#40 - Self-Taught Developers - مبرمجين لي تعلمو غير بوحدهم

<p>In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we discuss with self-taught developers about their experience, how they get started, and how they made it professionally.</p>
<h2><strong>Guests</strong></h2>
<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/zizwar0nline">Abderrahim Soubai Elidrissi</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/younes.hakky">Youness Hakky</a></p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/smakosh">Ismail Ghallou</a></p>
<h2><strong>Notes</strong></h2>
<p>0:00 - Introduction</p>
<p>0:05 - If you don’t have a CS degree, how did you learn to code?</p>
<p>0:08 - Did you do any particular courses or bootcamps?</p>
<p>0:12 - Was the learning path difficult at the beginning?</p>
<p>0:18 - How can you stay motivated while learning to code?</p>
<p>0:24 - Is it okay to start building an online presence as newbie web dev?</p>
<p>0:28 - How can a junior developer get out of the "tutorial cycle" ?</p>
<p>0:33 - Since things evolve very rapidly, how do you decide on what is worth learning ?</p>
<p>0:37 - What kind of projects should we work on ? should this projects be something really special and unique, or just take personal ideas and keep working on them and sharing them?</p>
<p>0:36 - How did you get your first programming job/ freelance work?</p>
<p>0:40 - How has your life changed since becoming a professional programmer?</p>
<p>0:45 - Has anyone ever asked about your coding qualifications when you have been talking to clients?</p>
<p>0:50 - Do you think a CS degree is unnecessary now?</p>
<p>1:00 - Did you still learn after you got your first job</p>
<p>1:12 - Do you have tips for getting a remote job as a junior developer?</p>
<p>1:20 - What advice do you have for someone who wants to get their first programming job but they don’t have the time or money for a CS degree?</p>
<p>1:30 - Is there something that most self-taughts have over "classic" engineers ?</p>
<p>1:40 - Does security background helps in cracking interviews and landing jobs as a developer?</p>
<p>1:42 - Will you go after fundamentals (Data types, patterns, algorithms…etc) Or you just learn things directly and try hard to go for it?</p>
<p>1:44 - Wrap up and Goodbye.</p>
<h2><strong>Prepared and Presented by :</strong></h2>
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<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/aboullaite">Mohammed Aboullaite</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/MeriemZaid">Meriem Zaid</a></li>
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