Following is a list of article from successful self-taught developers that I jotted down during 2019 inspired by this Ines Montani’s post.
Stories from self-taught developers
- How I went from newbie to Software Engineer in 9 months while working full time – by Austin Tackaberry
- Lots of coders are self-taught, according to developer survey. The Washington Post: March 30, 2016.
- Story time: How I started coding – by Ines Montani
- How I got into web development — the long version by Lea Verou
- From building cartoon dolls to building things for the web by Una Kravets
- And that was it really, I knew what I wanted to do, I wanted to build websites by Jake Archibald
- An Unforeseen Path. On not choosing Computer Science and becoming a SVG expert by Sara Soueidan
- From floppy disks and BASIC programs to a full-time career as a web developer by Jonathan Snook
- From designing Neopets pages to becoming a professional web developer by Amélie Lamont
- Girls and Computers by Rebecca Murphey
- How I Made a Career Change into Web Development – by Tania Rascia
- Lessons from 7 self-taught coders who now work full time as software developers – Jessica Chan
- 68 Beginners Share Their Success Stories – by Chris Ching
- A Developer, Turned Psychologist, Turned Lawyer, Turned Developer – Ire Aderinokun
JavaScript
- My journey as a self-taught Javascript developer – by Daniel Pontes
Others
- Share your story of becoming a self taught developer and getting your first job | dev.to
- My Journey to Become a Front-End Developer Without a CS Degree by Ngoc Vuong
- So you want to be a great developer? 30 inspiring stories | TechBeacons
- Don’t feel like an expert? Share anyway – by Sara Wachter-Boettcher