New year, new you. If you're thinking about getting started or are new to dev, this episode is for you! Amy and James talk about where they started, where they would begin today, and any and all advice for beginners.

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Show Notes

0:00 Introduction
2:39 Sponsor: ZEAL
3:24 PSA: Logarithm vs Algorithm
5:58 Amy's Learning Process
7:31 James's Learning Process
10:12 Make Learning Fun
12:29 Consistency while Learning Something New
13:24 Where's a Good Place for People to Get Started
- Crossover Episode with Purrfect.dev
17:40 Sponsor: Vercel
18:46 Where to get started
- Free Code Camp
- Learn Build Teach Discord Community
- Level Up Tutorials Discord Community
- Jason Lengstorf, Party Corgi Discord Community
- Colby Fayock, Space Jelly Discord Community
- Scrimba
- Scrimba Discord Community
- Traversy Media on YouTube
- Ania Kubow on YouTube
- Ania Kubo - 12+ Hour Boot Camp
- Jessica Coder Coder
- Web Dev Simplified
- Colby Fayock on YouTube
- Jesse from CodeStackr
- Colby's Course on Level Up Tutorials: eCommerce on the JAMStack with SnipCart, Next.js, and WordPress
- Level Up Tutorials
- Courses by Wes Bus
- Courses by Chris Sev on Better.dev
- James Q Quick's Courses
- James on YouTube
- Amy on YouTube
- JavaScript Jabber
- Syntax.fm
- CodePen Radio
- Shop Talk Show
- Code Newbie
- Purrfect Dev
- Web Dev Weekly
- Compressed.fm - Episode 2 - James's Origin Story
- Compressed.fm - Episode 3 - Amy's Origin Story
27:40 How do you prioritize all the things that someone could learn?
- Tech Rally on Twitter
- Danny Thompson
29:53 Finding and Reaching out to Mentors
34:09 Bootcamps
- Learn Academy
- Launch Code
38:19 Community
40:55 Going Beyond a Tutorial
42:26 Sponsor: Tella.tv
43:13 Adding on to a Tutorial
- Advent of CSS
- Advent of JavaScript
45:41 Job Search
- Taylor Desseyn
49:47 Grab Bag Question - Original Tweet
52:32 Picks and Plugs
52:46 Amy's Pick: Code Names
53:43 Amy's Plug: Everything Svelte
54:48 James's Pick: Laptop Stand
55:40 James's Plug: Building a Dynamic Landing Page with Next.js, Tailwind, and DatoCMS