And It Is Open Source.

And it is open source.

This is made by… many many people. Very few payed to do it.

And it is better than any other documentation method. Because when you build systems around the betterment of the human race, them you can rely on things like "Nearly every person wants to be a good person." and other such neat facts :3

Announcing the MDN front-end developer curriculum

I had totally missed this announcement when it happened, it really kind of flew under the radar. but I really do feel like it's a big deal.

MDN is one of those sites that I can't live without as a developer and to find out that they're working on creating and refining their own developer curriculum is really exciting.

Now whenever anyone asks me how they can get started in web development I'll have exactly one place to point them to and I know it will be the best resource available. 🤓

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Announcing the MDN front-end developer curriculum | MDN Blog

MDN has created a curriculum for aspiring front-end developers to build a rewarding and successful career. Take a look at the curriculum, wh

Yep. Also... Doing things you like and are proud of is good for your mental health. Which makes you more productive ( A bit like how physical training does )

I am right now learning Ruby ( for a potential job ) while training my C++ skill back to what they used to be :p

“it’ll take too long to learn xyz”

learning is everlasting. you do it everyday. you are now just being intentional with where your attention and energy is going. why aim for mastery when you can aim for enlightenment?

the time will pass anyway. do it. learn it. no one is stopping you but you! don’t waste anymore time wishing you were a genius from day 1 then continue staying in the same place. 1 year forward, you’ll wish you had started. stop that cycle and just start now.

the future you bears the fruit the present you labors.

growth is beautiful, don’t knock it.

I am not a big fan of the "Ignore that you are being asked to work unreasonably hard" push. The qualification that "it only happens for a year" does not make it ok.

Yes, it will happen. Universities and corporations are bastards and have no issue pushing more and more work on you, but that does not make it ok.

You might need to push through it, and it is good to get help to survive it.

But it does NOT make it ok. And pushes like this (With no data, mind. Just "Text on the internet said so") that tries to make it ok and inevitable, dangling a vague reward if only you allow yourself to be abused for a while is BAD. The mental damage, and the bad learning that happens when people have to work 60-80 hour weeks (Which my University required) COSTS you. And it costs YOU, not the university, or the corporations you worked for. They count the abuse as a great success.

Motivation

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So I made a GUI for my parents Campsite. They wanted a GUI on tablets, or maybe a PC where they could have costumers input the needed info from them.

I can make native GUI's on WIndows, Linux, Android but… this is not the smartest way to make 95% of programs.

You just write a website in HTML, CSS and Javascript, and have all the code in 1 file (You can easily write your own "compiler" that simply copies CSS or Javascript from many files into one file if you want to work with multiple files… And yes, you can write that in HTML and Javascript too)

Here I simply take in the values as strings, sanitize and treat them, and then save them in LocalStorage on the browser.

When you type "Excel" into the first textbox, it reveals 2 extra buttons to download all the data as a CVS file that my parents can open in Excel, and to clear the local storage so the GUI is ready for the next day.

Simple, safe, easy, and will work on any machine that have a browser… meaning them all.

Forget chefs kiss. Programmers KISS is what you want :p

Oooh! Oh! Oh!

Also!

If you do not do web development there are embedded systems. For those of us who like working close to the electronics and/or on small linux computers :3

If you enjoy developing and coding, there are several paths you can pursue:

Front-end development

Back-end development

Full-stack development

It's important to note that there is generally more competition in back-end development compared to front-end. Therefore, securing an internship in back-end development may be more challenging than in front-end.

However, if coding isn't your preference (which doesn't mean you shouldn't be in the field), there are alternative career options you can explore:

DevOps engineering : My next post will be about DevOps

Testing (consider obtaining the ISTQB certificate)

Management of tech projects

These options provide diverse opportunities within the IT industry.

I have... Basically lost and f*** I ever gave about being nice to companies if I do not have to.

I meantion when companies break GDPR on the front page of their website, either with google analytics or cookies ( If the option to opt in to using cookies or not is not equally easy. Then that is violating the law. )

I have asked questions when a firma liquidity is low ( IE, the firm might be bankrupt next month )

And brought up that writing a job posting without saying what the job pays, is the firm saying with the very first interaction " If it benefits us, we WILL withhold critical information from you"

Or how, if you do not have a policy forcing yourself to hire newly educated people a certain percentage at the time ( Either as an industry or as a firm ) then you are straight up not giving jobs to newly educated people. If you evaluate on a job basis, then experienced people are always better.

And if you then complain about how you cannot find experienced workers, it is your own fault.

I do not say these things to shame them. I say these things because these things make a company appear incompetent, disorganized and untrustworthy. And it is either actively hurting a firm, or is a ticking timebomb for them.

And each of these examples is internal systems and processes in the firm either failing or not existing. Without anyone in the firm noticing.

And I am a system designer. And I noticed these with minimal access to information. Hire me. Because you DESPERATELY need me.

Either I get the job, or that is not a firm I want to work for.

Well my bank just released a new banking app with really bad bugs 💀 well I might as well shoot my shot while I'm at it 🤷‍♀️