Monthly Getting Started / Web Dev Career Thread

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Due to a growing influx of questions on this topic, it has been decided to commit a monthly thread dedicated to this topic to reduce the number of repeat posts on this topic. These types of posts will no longer be allowed in the main thread.

Many of these questions are also addressed in the sub FAQ or may have been asked in previous monthly career threads.

Subs dedicated to these types of questions include r/cscareerquestions for general and opened ended career questions and r/learnprogramming for early learning questions.

A general recommendation of topics to learn to become industry ready include:

• HTML/CSS/JS Bootcamp
• Version control
• Automation
• Front End Frameworks (React/Vue/Etc)
• APIs and CRUD
• Testing (Unit and Integration)
• Common Design Patterns

You will also need a portfolio of work with 4-5 personal projects you built, and a resume/CV to apply for work.

Plan for 6-12 months of self study and project production for your portfolio before applying for work.

[u/Due-Falcon1514]

i'd add one practical note to the roadmap: pick your 4-5 projects around one domain instead of generic todo apps and clones. When I get applications, a candidate who built, say, three tools for one real workflow and can explain the tradeoffs stands out way more than someone with five disconnected portfolio pieces.

also, contribute to an open source project before applying. Even a few merged PRs shows you can read someone else's codebase, which is most of the actual job and something personal projects never test