Harsh Truth of Learning to Code

It's not the money you spend or the courses you take. It's YOU. You are the differentiating factor in whether or not you succeed in learning to code. Are you going to put in the work?

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[americanboy]

Yes sir! Here am I, a 27 year old self-studying in The Odin Project to become a front end developer. Wish me luck

[Warpgatez]

To be honest. Put in the work to learn how to read and understand and search through documentation and language specification. Because then, you essentially learn all languages. It’s just all syntax sugar and libraries at the end of the day.

[dulcecyanide]

Im doing a bootcamp for accountability and guidance from the instructors. The money invested is also a HUGE factor on focusing on learning otherwise I know I won’t do it.

There are those that are good at being self taught.
I’m not.

My thoughts:
Be honest with yourself about your learning style and drive.
You truly get what you put in with this career.
Chose your path accordingly.

[jackgikandi]

You 've just adjusted my path to becoming a software engineer. Just the video I needed.Thank you so much

[CaffeinateCollaborate]

Bam! It always comes down to YOU! If you are willing to put in the work, you can do anything.

[Priva_C]

You get something in boot camp that is priceless... A strong network!

[atuffcrowd]

Based on my experience, it was easier for me to get as a developer after receiving a certification from an acquitted university but you can learn everything on your own. It just may be harder to break in the door without any credentials.

[jm.]

It’s also not just syntax. Being a good developer is about problem solving. Passive learning is usually worse for problem solving ability.

[senesiethomas]

I agree to what he said that all depends on you if you are willing to put in the hours.

When I started as dba trainee I took a course and I found out that most often our instructor came in unprepared and sometimes he just reads from the book and a few hands on and most hands on he can’t complete coz we either run into an error and sometimes we could Google things.

I thought of a plan b to really search and study and my self study taught me more than I ever learnt from him. I started losing interest in the class and focusing on my own self study and I tell you grew rapidly and had more skin in the game.

[berthamayorga]

I'm new to this, thanks for your honest opinion. Be blessed

[AMultipolarWorldIsEmerging]

It’s ok to admit to yourself that you need a curriculum and a boot camp, me personally I know I need that. Otherwise I know I’ll slack and get lazy. I’m willing to spend 15k to make sure I get it done in 3 months and get some help landing a job. That pays for itself many times over. Doing it free means I have to do it all myself and design it all myself. I know I’m too lazy for that

[iwannagetlit]

100% agree. All that matters is can you do the job or not.

[IffyEdem]

College student here(2nd year at community for my degree for Embedded systems), and legit the courses at MDC for networking and how to think low level programming wise as helped me self teach to learn JavaScript, Python, http, sockets, server building, more advanced networking, data manipulation, and etc. I’m right now working on a website for a small EMS company in FL and building everything from raw code(python and JS no frameworks). It’s frustrating, but awesome! Especially me learning about CORS and how to bypass it via passing headers that will allow certain IPs!!

[tedg.]

Travis- You nailed it on the SPOT! That’s what exactly people needed to hear it. 💪🏻💪🏻

[Ricocase]

True, most camps just 'firehose' material at you. After taking your $, they'll tell you to teach yourself anyway, termed 'prep' for 80 to 100 hours. By that time, you can create projects on your own. Few actually measure a bootcamp's ability to teach. Former students have 0 experience. Save your $.

[geba]

Well you are saying that all 3 paths are the same because they will lead you to same goal. The final result is the same but the thing is that FREE courses are usually build the way that you watch and watch and watch videos. One topic is covered in 2-3 videos when you can learn it in 5 mins. Ofcourse you can just read not watch videos but most ppl learn watching tuts on youtube. Also free courses is a mess, you dobt know what you should learn. This makes much more effort, no guide for you so you need to do your own research and you will never know if what you learn will help you land a job or not. Thats whay paid courses are always a better choice because someone have to spend time making step by step guide, choose stuff that helps you. Udemy is good if you know what you need to learn, but if you want full guidance and be sure what you should learn then probably coursera or bootcamps is way to go.

[azbaroj]

Very very very well suggestions. Thanks a lot.

[dulannadeeja]

Great ! He explain the reality. Thank you.

[GuitarWithBrett]

There’s many more factors than syntax. I’d recommend a bootcamp where learn to work in a team and have pressure and structure to progress quick. Most Jrs struggles aren’t with syntax but team issues and problem solving

[RocketNation]

Thanks @TravisMedia. I'm 40 and just start to learn since 20 Jan. Long way to go 😥