Resume Secrets for New Programmers

Get a programming job without work experience with these resume tips that I personally used to go from construction worker to self-taught software engineer.
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[@jonnjon1]

Just the video that I was looking for , Thanks for always delivery quality content!! soon I will get my first dev job .

[@jamescross]

Best of luck!

[@ApplicableProgramming]

Pretty much my experience as well. Many forget that people work and hire other people, not coding machines.

[@jamescross]

Agree. Watched you last video. It was great. Makes me wanna move there.

[@ApplicableProgramming]

@@jamescross Thanks for watching. Norway is great, but has its differences/flows :) Btw I really liked the "straight to the point" intro for this video.

[@SilverTheFlame]

Hahah was literally just updating my resume to get my first web dev job yesterday

[@SilverTheFlame]

Some great information here. Thanks for the advice :)

[@jamescross]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Whoshotmyrifle]

I just wanted to take this time to thank you for your videos. Thank you!

[@jamescross]

my pleasure!

[@clintbriley1892]

Awesome channel dude!

[@jamescross]

Hey, thanks!

[@rohith7929]

It helped me to eliminate confusion. Great video 😊.

[@jamescross]

Glad it helped!

[@DC-yw5yg]

i like ur expressions in thumbnails, so funny

[@michaelquamdonkor5254]

Hello James. Super helpful video. What projects would you advise I add to my portfolio to earn a junior web developer role in FAANG, Uber or the likes? It would really be helpful. Thanks in advance

[@jamesbruister1566]

You sound a lot like me. I went to a bootcamp, but im 36 trying to get into the business. I have lots of random jobs and my resume tgat i made is not very good. However the people who helped me at bootcamp didnt mention any of my 13 years of work experience and education and only addressed the projects i did at bootcamp. Do you think this is a good approach? I think somehow highlighting the bootcamp but still emphasing prrvious job experience is a better approach. I am not attached at all to my job experience and will gladly not mention it if this is the best approach. Please let me know your thoughts?

[@romakii7601]

hey @devsmak would you put your non-CS degree on your resume when you have zero work experience for example a degree in music or history?

[@therealp7667]

the degree is valued more than the major… most cs grads are not anymore job ready than someone with a non cs degree. Put it on there.

[@jamescross]

I put my history degree on my resume.

[@DELTA-ZERO-TRE]

Hi, I like very much your content and find it very interesting. I have been in the restaurant industry since I was 15 and now with 32 I’m almost burned. I kept working for over 15 years a 11/13 hours-day job starting from below up to restaurant management but my quality of life has been a nightmare. I’m doing a web development course on udemy but sometimes I feel my motivation dying. Working my job and learning coding from scratch is really hard and sometimes I end up searching for job postings to have an eye at what would I be earning IF I learned coding and thinking that I would start from a junior position can be depressing from the income prospective, at least here in Italy. Do you have any suggestions to keep up with the motivation? Thank you in advance and sorry form my bad grammar, I’m Italian!

[@jamescross]

I think most people experience the ups and downs. I did. I had to have a set schedule that I would not deviate from to help me push through. It's tough for sure to work long hours and learn to code.

[@m7mo0o]

can you talk about why you choose front end over full stack? and why do most self-taught devs choose full stack over front end?

[@jamescross]

I'll add that to my video idea list

[@CODE_Walt]

This may be a lengthy comment but I’ll try my best to keep it short. Now as of recently, I’ve made the decision of teaching myself how to code. A decision I’ve never felt more serious about in my life. My goal is to create a high end social media platform which is actually in the design phase (digital renderings). My current plan of action is to learn C++ as my first language (full course on KZbin) but after heavy research I’m not sure if that would be the most optimal approach; given my goal. What would you recommend I begin learning first? Before I decide to eat, breathe & sleep coding I need to make sure I am using the right set of tools, that would make pursing my vision a lot clearer. Any input you can provide will be greatly appreciated! Thank you.

[@jamescross]

There are a lot of good paths. In your case, kinds depends on what you want to build. You could focus on a web app, or android or ios. The right language will depend on how you decide to go about it.

[@CODE_Walt]

@@jamescross Please correct me if I’m wrong here. So If I wanted to build all 3: a web, android & iOS app all tied to the same (hypothetical) social media platform. Learning Python, Swift & JavaScript would allow me to do that right?

[@jamescross]

For android it's Java or Kotlin, for ios swift. For web javascript on front end and a ton of options for the backend. You could also look into hybrid apps and things like React Native to deploy across multiple operating systems. Some good positives to that when starting out, but a downside is it's difficult to have a completely native feeling application without a lot of environment specific customizations.

[@CODE_Walt]

@@jamescross Noted & thank you! Don't normally comment (inquire) on KZbin unless I believe someone is qualified to give good insight. So everything you've said has been greatly appreciated. Especially the mention of hybrid apps & their pro & con. You got my sub. No doubt I can learn more by staying up to date with your content.

[@ibrahimsahi8996]

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