The Advanced Web Developer Bootcamp

Can't recommend Colt Steele's courses enough. The guy is a fantastic teacher:

https://www.udemy.com/course/the-web-developer-bootcamp/

https://www.udemy.com/course/the-advanced-web-developer-bootcamp/

> Just be prepared to learn a lot about chickens, for no reason at all.

Lmao, this is one of the things I like about his teaching style. Nice way to make things a little more fun.

I can confirm that the updates are awesome, I was about 90% done the original program then decided to restart when he updated it. I was wondering about this course specifically. It's supposed to be a follow up to his Web Dev Bootcamp.

With the updated Web Dev Bootcamp it looks like he goes over some of the stuff that the Advanced course covers. So I'm not sure if it might be more worth it to find something else.

I'm currently in IT looking to make the switch over to Programming. I was recommended these two Udemey courses from colleges, one of whom is one of our front-end developers who has an English degree and took the same online course that landed her the job she has today.

Note that this is for web development. This is probably the most widely in-demand type of programming job out there but that doesn't mean it's the only kind of programming you can do.

• Intro to Web Dev
• Advanced Web Dev

I've currently completed the Intro course and I can say it's very good. I highly recommend it if you are into self-learning. At the very least, it's a good second resource if you do decide to take an in-person course. Make sure to wait until it goes on sale. Udemey has sales almost every week so it doesn't make sense to pay full price. I think I paid 20 bucks or less for both of them.

I've spent a lot of time on them. Both courses are at least 40 hours of video alone. That doesn't take into account doing the coding sections or projects you may take up on the side. I try to put at least three hours a day on it.

Good luck to you!

Hey Aaron,

Thanks for joining the conversation. I know the comments are all over place with varying degrees of skepticism, personal accounts, and the inevitable trolling that comes along with reddit -- whether they're true or false it must feel weird to be examined by a bunch of strangers so props for taking us on. Wish you would've joined sooner to keep the trolls at bay.

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>We just need our students to trust us to help take them to the promised land of freelancing nirvana.

This is exactly what I think half the people entering a bootcamp want.

"Fear" marketing works. Here we are still talking about Freemote in a 3 month old thread on reddit. It just kind of reminds me of this scene from Wolf of Wall Street. 🤮 People want to believe that it doesn't work on them but it does.

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>I can't agree with you calling us an overpriced Udemy course though. I do take that personally.

Sorry if you took that personal. I could've expressed this in a more constructive way but you have to admit that from the outside this does look nearly identical to your standard Udemy course (e.g. self-paced video tutorials, zip file reference guides, and a facebook group). This has been the main point of criticism from Freemote dropouts and prospective students.

Good point about the teachers on Udemy. The staff at Rithm School have a pretty decent Udemy course. Not for beginners though. One of the instructors worked at Amazon for 5 years. Aside from that little thing you're right.

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>As a student, you can't tell the difference, but trust me there is a big difference. Would you take a business class from someone who's never started a business?

Fully agree. This has been one of the reasons why I've been so hesitant to join a bootcamp. Reminds me of that phrase "Those that can, do. Those that can't, teach." I don't want to come off as negative (because there are fantastic teachers who were destined to teach and inspire us) but I do wonder if the instructors couldn't handle the job market themselves or are just super jaded. How do I ask this without sounding like a prick?

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>That's exactly what we tried to create with freemote. Something that cost less has literally all the best features, and got you to the result faster.

This was exactly why I made this post. Freemote looks awesome on paper but just like any bootcamp I'd like to see what the outcomes of past students are before signing up.

I know people have been able to get entry-level low-paying gigs on UpWork but has anyone been able to generate a livable income based on what they learned in Freemote? I see that Avery got hired for an agency but anyone else making enough pay rent?

It would be cool to see some students (or you and Jan) get interviewed from an outside resource like Don the Developer's podcast. He's just as critical as you about the bootcamp industry and does a great job at interviewing.

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>I don't think you've given us a try yet, but I do think you'd love it. So feel free to join us inside and report back here :)

I might give it a shot. 🤷🏼‍♂️ Still thinking about it. If I do I will definitely be honest about my experience.

Longtime fan of your YouTube channel. Thank you for being transparent about your experiences and offering an alternative path for people trying to enter the field.

I have a friend that used to work as a lawyer but decided to transition to software development. He knew a bit of python and he used it to crunch data for cases he worked on. Well, he took advantage of his existing skills and invested some time proving them by taking data analytics courses on Udacity and Coursera. I also taught him the basics of web development, front-end and backend. This was enough for him to land the first job about 3 years ago. On that job he had to crunch data, build web APIs and build simple report pages. He worked pretty hard since then and now he's an awesome front end engineer.

My advice for you would be the same. Take advantage of what you know now and try to learn web development. If you can write backend code in python and you know angular or react, have a good grasp of the fundamentals of HTML, CSS and JavaScript, that'll be enough for you to get a job. Once you have a job you're going to learn a lot of the other important skills in practice and find what are you like to work on the most. Don't be super picky with your first job, go for it learn and move to a better one after when you feel you're not learning new things anymore.

If you have a friend who's a developer, ask them if they can mentor you. That gonna make your learning process much simpler. Otherwise try some udemy courses. There are really nice ones there.

This should get you up and running.

https://www.udemy.com/course/rest-api-flask-and-python/

https://www.udemy.com/course/the-web-developer-bootcamp/

https://www.udemy.com/course/the-advanced-web-developer-bootcamp/

https://www.udemy.com/course/angular-4-front-to-back/

It gonna be hard but if that's what you want, just go for it! Changing areas is a big challenge and I do respect who goes through that process. In my experience, people like you becomes great professionals.

> I want to pick WGU instead of going rogue self-taught.

don't
there are MUCH better ways to learn web development and MUCH less expensive
if you didn't have a degree I would say do WGU
but you have a degree, so do udemy and a few other free courses

udemy courses go on sale just about every other week -- so just keep checking their web site back and you'll see the courses for about $14 each

The Web Developer Bootcamp
Colt Steele
https://www.udemy.com/course/the-web-developer-bootcamp/

The Complete 2020 Web Development Bootcamp
Dr. Angela Yu
https://www.udemy.com/course/the-complete-web-development-bootcamp/

The Advanced Web Developer Bootcamp
Colt Steele
https://www.udemy.com/course/the-advanced-web-developer-bootcamp/

CS50's Web Programming with Python and JavaScript
https://www.edx.org/course/cs50s-web-programming-with-python-and-javascript

the edx course is free -- you can pay for a certificate, but its totally unnecessary

the odin project
https://www.theodinproject.com/

the odin project is free

if you do all those course you will have a very complete web development education -- much more than junior level

now if you really want some sort of credential and you have an extra $12 000 laying around

Harvard University's Extension School
100% online
Back End Web Development Graduate Certificate
https://www.extension.harvard.edu/academics/professional-graduate-certificates/back-end-web-development-certificate

or their

Web Technologies Graduate Certificate
https://www.extension.harvard.edu/academics/professional-graduate-certificates/web-technologies-certificate

Colt Steele! Colt Steele! Colt Steele!

Seriously: I just really like that guy. Great instructor, easy to listen to. I enjoyed the heck out of his couse. Helped me a lot for my university course.

He has also more advanced courses on React etc:

https://www.udemy.com/course/the-advanced-web-developer-bootcamp/

https://www.udemy.com/course/modern-react-bootcamp/

I've learned some Python and C# on college but mainly basics, never went deep into them.
Now I'm doing WebDev Bootcamp (https://www.udemy.com/course/the-web-developer-bootcamp/), and after I'm done with that I'll be moving to these two;
https://www.udemy.com/course/the-advanced-web-developer-bootcamp/
https://www.udemy.com/course/javascript-beginners-complete-tutorial/

But since I'm planning to apply for a student positions at Nanobit, for content creator or app tester I would like to get some nice Unity course to learn at least some fundamentals of C# and Unity in game development. Knowledge of these two ain't crucial for those student jobs but is considered a bonus.

Oh i have a big list of more courses im going and have bought.

I also finished this course - https://www.udemy.com/course/the-ultimate-mysql-bootcamp-go-from-sql-beginner-to-expert/ (Really an amazing course in my opinion, and if you want to learn MySQL this is the way to go)

But currently im doing this course - https://www.udemy.com/course/nodejs-express-mongodb-bootcamp/ (I really cant recommend this course, im just doing it cause i bought it, but its not as good as the same instructors Javascript course that i linked to you.)

Also theres this course thats on my list next - https://www.udemy.com/course/the-advanced-web-developer-bootcamp/
(This one is pretty decent, though not very indept into concepts, im more using to to remember stuff)

And of course there's still tons of other courses i want to do.

Also my taking the JS course and the MySQL i've become pretty "fluent" in either, and i have no problems writing either code anymore.