I'm super squeamish about asking for help from people I know in real life. I'd be way more comfortable working with a comrade of basically any stripe. I don't care if you know more or less than me - teaching is beneficial, being taught is beneficial.

Done enough front end to know I hate it, but I'll share what I know.

Where I'm at experience wise:

-Scratching the surface of back end (configured my own LAMP environment and have a local website with some basic PHP/JS/MySQL functions

-I've done 2/3 of the first ODIN Project (HTML/CSS)

-Completed some front-end online free "bootcamp" that was a pre-req for a paid java bootcamp I didn't pursue

-Getting somewhat savvy with git/github, IDEs, and very comfortable with operational logic and scoping from modding games

-Lots of IT experience, so I never really have configuration/interfacing issues

-finished the w3schools "webdev" track (JS/HTML/CSS/PHP/SQL) along with a few other

Where I'm at mentally:

-Haven't touched my PHP project in months

-Feel like I forgot everything I learned

-Feel like a fraud and like I probably have undiagnosed ADHD

-Constantly tempted to give up and dive into something even less likely to turn my life around

-Alienated from my friends who don't really understand why I'm struggling to get economic traction

The reason I'm interested in paired learning is because I believe in other people more than in myself - I struggle to invest in myself, working as a team on things always gives me limitless energy. If I work alone I typically will finish a step of the project I'm working on and then retreat away from the project rather than pushing it further continuously. Kinda just need a person that goes "okay next we need to..." and when they don't say that I say it, rinse repeat. That doesn't mean we constantly work, I know time is precious; it just means there is no official "hiatus".

  • truth [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Hey comrade! I'm a dev for work, I can't sit down for a video chat with you this week because I'm moving and also running for steering committee so it's a little hell ish, but feel free to DM me and we can chat.

    I understand the desire for LAMP but honestly I'd say just let your php projects go, you don't want to do business coding in php ( trust me, legacy php systems are a mess )

    I would say try out react and then after your front end is built out a little try setting up a graphQL backend through docker.

    This is sort of the modern version of a LAMP stack, it gets you up and moving to get started on web dev.

    I'm also partial to the Django framework which isn't used often anymore but I think it's fun and has everything you need to get moving pretty much right out of the box, but it is all in python so idk how you feel about python

    Finally, ChatGPT kinda sucks at actually coding but it is pretty good at answering questions, especially for DevOps type shit. Hope this helps!

    • OperationTupperware [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      thanks for the resources I'll check this stuff out and maybe we can connect at a later date for any questions I have on it