Enterprise Newbie: After 20 Years in IT Support, I Finally Started Building Instead of Just Fixing

Short summary

A 20-year IT support veteran discovered frontend development by combining design with code, using interactive platforms like Scrimba instead of passive tutorials. They're now exploring product ideas for local business discovery and AI-powered recommendations. The breakthrough was shifting from tutorials to real-world project building.

• •Career transition from IT support to frontend dev by focusing on UX/design intersection
• •Interactive, hands-on learning (Scrimba) outperformed passive tutorials and video courses
• •Now building product ideas around identified market gaps (local business discovery, AI recommendations)

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