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Get involved in blogs and forums. Tech people can be assholes but don’t let that bring you down. Some people feel like they have to belittle you to justify their place in the world. They do this to everybody and not just you. If you ignore the belittling remarks and just extract the information you will succeed. We have all been there

Employers don’t know what to look for in Front-End development. We are still a frontier discipline. Just stay in the game and keep learning. The best way to market yourself is with a portfolio. Resumés and classes are not as important and good old fashioned experience. Go to github.com and forums and get involved in open-source projects. Learn from your mistakes because the true rules are yet to be written (and most likely never will be).

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