Full-stack developers are full of future career opportunities. Let’s see why that seems to be the case, and how you can become one.
When you decide to start a new career in IT, obviously you’ll go to course X to fill job X, right? It’s that simple.
For example, to be able to do a front-end developer’s job, you go and find yourself a front-end developer course. But if you’d rather become a sysadmin, then you go and take a system administrator course. And if you want to work as an IT project manager, then you go and find yourself an IT project manager course instead. Easy-peasy.
But what about full-stack development? It’s an odd one out, isn’t it. There are not so many full-stack developer job adverts. You’re far more likely to first meet the term “full-stack” in the context of programming courses than in the name of open positions.
Why is that? Why do bigger programming schools offer some kind of a full-stack development course then?
You might have already guessed that the secret is in the name, „full” stack. And you’re right.
Imagine full-stack like a complete, multi-storey geeky tool-box, instead of just a set of screwdrivers. One that could in fact serve you as your future-survival kit in a few years’ time.
Why so sure?
We’ll get to that, too. First, let’s look at the big picture, and the „future-proof” part of the story.
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The future looks digital – and quite unclear otherwise
We don’t know what the future will look like. No one knows. But it definitely looks digital, and not just for us. See supporting opinions here, here and here.
Of course, we could just as well just get blown up in the air in a huge nuclear explosion tomorrow, or fall victims to an even trickier virus next year. Or to an alien civilisation casually deciding to destroy our planet on a sunny Thursday (in which case you’ll just need a towel as a survival kit on you, as we all know).
But we humans like to believe that we actually do have a future – a hopefully bright and exciting one -, and can prepare for it.
The question is: how to prepare for an unpredictable, but most probably digital future?
Skills you'll need: coding and empathy
The two skills you’ll need are coding and empathy.
Coding, because the future is going to be digital, and it’s better to be the one who builds it – starting today.
There is a huge tech talent gap in the world already, and experts say it will only grow in the next ten years. Most low-skill jobs will be taken over by automation and brand new, high-skill tech-related specialist jobs will be created. Prepare for a long, gradual change. Take your first step getting a solid education in tech today, and you might be more ready to reinvent yourself in one of those sci-fi jobs in the later future.
And empathy, because of all the uncertainty.
Empathy is “the action of understanding, being aware of and being sensitive to the feelings of others”. It helps with identifying problems and coming up with solutions to them – even to future problems later, that we cannot yet imagine. You can teach a lot of things to robots, but it would be most difficult to teach human-like empathy.
Notice, that in a digital future both hard and soft skills are likely to come handy.
Coding - okay. But why full-stack development?
Study full-stack development and you can be anything you want. Now, that’s of course a generalisation, but not as far from the truth as you’d think.
A full-stack developer can handle all the work of databases, servers, systems engineering, front end and back end.
Full-stack development is the jolly joker of digital skillsets and always a safe bet – especially if you don’t know too much about any specialisations yet, or if strong foundations are your priority.
Ever heard of the T-shape professional? It means that the person has a solid understanding of their field overall (symbolised by the wide horizontal top of the “T”) and in-depth knowledge in one the special areas in that field (which would be the long vertical leg of the “T”).
At a full-stack development course, you become a T-shaped digital professional. You get the multi-storey geeky toolbox and real expertise in using some tools of your choice.
In a largely unknown digital future just in front of us, who knows which digital tool will you be lucky to have in your box in 5 years’ time?
Not all full-stack development courses are created equal
It’s easy to say, “learn everything now to be on the safe side for tomorrow,” – but really, who can afford that?
The good news is that our flagship 12-month full-time Full-stack development course comes with flexible post-payment options.
But how can you make sure you will be able to afford post-payment when you are just another newbie in a brand-new field of expertise? Well, for example, with a job guarantee.
If you enroll in our full-time full-stack development course, you will automatically be eligible for our job guarantee, and we’ll help you land your very first tech job at one of our 300+ business partners.
Too good to be true? We know, still, it is true. We have a 90% success rate in finding a job for our students. And they like their new jobs so much that 80% of them are still with the same company we found for them initially.
Fine, you might say. But how can you be sure that full-stack development is for you?
First of all, you will know much better by the end of our short application process, where we will help you find out if you have what it takes. We will ask you some simple questions for a start, then invite you for a short interview, and then test your logic skills in a cool little game.
You don’t need any tech background to study with us. You need to be 18+, an English speaker, and up for the ride!
If you pass, you will have a few weeks to get a feel of the kraft. We charge a very limited fee for the first module to give you a chance to change your mind before making a real commitment.
You will experience the Codecool way of learning during the first module already. Our mastery-based project portfolio-building methodology is built to bring the world of coding closer to you. Our pro mentors and their growth mindset will help you bring out your hidden digital talent. You will learn key soft skills, including empathy, in parallel with working on hard skills, like a variety of programming languages and platforms and an agile way of working.
And in the last module, you will have the chance to pick a specialization and work on the vertical leg of your “T”, too.
These are some of the things that we see our students find essential and that our clients also appreciate.
However, as we mentioned in the beginning, not all courses are the same, and all of this is not important for everyone. It might be a good idea to make a list of your priorities and preferences and check out more than one available course before making a decision.
Full-stack developers - full of opportunities
Our full-stack course will open up a world of opportunities for you. You will not just be skilled enough to become a junior full-stack developer, you will be a strong candidate for almost any junior tech job – like a front-end developer, back-end developer, sysadmin, tester, IT project manager, or any other similar junior position.
You will have the chance to collect a nice salary even in a starter position. Tech jobs are known to be well-paid because they require a valuable, quality skillset that you’ll already possess when you’re done with our course.
And you will have peace of mind from the fact that you are on the right track. You have just proved yourself by completing a demanding tech course, gained a bunch of new friends and built a skillset, ready for a digital future.
Want to know the feeling? We would love you to know it. Take the first step today: check out our upcoming Full-Stack Development courses for your location, and just hit apply.
Can’t wait to talk to you!