Epicmafia

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

Togepi

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.

groundhogdayabout 8 years ago

Togepi

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.

gay

MonteCarrloabout 8 years ago

everyone codes so become something like a dog walker

Shwartz99about 8 years ago

is this implying that you're planning to buy epicmafia

MeetTerryabout 8 years ago

lol good luck

Togepiabout 8 years ago

AdrenalineMime

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

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

Togepiabout 8 years ago

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.

Togepiabout 8 years ago

*slides in*

AdrenalineMimeabout 8 years ago

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

AdrenalineMimeabout 8 years ago

paging @togepi

groundhogdayabout 8 years ago

PeanutMarmaduke

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

glue feathers on ur arms and panhandle in upper Manhattan

groundhogdayabout 8 years ago

vilden

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

lol gay

PeanutMarmadukeabout 8 years ago

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

groundhogdayabout 8 years ago

lol

groundhogdayabout 8 years ago

https://youtu.be/ecE2NzkBTl0

groundhogdayabout 8 years ago

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

PeanutMarmadukeabout 8 years ago

groundhogday

what the f*cks a career

groundhogdayabout 8 years agoedited

what the f*cks a career

thebrontosaurusabout 8 years ago

vilden

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.

thebrontosaurusabout 8 years ago

Pinks

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

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

if you do it can you fix the site pls

Flourish

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

ha, no thank you :)

Memojiabout 8 years ago

Robots will do that job in the near future tho.

Memojiabout 8 years ago

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

deleteddeletedabout 8 years ago

mysteriouscrystals

In short, cabbage is coolest because it is a very healthy vegetable that has loads of key health benefits and cancer prevention.
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illuminati

Carrots are the only veggies that can rock sunglasses

Radish is literally rad, you guys are stupid.

vildenabout 8 years ago

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

Coding