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How to Learn Frontend Web Development in 2023
Some quick tips from a career switcher
What’s the quickest way to get a high paying job as a software engineer?
Since I transitioned from working as a Data Strategy consultant to working as a full time Frontend Engineer in 2022, I’ve been asked this question often enough that it seemed high time to turn it into a Medium post.
Learning web development is the easiest way to break into a software engineering career. I recommend you check out levels.fyi for evidence of amazing Frontend Engineer salaries. Consider this: once you have the fundamentals under your belt, you’ll be able to find work as a web developer pretty much anywhere. You’ll always be able to support yourself by helping organizations with their websites.
If you’re thinking about doing a Software Engineering bootcamp to learn Web Development, you should strongly consider teaching yourself via a free (or extremely low cost) online course instead.
This article will explain what you need to know and outline some ideas for how to get started.
Introduction
First, a quick primer on the technologies you should know to work as a web developer in 2023.
