Comments on: How I Became a Front-end Developer http://marcamos.com/how-i-became-a-front-end-developer/ <love></love> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:54:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Marc Amos http://marcamos.com/how-i-became-a-front-end-developer/comment-page-1/#comment-909 Marc Amos Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:01:50 +0000 http://marcamos.com/blog/how-i-became-a-front-end-developer/#comment-909 @Warren - I'm not in any position to say that a career as a search engine optimization guru is any better or worse than a career as a front-end developer. Personally, I've dabbled in s.e.o. and while I enjoyed it, there wasn't enough creativity involved. As for courses, I'm not familiar with what's available in your area, and I might even argue that courses won't help you much at all. Instead, I'd read the following books: - http://simplebits.com/publications/bulletproof - http://simplebits.com/publications/solutions ... and study the following websites: - http://htmldog.com - http://www.sitepoint.com/subcat/html Thanks for taking the time to write! @Warren - I’m not in any position to say that a career as a search engine optimization guru is any better or worse than a career as a front-end developer. Personally, I’ve dabbled in s.e.o. and while I enjoyed it, there wasn’t enough creativity involved.

As for courses, I’m not familiar with what’s available in your area, and I might even argue that courses won’t help you much at all. Instead, I’d read the following books:
- http://simplebits.com/publications/bulletproof
- http://simplebits.com/publications/solutions

… and study the following websites:
- http://htmldog.com
- http://www.sitepoint.com/subcat/html

Thanks for taking the time to write!

]]> By: Warren http://marcamos.com/how-i-became-a-front-end-developer/comment-page-1/#comment-865 Warren Thu, 27 Nov 2008 21:20:25 +0000 http://marcamos.com/blog/how-i-became-a-front-end-developer/#comment-865 very cool story, I'm sort of at the beginning of that journey now, have fallen into seo - do you think front end development is better? ... what kind of courses would you advise someone who is trying to land their first job as a front end developer? I'm from the UK - I also want to put stuff like this on my website as there needs to be info like this to inspire/teach people how to get into these jobs very cool story, I’m sort of at the beginning of that journey now, have fallen into seo - do you think front end development is better? … what kind of courses would you advise someone who is trying to land their first job as a front end developer? I’m from the UK - I also want to put stuff like this on my website as there needs to be info like this to inspire/teach people how to get into these jobs

]]> By: Chris Bloom http://marcamos.com/how-i-became-a-front-end-developer/comment-page-1/#comment-288 Chris Bloom Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:11:57 +0000 http://marcamos.com/blog/how-i-became-a-front-end-developer/#comment-288 Awesome. Sounds a lot like my own story except substitute the car dealer ship and Circuit City for Guitar Center, landscaping, carpet installer (aka Fuzzy-Side-Up) and home security system sales minion. One day my step father handed me a clipping from the classified section that was advertising certificate courses from WPI in server administration and application development. A few years later I landed my first job as a programmer/analyst, and now I'm doing PHP/Rails development full time. It's a jump that more people should/could make - from about $20k/yr in 2000 to almost 4x that now. It feels good to be a geekster. Awesome. Sounds a lot like my own story except substitute the car dealer ship and Circuit City for Guitar Center, landscaping, carpet installer (aka Fuzzy-Side-Up) and home security system sales minion. One day my step father handed me a clipping from the classified section that was advertising certificate courses from WPI in server administration and application development. A few years later I landed my first job as a programmer/analyst, and now I’m doing PHP/Rails development full time. It’s a jump that more people should/could make - from about $20k/yr in 2000 to almost 4x that now. It feels good to be a geekster.

]]> By: Jason Robb http://marcamos.com/how-i-became-a-front-end-developer/comment-page-1/#comment-256 Jason Robb Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:41:12 +0000 http://marcamos.com/blog/how-i-became-a-front-end-developer/#comment-256 Very cool story. It's a recurring theme for people working in the web industry. Goes like this: - Used to work at a shit job. - One day, quit shit job. - Always loved the internet. - One day, decided to make a career of it. Ahh, it's a Cinderella story! Cheers fella! Very cool story. It’s a recurring theme for people working in the web industry. Goes like this:

- Used to work at a shit job.
- One day, quit shit job.
- Always loved the internet.
- One day, decided to make a career of it.

Ahh, it’s a Cinderella story! Cheers fella!

]]> By: temhawk http://marcamos.com/how-i-became-a-front-end-developer/comment-page-1/#comment-38 temhawk Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:04:47 +0000 http://marcamos.com/blog/how-i-became-a-front-end-developer/#comment-38 <p>Cool story!! :D</p> Cool story!! :D

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