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thebrontosaurus

over 6 years

Either way, the more I think and chat about it, the more and more sense it appears to make for the long term.

thebrontosaurus

over 6 years

Togepi says

OKAY SO YOU WANT TO KNOW THE TRUUUTTTTHHH?

Anyone can teach themselves how to code, duh. BUT to get anywhere in this business as self-taught is hard(er) than going through a bootcamp.

Obviously I went through one and came out very well on the other side, but you need to see what these bootcamps offer in terms of job placement.

Is thing only thing that they can offer is some half*ss job placement, it's probably not a good idea to shell out $$$$ for something that isn't going to give you the best possible chance of you to be employed and to make money. Decent money.

Saw that you want to do web development. There's a few different routes you can go here. If you want to do something like make and maintain CMS webpages, learning PHP and a couple of CMSes (Drupal, Wordpress, Magento, etc.) would be a good idea. A lot of the popular CMSes also have headless versions of them so you can pick up UI work there if you'd like. (Headless Drupal is kind of sick with React) If you want to be like I WANT TO BE A JAVASCRIPT DEVELOPER figure out what you want to do. Javascript can do pretty much everything now and you need to know if you want to focus on front end/UI or API / end point building.

This is super helpful - thanks. Was hoping you'd reply.

I've recruited people out of the few bootcamps I'm considering, and chatted with my colleagues about their experience on the side of the applicant and the support they got, so I feel pretty good about the outcomes and support.

Web development seems like a good starting point, but I won't really know what I like until I do it. The bootcamps I'm looking at are mostly javascript/ruby focused, but I won't know where I want to specialize until I've been doing it for a bit.

Basically though what I'm hearing is that the more you know upfront, the easier it will be. The challenge is finding time to get enough of a knowledge base while working full-time.

groundhogday

over 6 years

Togepi says

OKAY SO YOU WANT TO KNOW THE TRUUUTTTTHHH?

Anyone can teach themselves how to code, duh. BUT to get anywhere in this business as self-taught is hard(er) than going through a bootcamp.

Obviously I went through one and came out very well on the other side, but you need to see what these bootcamps offer in terms of job placement.

Is thing only thing that they can offer is some half*ss job placement, it's probably not a good idea to shell out $$$$ for something that isn't going to give you the best possible chance of you to be employed and to make money. Decent money.

Saw that you want to do web development. There's a few different routes you can go here. If you want to do something like make and maintain CMS webpages, learning PHP and a couple of CMSes (Drupal, Wordpress, Magento, etc.) would be a good idea. A lot of the popular CMSes also have headless versions of them so you can pick up UI work there if you'd like. (Headless Drupal is kind of sick with React) If you want to be like I WANT TO BE A JAVASCRIPT DEVELOPER figure out what you want to do. Javascript can do pretty much everything now and you need to know if you want to focus on front end/UI or API / end point building.

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MonteCarrlo

over 6 years

everyone codes so become something like a dog walker

Shwartz99

over 6 years

is this implying that you're planning to buy epicmafia

MeetTerry

over 6 years

lol good luck

Togepi

over 6 years

AdrenalineMime says

cant believe togepi went from this to a fortune 500 CTO in 2.5 years

Oh my God!! I've come so far lmao

Togepi

over 6 years

OKAY SO YOU WANT TO KNOW THE TRUUUTTTTHHH?

Anyone can teach themselves how to code, duh. BUT to get anywhere in this business as self-taught is hard(er) than going through a bootcamp.

Obviously I went through one and came out very well on the other side, but you need to see what these bootcamps offer in terms of job placement.

Is thing only thing that they can offer is some half*ss job placement, it's probably not a good idea to shell out $$$$ for something that isn't going to give you the best possible chance of you to be employed and to make money. Decent money.

Saw that you want to do web development. There's a few different routes you can go here. If you want to do something like make and maintain CMS webpages, learning PHP and a couple of CMSes (Drupal, Wordpress, Magento, etc.) would be a good idea. A lot of the popular CMSes also have headless versions of them so you can pick up UI work there if you'd like. (Headless Drupal is kind of sick with React) If you want to be like I WANT TO BE A JAVASCRIPT DEVELOPER figure out what you want to do. Javascript can do pretty much everything now and you need to know if you want to focus on front end/UI or API / end point building.

Togepi

over 6 years

*slides in*

AdrenalineMime

over 6 years

cant believe togepi went from this to a fortune 500 CTO in 2.5 years

AdrenalineMime

over 6 years

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groundhogday

over 6 years

PeanutMarmaduke says

i really like dinosaurs but id khow to make a job out of it

glue feathers on ur arms and panhandle in upper Manhattan

groundhogday

over 6 years

vilden says

Sup man. I found major relaxation in learning how to cook

lol gay

PeanutMarmaduke

over 6 years

i really like dinosaurs but id khow to make a job out of it

groundhogday

over 6 years

lol

groundhogday

over 6 years

https://youtu.be/ecE2NzkBTl0

groundhogday

over 6 years

i never had any interests i won't have a career i have no f*cking regrets i guess i'll have another beer

PeanutMarmaduke

over 6 years

groundhogday says

what the f*cks a career

groundhogday

over 6 years

what the f*cks a career

thebrontosaurus

over 6 years

vilden says

Sup man. I found major relaxation in learning how to cook

hey dude. cooking is great, I enjoy it. I would totally consider going pro at it if the hours and benefits were better - loved working in a kitchen when i was younger, but couldn't imagine the lifestyle now.

thebrontosaurus

over 6 years

Pinks says

Hey - Im a developer myself IRL. I would take a look at some learning websites:

teamtreehouse.com (You have to pay a monthly price but this is SO great for beginners I can't recommend it enough. It's great for all levels but they have tons of stuff for ppl just starting out)

egghead.io (more advanced)

Thanks - will take a look at all of these. Currently working through Flatiron School's bootcamp prep tutorial so I'll investigate these more once I work through that.

Eli says

hackerrank and codecademy are free alternatives

coding is a lot of problem solving if that's your thing

your coding ability, like any other skill, decays if you don't do it frequently.

don't be scared to write bad code, you can make it more efficient as you learn

programming is a huge field, specializing is common

- cs student

good tips, thanks. I assume the process will be like when i learned guitar, and couldn't play anything audible for the first few months.

jimmyjimjam says

if you do it can you fix the site pls

Flourish says

Make a goal to buy the site from lucid and fix it - your first motivation. Thank me later ;P

ha, no thank you :)

Memoji

over 6 years

Robots will do that job in the near future tho.

Memoji

over 6 years

Don't become a developer. It's a trap!

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illuminati says

Carrots are the only veggies that can rock sunglasses

Radish is literally rad, you guys are stupid.

vilden

over 6 years

Sup man. I found major relaxation in learning how to cook