As a self-taught programmer who has been in the industry for almost two decades, I have seen the... Tagged with career, advice, programming...One thing that I learned early on in my career is the importance of proving yourself as a developer. I was a self-learner and had to prove my skills to others in many different ways. I found that the best way to do this was to build stuff and to learn as much as I could. In my opinion, developers who have deep technical knowledge but don't have anything to show for it, such as projects, blogs, or apps, are lacking in terms of the full software development profession.If I were starting my career today, I would definitely choose JavaScript and stick with it. JavaScript has become the dominant language in web development, and it is used in many other areas as well, such as mobile app development and server-side programming.
