Brad Traversy

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Brad Traversy
@traversymedia
Full Stack Web Developer & Educator. Check out all of my courses at traversymedia.com 1000+ free tutorials at youtube.com/traversymedia
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Joined October 2012
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Brad Traversy
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This was 13 years ago. The turning point. I was broke as hell, jobless, fresh out of drug rehab with a new kid. I just started learning to code, but had no clue where I was going in life. I still had a feeling that everything would be ok. Always try and be hopeful for the future
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I have been working on my challenges, algorithms & data structures course. 6-8 hours per day doing iteration, recursion, linked lists, binary trees, BST, time & space complexity, graphs & adjacency matrices/lists My brain hurts 🤯 You'll pass your interviews after this course
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Today my baby girl turned 15! Before she was born I was a drug addict headed for death or back to jail. She literally saved my life. She is my everything ❤️ Even though she is too "cool" to even give me a hug on her bday 🙄
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Many people in tech are cocky and arrogant, and act like they know everything. In my experience, the smartest people are the ones that don't have the constant urge to prove how smart they are to everybody. Instead, they are always looking to learn from others.
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HOLIDAY GIVEAWAY 🎄❄️☃️ As we are approaching the holidays, I've decided to giveaway 5x $200 Amazon Gift Cards. ⭐️ Rules: Follow (if you haven't already), like and retweet Winners will be picked at random and announced on Monday Dec 14th Happy Holidays! #giveaway #Giveaways
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4 years of hard work and dedication. I would never had expected to get even close to 1M subs. Thank you to anyone that has ever even watched one second of my videos. I am truly grateful 🙏
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I just want to thank all of you that have watched my tutorials, purchased a course or just followed me in any way You have allowed me to do what I love and make a great living to support my family. I am eternally grateful to all of you! Just felt the need to say that 🙏🙏❤️
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My wife Jen is on day 10 of quitting smoking. I quit about a decade ago and have been nagging and begging her to stop ever since. She finally did. I just wanted to share that 😊
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No programming Tweets today. I want to pay my respects to George Floyd and do my part to bring more light to the racial injustice in this country. If this offends you, feel free to unfollow me. We wouldn’t get along anyway.
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I am the proud father of a high school graduate 👩‍🎓 and soon to be college student! It’s bittersweet because I am so happy for her but I also miss carrying that little girl on my shoulders. Yesterday I realized that out of my mother, father, sister and myself, none of us
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Programming is hard. If you have experience, look for opportunities to help others. Remember how you felt when you started. And please never look down on or belittle someone that is confused. Let’s “Make Stackoverflow Great Again!”
Brad Traversy
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We finally did it. 2 MILLION subs! 🙂 Thank you so much to anyone that has subscribed or even watched my videos over the years. 100K seemed unfathomable at one point. I'm VERY grateful ❤️ Thanks for letting me do what I love! I look forward to creating more content in 2023.
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I just learned that my tutorials are used in a women's prison in Arizona. That just made my day 🙂 I love helping people, but especially in that situation. I know what it's like to be locked up and the fact that I could help them escape into my videos is the best feeling ever
Brad Traversy
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Modern JS From The Beginning 2023 is almost done! I have spent the last 5-6 months on this course, It will include everything from "what is an array?" to execution context, DOM, APIs, OOP, browser APIs, iterators, data structures, tooling, algorithms and yes, testing 😉
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When I was 17 I was arrested for car theft and drug charges. I told the judge “I plan on going to college for computers” The judge said sarcastically, “The computer industry will have to wait for Mr Traversy” and sentenced me to 90 days Took a few more tries, but I made it
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Remember not to compare yourself to other developers, especially on social media, youtube, etc. You are seeing the best of them. You don't see their struggles, however you do see all of your own
Brad Traversy
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A lot of you know I have a son with special needs. He is non-verbal and has a lot of cognitive & growth issues I had to share this. He went to a trampoline park and went on the zip line all by himself. I can’t even explain how proud if him I am and how happy this makes me 🥲
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💰 Web Developer Side Income Ideas 💰 - Freelance - Create a SaaS - Create a Course - Create a YouTube Channel - Live Stream - Blog - Write an Ebook - Create Templates, Plugins, Animations, etc - Mentor People - Resell Web Hosting - Build / Flip Websites Other ideas welcome 🙂
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My daughter had me run into Starbucks and get her a Javachip Frappuccino. I swear I almost said “JavaScript Frappuccino” 😂 I think I need some time off soon 😕
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I feel like I am not long for the YouTube world. Over the past 10 years, demands have changed drastically. For example,
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had 30+ part series on various languages and they did great. Now, a 45 min tutorial is too long. Attention spans have diminished.
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Don't feel stupid for having to Google the same stuff over and over. As long as you know how to find the answers, you're good. As a programmer, your job is to find solutions, and using resources and tools is a huge part of that
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A lot of you know about my son’s disabilities. He is non-verbal and has a chromosome disorder. He is also the happiest person that I know and lives his life to the fullest. Nobody else on the dancefloor and he’s loving it ❤️
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Brad Traversy
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No technology has the power to make you feel dumber than CSS does. It almost makes you feel like it is tricking you on purpose. CSS: "This worked yesterday, haha... Not today friend"
Brad Traversy
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Just an update for anyone who cares: I know I have been away from just about every platform. I have some personal stuff going on. I am dealing with some health issues again. Nothing serious or detrimental, just things that cause me discomfort and make it harder to work. I have
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Brad Traversy
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When I started freelancing, I was a complete noob. I learned along the way. If you wait until you feel completely ready, you'll be waiting forever. Don't overthink it. Take on that first client and give it your all.
Brad Traversy
@traversymedia
Raising a child with special needs is HARD. It puts extra stress on my relationship, it’s a lot of work physically/mentally and thinking about his future is very stressful, but this kid brightens my life up. He wakes up with a smile EVERY single morning. Best person I know ❤️🧩
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For senior developers working with juniors, interns, etc, I encourage you to try not to get frustrated with them, but to take the time to help. It will help you both in the long run. You were inexperienced at one time. Treat them how you would have wanted to be treated 🙂
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Don’t be afraid to put yourself out there and start freelancing, applying for jobs, making products, whatever. I NEVER felt ready before any of that stuff. I was always full of doubt. You have to shut that part of your brain off and just do it. Go get what you want!
Brad Traversy
@traversymedia
Coding is hard. Many of us get the feeling that maybe we aren't smart enough. Don't let those thoughts get to you. I still get them and It took a while, but now I just shrug them off.
Brad Traversy
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My wife laughed when I said that programming takes creativity 😐 It does seem like people who have never written code just think it's typing 1s and 0s. I hate that stereotype. It may not be on the level of art or music, but there is a creative process to it. What do you think?
Brad Traversy
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When it comes to programming, you don’t usually see the struggles of other people. You only see the results. Therefore you shouldn’t compare yourself to others. Compare yourself to YOU a month ago, a year ago, etc.
Brad Traversy
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I hate when I finally find the exact issue that I am having in a stackoverflow question, phrased exactly the way I need and I scroll down and there are 0 answers 😐