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Job diary #1

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Today was the day! My first day as a web developer intern. Thing is, I still pinch myself over the fact this startup with the coolest guys gave me an opportunity to join the team and see how things go. Since many people asked for more details and gave such heartwarming encouragement in the web dev community, I'll try to do my best to document my journey :) My background No formal CS education nor even university degree  Previous work experience in fintech customer support with a touch of product management as a side project 100% self taught via online courses  Colt Steele's Bootcamps (CSS, Bootstrap, jQuery, Javascript, Nodejs) various Youtube tutorials on Javascript a few projects along with my portfolio https://anzudev.com What's the company like? It's a startup of 6 people, focusing on improving the microclimate of workplaces. Their webapp has a user-friendly and engaging twist on feedback surveys that employees get. Results are displayed in ...

Job offer and Vue

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Really exciting news - I got an offer of a position to work with an awesome startup! After getting a few rejections due to my lack of professional workplace experience and some frameworks, I was feeling a bit hopeless in regards to what learning curve I still have ahead to be employable, but then I got an unexpected callback by 3 lovely gentlemen who deemed me a good match for my illustration skills, willingness to learn and potentially my startup culture background helped too. We agreed on a 80% mini "internship" for 2 months during which I'll try to wrack up my Vue skills and help make the webapp interactive and visually appealing. It's scary. It's new! But I'll give my very damn best at my first job opportunity in the frontend field! Words can not accurately describe how grateful I am to them for taking this leap of faith in me :) My tasks revolve around using Vue and Vuetify.js with their webapp. They've been in my bucketlist for ages, so what be...