually, but Java just doesn't let me go, and I feel more and more comfortable with it. I think I even begin to understand why the language is so bloated, and why this bloat is strangely responsible for its success (and problems) - to build highly complex stuff more quickly. If I got something wrong, please correct me. Cheers!

[@Gourdinho]

You are the mentor I never had 😢. Thanks.

[@JohnCutter317]

A lot of influencers got in software development and cybersecurity during times they were grabbing ppl training them up etc. The advice they give now isn't applicable. Not a terrible thing just mean build your own projects after learning

[@vastvision3330]

I created an advanced Web Dev Project for my portfolio that goes beyond the basic tutorial stuff, yet only got rejections to my ~50 applications for Web Dev Roles. However I received a position as an SAP Developer and even now, I occasionally get calls by recruiters for SAP specific jobs. The competition for Web Dev Jobs is quite high, so one might look out for less appealing roles.

[@actionphotopassion5082]

If you're able to enter the SAP world, stick yo this. You got job there for the next 50 years easy peasy. It's also the trick with proprietary technologies. They don't go anywhere as they have solid customers. And they lack resources so it's better income welcomed.

[@gehdochnicht]

This is indeed the reality of the market (which isn't mentioned in the video). Yes, nowadays having good projects doesn't cut it anymore. In fact, as soon as they can tell that you are a beginner they won't even open your portfolio. Nowadays, it's all about who you know and being at the right time at the right place.

[@armandonavarro4599]

We love your videos and you do not suck. 😆🖖

[@leifelliott1500]

I have a BS in CS, I have been working in backend web dev for 3 years. Im on the job hunt right now and 2 months in I havnt gotten an interview yet haha. I agree with your take but I also think it is just really bad right now.

[@omarmohamud3335]

We love your video.

[@dvdragon]

You look super healthy BTW 👍. It's that time of the year when people are trying to fight off the lung crud coming from all directions.

[@drewintech9257]

being open to learning new technologies is the key 🔑

[@billybobthornton8122]

I went the non traditional route to SWE. I got my degree in electrical engineering and moved into embedded development with FPGA’s/SoC’s. This led me to developing in Linux, networking and ultimately GUI development. I’m now working projects that run the gamut - front end, back end, embedded, OS. So, “development” doesn’t just mean “web development”. There are multiple facets to SWE/CS, and if you can get your foot in the door for one, you can easily leverage that to gain more skills in a domain you enjoy most.

[@srdjand7998]

Around that time u mentioned ('94) and iv start to swim in dev waters... absof......lutely your right what u said "about month dont worth that much" From my experience, time u need to say (dev lang) "i am familiar with it"... i would say 6 months at list

[@salihmorta4172]

It would be nice if you perhaps reviewed entry level dev resumes and rated them from very hirable, hirable, not that hirable and will not be hired. I think that would provide us with a good gauge.

[@mindaugasbau1787]

I love your videos

[@ercntreras]

Hard to swallow but totally true. I consider myself lucky to have a job as a web developer 'cause what you mention, bootcamps doesn't really fill all the real work behind being a web developer. There is much more than just learning a framework do a couple of little tiny projects compared with a real life project, but once seen that big wall, what we can do now is to plan and build the ladder, otherwise gravity will take us down as it is naturally.

[@homecoder7816]

Greetings Uncle Steph. I would like to know your advice on whether i should take up a non paid internship for a couple of months just to brush up and then start freelancing and getting my own clients online or offline. I am unsure of what kind of projects would clients or companies expect me to know how to build in order for me to get the big bags of $$. Do you think working an internship for a few months is worth it or just a waste? I can just use those months to build my freelance profile by doing cheap/free work for clients for positive reviews?

[@davidmckee533]

right on the truth instead of bullshit . So I purchased the python course from Stefan and I am extremely satisfied with is. I am also reading a book . Stefan's course is a good start. And good advice.

[@PreCodeCamp]

Thanks for the video! - How do you distinguish between quality training programs and those that may not adequately prepare individuals for developer roles?

[@StefanMischook]

You would have to review each program.

[@saurab1271]

Hello steph, I have learnt and worked on several Javascript(frontend and backend) projects. I live in canada. Do you think this is enough for me to get a job in the Canadian market or should I learn php , c# to broaden my chances? Thank for the video, it was very informative.

[@Vasmir5]

Almost a quick question for uncle Stef. Small projects you talk about, can you elaborate them a bit further. What are they to include, when is a small project too small (not good enough), elements to include etc. I have completed three projects on my own (two full stack SPAs), around 1500 lines of code each and I focused on making them as close to real life as I could. Because of my job it is almost unfeasible to do what you recommend in your videos. I agree with you, working on projects tempered my abilities greatly but rotating morning and night shifts are really draining and don't leave a lot of time for meting clients and doing small gigs. I would like to know where I am at the moment and what to do next because in my country junior positions are 6.3% of the market, but I flat out refuse to quit. Thank you for your videos, they really helped me out.

[@gehdochnicht]

From what I've seen there are barely any open junior roles anymore and companies don't even open portfolios anymore either. Nowadays it's all about who you know, and having that person get you in as a favor. Unfortunately.

[@abusid2792]

I haven't seen a lot of your videos but whichever I have seen I felt you pinpoint exactly the doubts I am having while learning frontend development... I dont know about that you have ever made videos on how to get a job but I would love to hear your thoughts over how can Asian people (Indian to be precise) can get hired for an entry level jobs anywhere in Europe or US or Canada. Thank you again

[@taxenco]

It is the market. Here in the UK is difficult at the moment for Seniors. Companies don't want to invest in new projects which equates to less people needed. It is a common scenarios in weak and recession phases of the economy. It is not you who is failing. It is just wrong timings. Keep motivated because the world is still in need of software. Remember it is temporary!!

[@johnnash9462]

Hello Stef, I have a question. I started learning computer programming in high school back in 1996 but switched careers to music because I love it, now I'm getting back to programming. My question is what would you recommend for someone who lives in a foreing country to get good paying jobs? I'm from Mexico and developers are payed much less here than in the U.S. Very informative videos you got here 😁

[@StefanMischook]

Start with the web stack. Learn the key languages: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and PHP. Then look for small web gigs to do. Watch my other videos where I break it down.

[@thecoderfromabove4176]

Listen you stephan you have so much serenity you have your own company working when you want etc. I need to be like you in the next five years have a profitable company and quit the 9 to 5 BS

[@StefanMischook]

Just create a plan and execute it.

[@zakhariihusar6975]

Remember researching LAMP stack architecture for 3 days, coz i didn't know how to separate UI and API on the same server. Then chat GPT came and told me in seconds. But i don't think i could remember and understand it as well if i didn't research myself. Sometimes the hard way is the right way

[@julianbronte4297]

thx

[@StefanMischook]

Welcome!

[@Death_Metal_Head]

Self-taught developers must also compete with CS grads, and sometimes even MSCS grads. A few Udemy courses is not going to make them competitive in the job market.

[@nafieasfour5524]

Hi Stef Besides doing real projects for real clients, what are the things that are equivalent to buy precious books in today's measurements?

[@kaylove4507]

I'm going to boot camp and I think that they have a purpose because you do learn from experience professionals. At least that the two boot camps that I enrolled in. I dropped out of one of them for personal reasons, but they are taught by professionals in the industry and that makes it a little bit better than going to college for computer science. It doesn't mean that they're not learning anything valuable. It just means that that on the job connection might be missing until you actually get an internship, which is what they're expected to do. So if you're a computer science major, you do an entire ship for 6 months or semester. That's probably equivalent to a boot camp, but I think the boot camps alone have a purpose. It's like a job training job ready program

[@gehdochnicht]

1. The vast majority of bootcamps are taught by previous students who also didn't find jobs... 2. There are barely any internships, barely anyone has any need for inexperienced beginners anymore.

[@KFrench1123]

I have been looking at job posting for the past few months and have seen almost 0 junior level roles for iOS development.

[@IhsanJayman]

Can you a video comparing having a BSc vs Having good experience

[@karenbrunson4244]

Even with a BS in Computer Science it's hard to get your foot in the door. No entry level positions available. What else do I need to do?

[@nocategories3398]

Quality stuff...though I think alot of us may be managing ai developed websites for people who don't keep up in 3 years...

[@fabrizio.dipietro]

It is difficult for the new and the old

[@j.fkamaldeen]

I think anyone that's intentional about self development will surely like your video... How many youtubers are talking the truth these days.

[@toddboothbee1361]

Fear of loss is 3 to 4 times stronger than our desire for gain. On the other hand, we value something of high price even if it's crap. Therefore anything that is reasonably priced and of good quality is so often ignored or rejected.

[@LowkeyHundo]

It took me 7 months out of college to land a job, wasn’t even a dev role but a “webmaster” role doing front end CMS work. But it’s a foot in the door!

[@StefanMischook]

Nice! Learn as you earn! Make yourself useful.

[@karlkeller2662]

Bootcamp or solo-dev? My conundrum I've started a Bootcamp that teaches JS, Python & Django, React and Docker. I did Study Computer Science 16 years ago but only worked professionally in IT support, only coding as a hobby. I thought I'd be clever asking this company if they were planning on hiring juniors in a few months. The CEO interviewed me and wants to hire me for his old side project (legacy code with some customers still) What y'all think? Solo Dev on a Legacy Ruby on Rails project to gain experience for my CV, or finish the Bootcamp? (The job can't wait for me to finish the bootcamp sadly)

[@billybobthornton8122]

Will you get paid for the project? What is the duration? What’s the stack? Will it potentially lead to more development work? If the answers to those questions are objectively positive, paid experience on a relevant stack that will bolster your resume/experience and lead to more work is probably >> a bootcamp that anyone could take.

[@itsjustme8846]

Im 50 and want to become a programmer. I know youve talked about it before, but with big changes in the industry lately, do you still think i or we can do it? Im currently learning python.

[@StefanMischook]

Sure! Just be consistent.

[@DamianC]

Stef, do you think Web Stack is still the only way to get your foot in the door?! is front end just not enough anymore?!

[@StefanMischook]

For small business and medium, full stack all the way.

[@DamianC]

@@StefanMischook and still room for this for a 41 year old? I do have basic programming skills and even an Associates Degree in CS just need the skillup. But I've been wanting to get my foot in the door. But I've been consumed by my current job which is not tech related so I was curious about what paths I could take. It seems to me everything else is beyond reaching. Does age play a factor in let's say QA Automation testing? Or do you web stack is just the way to go regardless?

[@charlesavila6284]

@@DamianCGreat question. I’m curious as well because I’m in very similar situation. Current job is good, but largely all consuming. Hope to hear back from Unce Stef.

[@DamianC]

@@charlesavila6284 Keep fighting the good fight my friend! We'll get through this!

Thank You for all those info and regards from Croatia.

[@StefanMischook]

Thanks for watching!

[@zakhariihusar6975]

This guy literally got into tech 1 year before i was born

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👍

[@fwdflashwebdesign]

I thought AI was the cause of this. About coursae some courses are good but you need to do your own projects once you have some basic understanding, for example I am a web dev and I just started GLSS, without a few courses I would have never understood the environment behind it

[@future_teknokrat7585]

Candidates not good enough? To add more context, companies cherry pick resumes and interviewees based on certain biased to begin with. Then make decisions based on culture fit and likeability, not skillset. There are tons of people who have done everything that's been asked.of them, including getting a degree, and still receive very little feedback. Of course, I do realize not everyone tells the truth fully. I'm just generalizing.

[@ZeryusXD]

The more you learn the more you earn (also the better chance to get hired)

[@techatival]

I like your video, so I hit the like button twice!

[@mdelim3128]

I want someone to push and guide me to change career to level up and gain more money,I'm honest I want more money and that's why I try to enter this field being a professional chef but sometimes because of life it stops me from advancing and many distractions in life that's not letting me get a high paying job li being a software engineer

[@frozeneye100]

I don’t disagree but the issue I have is some idiots know nothing about boot camps and charge money from crap they read from net. Sort of like courses you describe. Now, if Cisco or RHEL bootcamps run by those, they are crazy expensive but you come out the other side like wow. That is the issue we have I believe. And anything end up in rtfm… it does not make sense first 20 times… that is everything in life really.

[@plumbing1]

Know a bunch of people landing multiple offers by networking. 💪

[@gehdochnicht]

This is the actual reality of the job market. Companies don't even open portfolios anymore, much less look through projects. Nowadays it's not so much about what one can do but who you know, sadly.

[@waelltifi-2023]

this guy takes 10 minutes to say something that should be said in 2 minutes !!!! you can be a good dev and won't get a job if you have less than 2 years of experience and the right diploma .. i am the worst developer ever , but i have a degree and i lied myself to 3 years of experience , and i got a job easy but i honestly suck and i hate wroking and i don't contribute anything basically , but i still get hired .. you know why ? because the system is broken !!! stef , you don't know what you're taking about , hr people know nothing about how skilled you are , they only see experience and that alone is the single most important thing to get you at the job interview without wich , you won't get a job and yes , the market is dead for juniors

[@karnez05]

How the hell can you get skills for a job that won’t hire you to learn skills?

[@StefanMischook]

Watch my other videos.

[@balazsjozsa4301]

Whom doesn't love Uncle Stef, definitely missing the point.

[@gehdochnicht]

👎👎I don't like this video because despite finally being more realistic than the previous ones, it's still missing a big part of the picture, which is that even having good real projects and/or beginner experience simply doesn't cut it anymore either. The vast majority of companies simply don't have a need for beginners anymore, and specially not when laid off people with experience have also flooded the market (and that's not even mentioning AI or the oversaturation of bootcamp graduates). In short, these days it all comes down to WHO you know and being at the right place at the right time. Sadly. Well, this is what I have observed with my own eyes.

[@user-fs2yd3ky4t]

Do you think all bootcamps are worthless?

[@StefanMischook]

No. But you have to vet

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Presse the thumb up 3 times

[@abdullahinadif6516]

Masako Wakamiya is the worlds oldest developer bro 😂😂

[@StefanMischook]

He was one of my students probably.

[@misbahsyedquadri2682]

Old school Salesman is what you are.

[@mouradeljayi584]

Still..It's time for people to stop learning software development.

[@BrandonSL500]

I just got the thumbs down twice joke :D

[@BravePro]

Bro really came and said skill issue. Sorry man but there are tons of people who really have skill that struggle to find a job. With faang internships, with amazing projects, with years spent learning. Also your "theory" falls flat when people with degrees struggle which is exactly what's happening. (And I'm not talking about the ones that barely graduate. I'm talking about the solid people) This vid was a waste of 10 mins.

[@ajjongkor2098]

1st

[@Gandoff2000]

Yes, hit the thumbs down twice if you do not like his videos!

[@ddmozz]

Two thumbs down lol, that's genius

[@KingSB187]

I like everything you put out uncle stef 🫡