About Us

While the demand for web developers only increases, becoming one can be quite a journey!

Our background

The Web Dev Path project was idealized in 2020 in consequence of many conversations with aspirant web developers as well as by considering some personal experiences.

When talking to other junior developers, it was evident the lack of practical experience with version control in a team dynamic was making their integration in a professional environment harder.

Peer reviews

Most of those new graduates used a version control feature, such as GitHub or Bitbucket, as a repository for their personal projects where they were the only participants. So, all that “branch out and PR review” enriching process was completely unknown to them.

That happened to be a problem either for being considered for “junior” positions and after being hired because, in most cases, their team lead was a very, very busy senior developer…

Version control

Another problem found out is that collaborating with open-source projects, the way it is possible to gain some version control experience, can be quite intimidating since there isn’t a clear mentoring aspect.

It can take years for someone to develop “a logic mindset” that allows solving a problem by using a programming language, so just going to an open-source project with a list of available tasks that don’t make any sense won’t cut it.

Our goals

1

To provide a safe space for juniors to learn how to communicate in a simulated professional environment.

2

To offer more detailed tasks (GitHub issues) and help the developer assimilate the logical mindset required in a structured project, under guidance following the industry’s best practices throughout the entire process.

Our purpose

To do so, we're coding this platform in Next.js. In the short term, we intend to have a blog where the participants can post anything related to the web development world.

The ultimate purpose though is to make this platform a portal where Non-Profit Organizations can find support for their web products. That way, new graduates can gain some experience while helping a good cause.

Wanna learn more?

Junior Developers

If you are a junior web developer looking for some guidance and mentoring, we invite you to join us and start coding our platform. You will learn how to code in a team environment by following issue's instructions and submitting your code to our repository through a PR while guided throughout the entire process.

Our wiki

Experienced Developers

If you are an experienced and patient-loving developer, a true rockstar who wants to mentor juniors, it will be wonderful to have your help to review those PR's, write detailed issues and guide the developers when necessary.

How to get started?

After taking a look at our project README and wiki, just send us an email sharing with us about your journey in tech and why you’re interested in joining us.
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Who we are

Kimberly Cashwell

UI/UX

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www.kimcashwell.com

Kim loves to design interfaces with the purpose of helping people. She enjoys solving problems with UX and is always learning a new tool or concept.

Camila Santos

UI/UX

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www.behance.net/letsgocami

Camila is a UI Designer who loves traveling and is passionate about all parts of the creative process. She believes that creating layouts is a team collaboration work process.

Cheryl M.

Full-Stack Developer

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Cheryl is a Full-Stack web and mobile developer who loves learning and creating tools to make life easier and improve efficiency. She also enjoys problem-solving and helping new developers

Klesta Luli

Front-End Developer

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www.klesdev.com

Klesta is a Front-End developer who enjoys merging creative and technical skills to provide useful tools people can use to make their lives easier.

Vincent Medina

Web Developer

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vmcodes.com

Vincent is a professional in the IT industry and also a web developer that enjoys contributing to open-source projects in his spare time.

Jana Behfarshad

Project Founder

Web Developer

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A web dev mum who dreams of teaching her children and others coding. The tech industry is revolving hastily towards creating, inspiring, and contributing to the world. Let's all be a part of it!

Mariana Caldas

Project Founder, Team Lead

Front-End Developer | Scrum Master

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www.marianacaldas.com

Mariana is a Front-End developer who strongly believes in the power of sharing knowledge.

Still got questions?

Feel free to contact us.