When Aanya signed up for our online Web Development track in early 2025, her last “tech” experience was setting up an Instagram filter. By November, she had a full-time frontend role at a Dehradun startup. Here’s the timeline, in her words.
Month 1: “I almost quit”
“HTML and CSS felt fine. Then JavaScript hit. I sat through three lectures and didn’t understand a single thing. I genuinely thought I’d made a mistake.”
What changed: she stopped trying to “understand” everything before writing code. She started typing along with every example, even when it didn’t make sense yet.
Month 3: First real project
She built a simple recipe app — nothing fancy, just fetch data, render cards, add a search filter. “That was the moment I realised I could actually do this. It wasn’t magic, just a lot of small pieces.”
Build things you don’t know how to build. That’s the whole job.
Month 5–6: React clicks
She paired the course with a few small client projects from Upwork — landing pages, mostly. The pay was tiny but the deadlines forced her to ship.
Month 8: Portfolio & interviews
Three projects on her portfolio, all deployed. She started applying — 47 applications, 4 interviews, 2 offers.
What she’d tell her past self
- Don’t wait until you “feel ready” to apply. You never will.
- Build, don’t just learn. A finished ugly project beats a half-watched perfect course.
- Find one person in the same boat as you. Aanya did weekly check-ins with another batchmate — both got hired within a month of each other.
If you’re thinking about getting started, browse our courses or talk to a counsellor. We’ve seen this exact journey many times.
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