{"id":1098,"date":"2024-01-09T14:09:03","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T14:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepixelcurve.com\/edubin\/lp\/?p=1098"},"modified":"2026-10-22T19:19:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T17:19:05","slug":"how-i-learnt-web-design-while-working-full-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/online-course\/how-i-learnt-web-design-while-working-full-time\/","title":{"rendered":"How I Learnt Web Design While Working Full Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1098\" class=\"elementor elementor-1098\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfc562f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bfc562f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed5e29d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ed5e29d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60171d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60171d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tI worked in an office in Johannesburg from eight to five, so I only had evenings. At first I tried to study for hours, and I quit after two weeks. Then I switched to forty-five minutes a night, and that stuck.\n\nI started with simple pages, then moved to layouts and finally a small site for a friend&#8217;s bakery.\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">Small steps, done every day, add up faster than you expect.\n\n<cite>Pieter van der Merwe, Web Development Instructor<\/cite><\/blockquote>\nThe CSS Layouts with Flexbox and Grid course gave me the structure I needed. I could pause when work got busy and carry on later without losing my place.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89124e4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"89124e4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13f9db8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"13f9db8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1fdfe2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e1fdfe2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/online-course\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerlyn-smiling-south-african-woman-in-her-forties-a-worki-214ef-768x432.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1072\" alt=\"Smiling South African woman in her forties, a working professional, holding a tablet and a notebook in a bright Rosebank\" srcset=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/online-course\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerlyn-smiling-south-african-woman-in-her-forties-a-worki-214ef-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/online-course\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerlyn-smiling-south-african-woman-in-her-forties-a-worki-214ef-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/online-course\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerlyn-smiling-south-african-woman-in-her-forties-a-worki-214ef-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/online-course\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerlyn-smiling-south-african-woman-in-her-forties-a-worki-214ef-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/online-course\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerlyn-smiling-south-african-woman-in-her-forties-a-worki-214ef.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94a5365 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"94a5365\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5143ecf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5143ecf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/online-course\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerlyn-overhead-angle-desk-flat-lay-of-an-adult-learner-s-2166f-1024x576.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1073\" alt=\"Overhead-angle desk flat lay of an adult learner&apos;s online-study setup: open laptop, blank notebooks, pens, phone, sticky\" srcset=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/online-course\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerlyn-overhead-angle-desk-flat-lay-of-an-adult-learner-s-2166f-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/online-course\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerlyn-overhead-angle-desk-flat-lay-of-an-adult-learner-s-2166f-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/online-course\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerlyn-overhead-angle-desk-flat-lay-of-an-adult-learner-s-2166f-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/online-course\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerlyn-overhead-angle-desk-flat-lay-of-an-adult-learner-s-2166f-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/online-course\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerlyn-overhead-angle-desk-flat-lay-of-an-adult-learner-s-2166f.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-550d9f2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"550d9f2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7e21e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7e21e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Protect your study time<\/h4>\n\n<p>I told my family and colleagues that Tuesday and Thursday evenings were for learning. Switching off my phone notifications made a big difference. Even on tired days, I opened the lesson and did one small task.<\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Build something real<\/h4>\n\n<p>Every lesson ended with a small exercise, and I saved each one. After three months I had a portfolio I could show to clients, and my first paid project came from a friend of a friend.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I worked in an office in Johannesburg from eight to five, so I only had evenings. At first I tried to study for hours, and I quit after two weeks. Then I switched to forty-five minutes a night, and that stuck. 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