Creating a beginners learning plan

[Bartosz Szykuła]

Hello!

I found this forum because I'm looking for some help with my self development path. I'm working full time as a Graphic Designer in Poland but I want to change my profession to a Java Dev so I started learning from online courses.
I think I got some basic knowledge but I want to create something like a plan or just list some steps to take now. My first idea was to learn Java by creating a basic game and porting it to android, so I've found a next online course for that (I'm at a android porting part right now).
I would like to hear your opinion on what steps you think I should take to try finding a work as Junior Java Dev. Every time I read a job description I'm terrified by the requirements

So basically I'm asking you if you can help me with creating a plan or a list of things to look for to get a job as Junior.

Thank you for reading this - if you think that it's not enough info please ask me about anything.

P.S English isn't my native language so I'm sorry for any mistakes.

[Campbell Ritchie]

Sorry that nobody else has replied, and welcome to the Ranch

Please tell us how much Java® experience you have, and how much programming you know. Please search the Beginning Java® forum and the Java® in General forum, because there are quite a lot of people who ask similar questions.
I would suggest you open an account with Github or similar, so you can publish your work. If you aren't happy with a particular project, hide it
I would also suggest you ask your friends whether anybody needs some programming: do the football club need a database for storing their players' details, and matches, for example?

[Chris Ernst]

Hey Bartosz,

the part with the game is (I think) the best way to learn any language. Set a goal and take a look how it work and you'll see - hmm that's nice, that I wanna have in my game -

And if you want to make Java Dev as your main job, take a look with some basic stuff, design pattern, testing and so on (its my exp. from some job interviews ;) )

so good luck and rock on

cheers Chris