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Web Development as a Career? (self.webdev)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by RuleNumber6 to c/webdev

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I'm looking to switch into a tech job in the future, and I'm wondering if web development could be a good choice. Ideally, I'd like an interesting job with a good work-life balance, and I would even be willing to take a pay cut later in my career in order to have more free time. I'm hoping to get some insight into the profession. I have three questions:

Is it hard to find a position in web development with good work-life balance
I’m considering getting a bachelors in computer science from WGU. Is it worth it or is the self taught route better?
Does anyone have any experience in the program?

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[–] tinker_james 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Honestly, that's kinda how it happened for me. When I remembered I liked coding I started tinkering with Python for a couple of weeks. I enjoyed it enough that I started to wonder if I could do it as a job instead of Electrical engineering. That's what lead me to look at education options.

If you're looking into web dev specifically... you could try writing some very basic websites for a week or two with HTML, CSS and maybe some Javascript. If you find your curiosity and your excitement when you get something to work outweighs the frustration of hitting learning roadblocks...then it's probably safe to say you'll like it and will thrive!

If you completely lose momentum and have no desire to try again or keep learning....then switching to it as a career will probably be a painful grind.

And to be perfectly honest, I didn't even really know what web development was when I joined the boot camp....I just knew I liked tinkering with the Python stuff that I did.

[–] RuleNumber6 1 points 1 year ago

Will do. Your advice was super helpful, and thank you for taking the time to answer my questions.