I’ve been planning to write my gratitude to javaRush for quite some time, but I never got around to it. I apologize in advance for errors in literacy and punctuality. It all started around September 2015. I was sitting at my work. I worked in user support for a fairly large company. I was 24 years old. I have never had anything to do with programming. I sat and worked, fulfilled meaningless requests, helped crooked users, and filled out some unnecessary reports. I realized that something needed to change. What if I get fired? But I don’t know how to do anything =( Around June 2015, we hired a new guy into our department. He wrote like crazy (PHP). I saw how his eyes lit up when he created his project from scratch. And in September I I realized that something needs to be changed. I think I need to learn what thread of the programming language. I came across javaRush purely by chance and then it started. I, as an avid gamer, just got involved in learning. It was hard. I didn’t understand a lot. I spent a lot of time on each task. Fortunately for there was nothing to do with work and I could freely engage in self-education. I studied at least 6 hours a day. In +-2 months I completed 10 levels. I really liked everything and wanted to continue, but the price for a premium subscription was too high for me. I decided to save up. While there was no money, I started reading “java philosophy" and at the same time watching videos with Dehummingbirds on Android. Everything worked out quietly and peacefully. And then New Year’s discounts appeared. Around December 10th, I freaked out and spent all the money from my credit card on a Mentor Plus subscription. And I began my immersion into the fascinating world of programming. The hardest thing was that no one supported me except my best friend. It was very difficult to stumble upon a misunderstanding of my hobby. Around June, I completed levels 20-23 and decided to create a resume on a headhunter. To be honest, I didn’t really hope to find a new job. I just wanted to monitor vacancies. A month later they called me and invited me for an interview. After this call I believed in myself. My first real interview. I was shaking. Sweat flowed in streams. I was sitting in a meeting room against 4 guys. Uuuh everything was like a fog. We talked. I answered all the questions and was shocked with myself. They promised to call me after the interview. Well, OK. I didn't have much hope. Coming out of the interview, a smile spread across my face. I realized that I answered everything that was asked of me and answered correctly. They called me. And then I began to think whether I should change my job or not. There was no parental support. They predicted a good future for me in my current place. It was very difficult. I couldn't sleep, constantly thinking about what decision to make. And I accepted it. Three weeks later I was already working as a junior. I had to program microcontrollers. 3 months probationary period. By the way, I left for less than my salary. After a couple of weeks, I realized that microcontrollers are not my thing and they make me sick. Not at all what I learned in javaRush. This is not programming. I needed to know some technical processes and a lot of unnecessary information. I would also like to say something about my “team leader”. I can’t say anything other than he’s an asshole =) I just heard every question I asked - figure it out for yourself. After 2 months of the trial period, I realized that I had to quit. And again the headhunter and again the search. My friend, at the same time as me, got a job as a developer in a large company in our city. They wrote programs/mods to calculate the budget and all that. He suggested that I need to read - sql and xml parsers. I responded to the vacancy. They called. Interview. I felt calmer. He answered honestly. If he didn’t know the answer, he said that I don’t know, but I can Google it. They promised to dial. A week and a half later they sent me an offer. I was incredibly happy. Because based on the results of the interview, I was offered a fairly high salary. And then on December 14, 2016, the end of my probationary period came. I work in a great team that shares knowledge with me. I'm crazy about my work. I work 10 hours a day. I want to quickly learn everything to the maximum. I'm very tired. I would like to dispel any illusions about working as a developer - it is not an easy job. If anyone has read this far: I would like to advise you to at least study sql and parsers a little - without this, I really can’t do it. Many thanks to the entire javaRush team for giving me the knowledge. Thanks to those who wrote their success stories - you really helped me not to chicken out and leave a promising job for a job with a lower salary. Guys, if you like programming and digging into the code, don’t be afraid. Learn, develop and everything will work out for you. PS I never completed all 40 levels. I completed about 27-29. And I couldn’t help but get support from a mentor and a real project. Perhaps next year I will continue, but this is no longer certain. The knowledge with whom I was interviewed was much higher than other guys - my colleagues now told me this. By the way, I recently interviewed a guy - he also studied javaRush and his knowledge was really much better than other guys. I'm crazy about my work. I work 10 hours a day. I want to quickly learn everything to the maximum. I'm very tired. I would like to dispel any illusions about working as a developer - it is not an easy job. If anyone has read this far: I would like to advise you to at least study sql and parsers a little - without this, I really can’t do it. Many thanks to the entire javaRush team for giving me the knowledge. Thanks to those who wrote their success stories - you really helped me not to chicken out and leave a promising job for a job with a lower salary. Guys, if you like programming and digging into the code, don’t be afraid. Learn, develop and everything will work out for you. PS I never completed all 40 levels. I completed about 27-29. And I couldn’t help but get support from a mentor and a real project. Perhaps next year I will continue, but this is no longer certain. The knowledge with whom I was interviewed was much higher than other guys - my colleagues now told me this. By the way, I recently interviewed a guy - he also studied javaRush and his knowledge was really much better than other guys. I'm crazy about my work. I work 10 hours a day. I want to quickly learn everything to the maximum. I'm very tired. I would like to dispel any illusions about working as a developer - it is not an easy job. If anyone has read this far: I would like to advise you to at least study sql and parsers a little - without this, I really can’t do it. Many thanks to the entire javaRush team for giving me the knowledge. Thanks to those who wrote their success stories - you really helped me not to chicken out and leave a promising job for a job with a lower salary. Guys, if you like programming and digging into the code, don’t be afraid. Learn, develop and everything will work out for you. PS I never completed all 40 levels. I completed about 27-29. And I couldn’t help but get support from a mentor and a real project. Perhaps next year I will continue, but this is no longer certain. The knowledge with whom I was interviewed was much higher than other guys - my colleagues now told me this. By the way, I recently interviewed a guy - he also studied javaRush and his knowledge was really much better than other guys.
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