I still can't believe that I went from a job that was basically shuffling papers to a job that lets me build an app for Olympic games

I studied Law and Economics and got a job in administration. I soon found out that this job wasn't for me and I found out that writing code was a lot of fun. Before joining Launch School I was learning web development on my own for 2 years. I went through courses and videos on Youtube, CodeSchool, TeamTreehouse, Lynda.com, etc.

I learned a lot but I lacked the fundamentals and problem solving skills that good employers are searching for on the market. Launch School gave me a lot of knowledge on web development. We did a lot of coding challenges and when I got my first job interview I was able to answer most of the technical questions and finish coding exercises they gave me.

Launch School also provides frequent live sessions. This basically involves awesome programmer from Launch School either solving problems or talking about certain fundamental concepts and what I've learned is that programmers are stuck with coding problem a lot more that I imagined. But when I took other online courses this was not obvious. Teachers were writing code without any mistakes and without searching the documentation on the web. At Launch School you will see the reality and the instructors will tell you the truth about learning to program.

If you would ask me what are the most important things to get from novice to job ready. I would say,

1. Get great teachers
2. Learn and practice on the fundamentals
3. Read and write code every day

There are a lot of resources on the web to learn and practise coding. But getting great teachers that would help and guide you on your learning journey is probably the hardest thing to get on your own. You can get everything listed above and more at Launch School. All you need to do is devote your time and energy and learn every day for a few hours.

I am grateful that Launch School exists. It helped a lot of people to get their dream jobs. I still can't believe that I went from a job that was basically shuffling papers to a job that lets me build an app for Olympic games.