The Chukchi is not a writer, so I apologize in advance for not the best writing style. My journey from Level 1 at CodeGym to Junior Java Developer started a year ago. Immediately after the summer session, I started learning Java and solving problems on CodeGym. Active training lasted about 4 months with short breaks. In the fall, being at level 23, I got a Java course at a fairly well-known company. These courses, paired with the university, took a lot of time, so I had to score on CodeGym. Whether it was the right decision, I don't know, but what's done is done. The courses were in the form of classes on weekends (lecture + practice) and homework. Further, homework turned into laboratory work - full-fledged applications, one of which is a desktop task manager, and the other is a client-server application for managing the list of groups and students. By the end of these labs, I already had a good knowledge of Java Core, Swing, XML, Oracle SQL, Maven and knew how to work with SVN. Next, according to the plan, there was a web application (the third laboratory), but I decided that something needed to be changed. I compiled a CV (it also added knowledge of JDBC, JSP, servlets), wrote a cover letter and started sending all this stuff to all the largest companies in Ukraine in search of a job or a paid internship. Somewhere after 3 weeks of searching, an offer was received from one large outsourcing company. I was offered a Skype interview, after which there was an in-person interview, then an invitation to a three-month internship. In order to complete the internship, I had to radically change my life: I transferred to the university on an individual schedule and moved to a neighboring city. The internship was successful, every day I learned something new. Due to the fact that I was away for 2 weeks for a session, the internship dragged on to 3.5 months. And so, the internship is over, I'm looking forward to the job offer and... it's gone. The company took a break. I was given a week off to find a project for me at the company. "In a week you'll either get an offer or we'll have to say goodbye," they told me. It must have been one of the longest weeks of my life. Until recently, I thought that the project would not be found and I would have to return to my hometown. I even started sending resumes to other companies. Fortunately, everything turned out well, I received a job offer and have been working as a Junior Java Developer for a week now. Now some tips. In addition to tasks on CodeGym, I highly recommend learning SQL, Maven, reading about logging, Git, SVN, Spring and Hibernate (at least the basics), HTML / CSS, servlets, jsp, reading about unit testing, the HTTP protocol. And of course, make at least a small project using all this. Well, download the English language, without it, nowhere. I'm not very good with him - pre-intermediate, so I have to catch up. In conclusion, I want to express my gratitude to the CodeGym developers and wish everyone good luck, patience and perseverance.
My journey from Level 1 at CodeGym to Junior Java Developer started a year ago. Immediately after the summer session, I started learning Java and solving problems on CodeGym. Active training lasted about 4 months with short breaks. In the fall, being at level 23, I got a Java course at a fairly well-known company. These courses, paired with the university, took a lot of time, so I had to score on CodeGym. Whether it was the right decision, I don't know, but what's done is done. The courses were in the form of classes on weekends (lecture + practice) and homework. Further, homework turned into laboratory work - full-fledged applications, one of which is a desktop task manager, and the other is a client-server application for managing the list of groups and students. By the end of these labs, I already had a good knowledge of Java Core, Swing, XML, Oracle SQL, Maven and knew how to work with SVN. Next, according to the plan, there was a web application (the third laboratory), but I decided that something needed to be changed. I compiled a CV (it also added knowledge of JDBC, JSP, servlets), wrote a cover letter and started sending all this stuff to all the largest companies in Ukraine in search of a job or a paid internship. Somewhere after 3 weeks of searching, an offer was received from one large outsourcing company. I was offered a Skype interview, after which there was an in-person interview, then an invitation to a three-month internship. In order to complete the internship, I had to radically change my life: I transferred to the university on an individual schedule and moved to a neighboring city. The internship was successful, every day I learned something new. Due to the fact that I was away for 2 weeks for a session, the internship dragged on to 3.5 months. And so, the internship is over, I'm looking forward to the job offer and... it's gone. The company took a break. I was given a week off to find a project for me at the company. "In a week you'll either get an offer or we'll have to say goodbye," they told me. It must have been one of the longest weeks of my life. Until recently, I thought that the project would not be found and I would have to return to my hometown. I even started sending resumes to other companies. Fortunately, everything turned out well, I received a job offer and have been working as a Junior Java Developer for a week now. Now some tips. In addition to tasks on CodeGym, I highly recommend learning SQL, Maven, reading about logging, Git, SVN, Spring and Hibernate (at least the basics), HTML / CSS, servlets, jsp, reading about unit testing, the HTTP protocol. And of course, make at least a small project using all this. Well, download the English language, without it, nowhere. I'm not very good with him - pre-intermediate, so I have to catch up. In conclusion, I want to express my gratitude to the CodeGym developers and wish everyone good luck, patience and perseverance.
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