Congratulations @gsuxlzt, Mabuhay!
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Congratulations! Thatās no small feat.
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Great news man. Congratulations! I love stories like this.
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Good for you brother!!! great work!
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na i inspire mo man ako broā¦ Salamat sa pag share mo sa iyong life story 
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Congratulations dude.
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Hey, guys. Itās been a long time but hereās an update
TLDR: I quit my previous job because it sucks. I decided to get my front-end certificate first before applying to new jobs. I got an offer for a front-end developer job in my area and I will start next Monday.
My last job sucks. The pay was way too low for the amount of work I had to do. Iām basically a full-stack developer and I had to learn PHP from scratch in less than a week in order to keep up with the workload. What made me quit is when they told me that they wonāt pay me until I finished the task, even though our contract states that Iāll be paid hourly. I have been a freelancer/remote worker for two years but by far thatās the worst experience I got.
So I only lasted a month on my previous job (I quit last December). One of the realizations I had was that my knowledge in web development was not enough. Sure I was able to implement the tasks I had using KnockoutJS (I also have to learn this from scratch), but itās just a long and messy spaghetti code that will probably make you full the longer you look at it 
Anyway, so Iāve decided to at least finish the Front-End Certificate first before applying seriously again. I finished the cert last March 24 (yay 
). Afterward, a local group of fellow campers in my area decided to have a meetup. I joined in the hopes that I may learn a lot of valuable things from them, and they didnāt disappoint. One of the speakers there, @ibleedfilm, is also a web developer who came from a different career. His talk really inspired me to have the courage to apply for office jobs here in my area (I was reluctant to apply because I donāt have a diploma to show). Thankfully one startup decided to ask me for an interview for a front-end developer position which happened last Thursday.
The interview was really informal. The questions they asked were not to measure my technical knowledge but to check if I can learn things quickly and follow their methodology. The only technical part was when they asked about my knowledge of AJAX calls, to which I proceed to discuss my projects that involve AJAX calls from external APIās (weather app, Wikipedia viewer etc.)
They offered me the job right after the interview. Iāll start on Monday The salary is reasonable, me being entry-level, but my focus right now is to gain more experience and knowledge. As long as I can make my ends meet, salary is not important.
Perhaps what made them hire me on the spot is that I was able to leverage myself to be useful to them. I checked the companyās website to know more about the company and noticed that they donāt have a blog yet. Since my previous job involves content creation, I marketed myself through that. I told them that I have experience in SEO, and my previous work involves optimizing my clientās profile so that he/she can be searched easily. Because of that, my first project involves launching their blog lol
So there. Hope youāll get something from my post. Itās still a long way to go, so donāt stop and keep on learning.
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Keep learning Man, never give up!) Good luck in your professional carier!
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Wow Great News
Congratulations
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