How To Succeed as a Software Developer (REAL ADVICE)

[@alfonsoscoutsbetter9330]

You know i feel you put away all the edits and gave us straight and authentic eye opener. Thank you man👊🏾

[@WillJohnsonio]

I see you with the editing!

[@intelpakistan]

This was awesome value!

[@DesignerM3D]

Great video content Alex. A lot of people, everyone goes through this. Very practical advice. I would like to hear your opinion on what you think people should include or leave out in a portfolio. From personal experience, and what you have seen. Also, what you think potential clients or companies are looking for exactly in a portfolio. Considering they can be very subjective, and every company’s branding can be different. Thnx 😊

[@medinahasan-b9r]

I watched hundreds of videos about how to think like a developer but this video is it i love it. It helped me a lot thank you

[@TechRally]

Appreciate comments like this! Thank you thank you!

[@falilou_io]

That's a great video. The thing i'll add to that is building something that you like. I started a React Native project on Jan 1st this year and i'm still coding, lots of chrome tabs open right now and i'm scared to close them 😂 (you'll understand once you leave tutorials). I started by writting my plan on Google Keep with checkboxes. Everytime I finish a feature I check it off. Now i'm pretty much done, just waiting for Google to finish the review process on Play Store, so exited and scared at the same time

[@groff8657]

I started two big projects 4 months ago, one is from a tutorial and another is something i'm building on my own. So far I have not used Trello, although I've used it in the past. I have big tasks for JWT Authentication with Refresh Tokens and Access Tokens. What I find difficult about dividing big tasks is that I am still learning the concepts and the lines in which to divide the task is ambiguous to me. I've encountered this issue time and time again, whenever I have a big task. If I don't know what the task is consist of already I can't divide it in my head, as I don't know where this task ends and another one starts. So what I've always done is to just start coding and then write the tasks as I encounter them. I find it easier to imagine what I need to do when I actually get my hands on the keyboard.

[@wasifkareem6441]

what about following a youtube clone tutorial andthen adding own features on top of that? will it be counted as progress?

[@lolpro5922]

This was actually same advice but told in a different way.👍 It doesn't matter how much u know, what technology u will be using, it us just that if u need to do it, u really need to it, NO SUGARCOAT and SHORTCUTS. When u go all by urself without any tutorial help or etc, what u will go through is 90% thinking+frustration and only 10% coding work which will make u 100% confident to take on ur next project. I have myself gone through this process, i was building "attendance system" for my clg sem as mini project and trust me i had gone through hell, those sleepless and "feeling no future nights" i had like 0 life left while doing this project. I did take help of chatgpt, but even get ryt ans from it is a big deal 😅. So long story short, that 2 months i put in that website, have really boosted my confidence and most importantly given me confidence not to go back to "html css js" tutorial hell again😅. Thanks for reading my feelings if u have read till here. PS: reply (2+4!) to let me know 😜

[@falilou_io]

2+4, I feel you bro, walking and thinking about you code, cooking thinking about your code and how to fix that bugs so you can go forward 😂😂

[@joshc2368]

Good video Alex

[@TechRally]

Thanks brother

[@bernyghaor8734]

"promosm"