LOL I just looked at the thread title and it looks like a spambot at work.I typed a long post but lost it so I retyped the bare bones...
I've been nervously wondering whether to make this post but I've always gotten good advice here and most of the members are nice.
I came across this a few weeks back:
https://hackernoon.com/learn-to-code-in-2018-get-hired-and-have-fun-along-the-way-b338247eed6a
This chap Andrei Neagoie has offered the links for free above but also charges for his course on Udemie:
I noticed one negative review from Zhixi Chen: If you think you can be a guru by simply take this class, think again. Any topics of this class takes months and years before you fully master it. However, if you'd like to start your career as a web developer, you come to the right place. This might be the best choice. Give it a shot. It's up to you.
Three further links on coding:
https://medium.freecodecamp.org/a-cautionary-tale-of-learning-to-code-my-own-eddb24d9d5a7
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/learn-...ithout-stress/
https://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10-things/10-signs-that-you-arent-cut-out-to-be-a-developer/
A bit of background: I've been doing dead end jobs for a while. The only IT roles I did was some marketing and research for less than a year and a year also doing Change admin with some support work for a huge outsourcing firm I don't want to name. For over a decade my health has suffered and someonje suggested I look into the civil service or NNHS as every few years I get ill for a few months and they have good policies for illness at least according to this mentor of mine. I've got huge gaps in my employment history I could easily cover up but I prefer honesty. I haven't tried programming since ZX Spectrum days and a few weeks at college but I used to hate it. I saw one of the posts in the coding forum on here and it was saying programming is not that hard, but I see plenty of opinions online and from old friends who found it very very hard.
The thing is I royally screwed up my degree a few years back because they capped all my grades due to late submission. I'm still kicking myself for that. So can you guys give me some advice. I'm now 40 and sick of wasted years. I also had to care for a sick parent for a few years after my ****ty degree. Please advise. Would an alternative be to get into helpdesk role and do some kind of paid certifiications? Time is running out for me I even considered a masters degree that gave good vocational experience but I'm certain my crappy grade at degree level prevents that although I have some related experience to the course.
edit- Someone I spoke to said learn the above and freelance, another person said learn the language Swift or go into Android app development.
Please advise me peeps and be nice, please.
I've been nervously wondering whether to make this post but I've always gotten good advice here and most of the members are nice.
I came across this a few weeks back:
https://hackernoon.com/learn-to-code-in-2018-get-hired-and-have-fun-along-the-way-b338247eed6a
This chap Andrei Neagoie has offered the links for free above but also charges for his course on Udemie:
I noticed one negative review from Zhixi Chen: If you think you can be a guru by simply take this class, think again. Any topics of this class takes months and years before you fully master it. However, if you'd like to start your career as a web developer, you come to the right place. This might be the best choice. Give it a shot. It's up to you.
Three further links on coding:
https://medium.freecodecamp.org/a-cautionary-tale-of-learning-to-code-my-own-eddb24d9d5a7
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/learn-...ithout-stress/
https://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10-things/10-signs-that-you-arent-cut-out-to-be-a-developer/
A bit of background: I've been doing dead end jobs for a while. The only IT roles I did was some marketing and research for less than a year and a year also doing Change admin with some support work for a huge outsourcing firm I don't want to name. For over a decade my health has suffered and someonje suggested I look into the civil service or NNHS as every few years I get ill for a few months and they have good policies for illness at least according to this mentor of mine. I've got huge gaps in my employment history I could easily cover up but I prefer honesty. I haven't tried programming since ZX Spectrum days and a few weeks at college but I used to hate it. I saw one of the posts in the coding forum on here and it was saying programming is not that hard, but I see plenty of opinions online and from old friends who found it very very hard.
The thing is I royally screwed up my degree a few years back because they capped all my grades due to late submission. I'm still kicking myself for that. So can you guys give me some advice. I'm now 40 and sick of wasted years. I also had to care for a sick parent for a few years after my ****ty degree. Please advise. Would an alternative be to get into helpdesk role and do some kind of paid certifiications? Time is running out for me I even considered a masters degree that gave good vocational experience but I'm certain my crappy grade at degree level prevents that although I have some related experience to the course.
edit- Someone I spoke to said learn the above and freelance, another person said learn the language Swift or go into Android app development.
Please advise me peeps and be nice, please.
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