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I would simply not have been able to do the work I'm doing.

Awesome day: I get to start building a whole new feature on our product, features that'll make a difference for our customers.

No days are actually dreadful, but it's not very fun get assigned to bug fixing. This normally involves digging through old code I know nothing about (in various different files) and trying to understand the functionality and struggle my way through fixing it.

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Word to the wise: fix those bugs. Digging into that old code will teach you a ton about coding and your product. Yeah, it can be painful at first but you may find it to be just as rewarding as writing new code in time.

So prior to your coursework, what work were you able to do, and afterward, you're able to work with certain frameworks more effectively? Write code from scratch more effectively? Do design independently?

Prior: knew some jQuery & JS, a little bit of Python. Did not know how to use Ajax, setup a server. Generally bad algorithm skills. Knew nothing about Node & React.

What I learned at FAC is well documented in this article: https://medium.com/learning-new-stuff/from-non-technical-to-...

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