Learning with treehouse. Do you guys actually feel you have learned enough from completing the web development track?

Hey Michael, I think the courses teach you a lot. Ofcourse the challenges are a little easier (I experienced some hard ones too though). But if you want to learn how to code, the best practice would be to create your own projects from scratch and use the knowledge of these videos for it. Ofcourse not every video will cover what you need but there is always the web, such as stack overflow or this forum to help you out with what you need.

Keep on practicing and you'll get there!

Hi there! I would say that I have taken many courses here and completed several tracks. But it doesn't matter how many I take or how many I complete, it will never really be enough for me. That isn't to say that I couldn't land a jr development job. It just means that for every thing you learn, there will be at least 2 that you realize you need to learn. I feel like Treehouse is excellent at giving you a running start for learning and the knowledge you need. But knowledge by itself is just academia. Programming is one of those disciplines where you need to go out and practice on your own and make your own things to grow. You cannot go to college and read all the textbooks on art and expect to come out an artist. It just doesn't work that way. Eventually, you're going to have to make some art to be an artist

This is also where I am. I am working every day creating my own things from my own imagination based on things that I have learned. Take what you have learned and play with the ideas and the syntax on your own. The best way to learn programming is to code something and break it. My advice is to take what you're learning and apply it to something of your own. Even if it's small. That's actually not a bad idea. Write a tiny website about your pet or something. Or start on your portfolio! Whatever it is, just make sure it's yours.

Hope this helps!

I am currently on project 3 on full stack developer track, so I haven't completed yet - but wanted to share my experience so far. I find the videos great and thorough, and so far they are organized nicely so that progression is natural. Having projects is a great way to put your knowledge to test, and speaking for myself they are a big motivational boost knowing I have to get my hands dirty and that my work will be reviewed. As with anything one wants to learn, most of the work has to be done by yourself. A lot of it comes from working with your projects, but also trying out the things they teach in the videos on your own is really important to get the hang of it.

Just my two cents. :-)

First of all don’t just depend on Team Treehouse bc it won’t teach you everything there is to know. Mix up you’re learning with different resources like Code Academy, Books, Blogs, youtube videos etc. Second, don’t worry about finding a job in tech. Instead, fall in love with the learning process bc guess what? When you do land a job you will still be learning new things. Focus more on what your strengths are, what languages you really understand. Also, start apply that knowledge to personal projects, work on things you are passionate about creating. That's the only way you’ll be proficient enough to land a job eventually.