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Reason for taking the course: Corona became a turning point. She wanted to learn the correct knowledge efficiently.
After graduating from high school, I went to a culinary school. After graduating, I worked in a hotel kitchen in Chiba for about a year, then returned to my hometown and worked at my parents’ restaurant for about three years.
After the coronavirus outbreak, I decided to become a designer instead of working in the food and beverage industry, so I searched for a school and ended up at CodeCamp.
-Please tell us why you chose CodeCamp out of many schools.
I thought the plan was right for me. Honestly, there were a lot of candidates, but I had a strong feeling that I didn’t want to make a mistake in choosing a school. I read a lot of blog media and used it as a reference.
Some graduates from other schools said, “I re-entered another school because I couldn’t acquire the skills,” and to be honest, I didn’t want to do that.
CodeCamp has a high level of student satisfaction and the fact that lessons are held from morning until 11:40 p.m. is also appealing.
In addition, the deciding factor was that I thought it was cheap at about 200,000 yen for two months.
Walls of self-study: I couldn’t feel that I was improving my skills with books and free tools.
-At first, you were considering self-study instead of going to school. What books did you choose to study?
I’ve selected books that you can often find at bookstores that will teach you HTML and CSS skills in one book.
At first, I thought it was important to memorize the language, so I worked on creating a website for book assignments.
-How was it when you tried it?
It’s been about 3 weeks and I still feel like I’m not making any progress.
Even I couldn’t figure out what this was doing.
I decided to try something other than books, so I tried out some free programming learning tools.
-How did you like the free programming learning tool?
Honestly, it was difficult. I didn’t know what to do next because the curriculum was like a “dojo” where I said, “I won’t teach you anything, so you have to do it yourself!”
I didn’t know if the code was working properly, so even if I could create something similar to the example, I couldn’t shake the question, “Is this correct?”
When I was wondering if I should continue as I was, I heard that to become a web designer, you also need skills in “graphic tools.” I thought, “I’ll never be able to do it on my own!” and decided to study at school. I started considering it.
Try learning: Because you like it, you can get more and more into it. I thought it was fun.
-You said that you first started learning programming, but were you originally interested in programming and design?
I have always been interested in IT itself. I had tried creating a simple system in the past, and that’s when I became interested.
Even with simple operations, I felt it was fun when things worked well, so that’s when I became interested in programming and design.
– I see. You found programming fun! I think there is a way to master programming in the future, but what do you think about it?
I heard that when you first study, you should learn HTML and CSS first. At first, I thought I would become a web designer.
To be honest, at first, I didn’t even know the difference between a programmer and a designer.
After actually learning about it, I found programming to be a lot of fun, so I would like to improve my knowledge of programming in the future.
I’m starting to feel like I want to master programming more than using graphic tools, so I may decide to become a programmer in the future.
Learning with CodeCamp: You can quickly eliminate “I don’t understand”! So I moved forward!
– How did you like learning programming and design at CodeCamp?
It was very good! It’s more efficient than studying on your own.
The best thing was that if I didn’t understand, I could ask the teacher right away. This is huge.
There are no engineers around you or anyone you can listen to, so if you’re studying on your own, you’ll have to do some research. You can’t move forward if you don’t know what you found even after searching, or if you don’t know if it’s true in the first place, so you can ask your teacher and get a solution right away! That was good.
-Have you tried anything to improve your studies or have you faced any challenges during the limited two-month period?
I’m the type of person who can’t stop once I start something, and sometimes I get so absorbed in it that I don’t even sleep.
After joining CodeCamp, I cut back on my part-time work and started studying 5 days a week. I was able to get this far because I was interested in it and thought it was fun. I didn’t have any difficulty in continuing my studies.
In terms of the curriculum, I found JavaScript to be more difficult than HTML and CSS, so I struggled with that. In short, I felt that there was “more to do” with JavaScript than with HTML and CSS.
I also felt that Bootstrap was difficult. I found it a little difficult to use.
When a site becomes complex, I sometimes find it difficult to make adjustments.
-Honestly, was there anything you wanted to throw up or something that stopped you?
To be honest, there were times when I thought, “Let’s quit today!”
In such cases, I would immediately book a lesson and try to resolve the problem in the lesson.
However, there were times when I ended up solving the problem by trial and error on my own in the time leading up to the lesson (lol) In
those cases, I would ask the teacher other questions during the lesson to further my learning. Ta.
-Did you use carrier Talk?
used! I used Carrier Talk the most.
Portfolio creation is now included in the curriculum, but a while ago it wasn’t in the curriculum, so I received support from Career Talk to create a portfolio. (*Portfolio creation is only included in some curriculums)
This was a great help as I didn’t know what to do at first.
I also asked the teacher about things I didn’t understand while creating.
-That’s right! Was the instructor fixed?
yes. At first, I was learning from Mr. Kawaguchi, and he even taught me how to use Illustrator.
Mr. Nakamura taught me JavaScript and Bootstrap, and I finished it until the end.
-Did you ask the instructor about your career?
I haven’t heard it yet. I’m thinking of starting a career change, so I’d like to hear from you! I think. CodeCamp has career experts! I’m looking forward to hearing what you have to say.
-What kind of things would you like to hear about on Career Talk?
I would like to consult with you about how to prepare for interviews and how to find a job. When starting a job search, I have already created a portfolio, so I would like to consult with you about what to do from here.
Portfolio creation: Pursuing sophisticated simplicity!
-Please tell us what you were particular about and what was difficult when creating your portfolio!
The portfolio site itself was designed with simplicity in mind. On the other hand, I had decided that the works I would include in my portfolio would be “elaborate.” Easy to understand is important! That’s what I asked my teacher, so that’s what I put into practice.
-What was difficult about creating your portfolio?
I wanted to make full use of what I had learned. First, I created a design comp, but as I implemented it, my image of what I wanted to create kept changing, thinking, “Maybe I should do something more.” That was difficult.
My original plan was to include a contact form, but due to security considerations, I thought the best option would be to create one using Google Forms or PHP.
However, Google Forms has a fixed design and there is only so much you can do with it, so I didn’t want to include it.
While pursuing simplicity, we made careful selection and tried to create a site that took not only design but also security into consideration.
About the future: First, I will change jobs and eventually become a freelancer!
– Please tell us about your future goals and career vision.
I want to join a design agency. I would like to get a job where I can be involved in web design for various companies rather than managing my own company’s website.
I also have a desire to become a freelancer eventually.
Rather than working alone from the beginning, I would like to join a company and gain experience.
-Why do you want to become a freelancer when there are so many different paths?
I thought that being a freelancer would allow me to adjust my workload and be more flexible in terms of work environment.
I want to study more different languages and expand the range of things I can do.
-What is the driving force behind Yamamoto-sama’s “positive attitude toward various things”?
It’s simply a matter of whether you think it’s fun.
I think the more you can learn and do, the more fun it will be.
