Is online college an actual thing that can actually get you a job?

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Is online college an actual thing that can actually get you a job? 2016-08-25 23:09:36 Post No. 17496984
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Is online college an actual thing that can actually get you a job? Anonymous 2016-08-25 23:09:36 Post No. 17496984 [Report]

I'm 20, and I live with my parents.

>Suck at school
>I'm studying coding in CodeAcademy
>Dad is paying $20 monthly for the courses while I pay him with handy man projects. (Fix wiring, roof, fix drywall holes, etc.)

>I've been really digging coding, so much that I pull about 2-3 hours of studying and taking notes every day.
>Wanna get a job as a programmer
>Realize I can't simply get a job by just studying a course online
>"Fuck, I need an ACTUAL diploma"
>I'm antisocial as fuck. I don't look weird, I just don't like talking to others

I've never done online college courses so here's my questions...

1.) Is it affordable? What does it depend on? What's the usual prize range?

2.) Do I get an actual diploma?

3.) Are diplomas from online courses actually considered as legit? Do companies actually acknowledge them?

4.) I always see advertisements for online colleges, so should I sign up for the online colleges that are advertised? Or sign up to an ACTUAL irl university/college and ask to join their online courses?

5.) If I want to work as a programmer,that means I will work with programming languages like python, Java, etc. Right? So if I wanted to stand out and be a decent programmer how many languages would I need to know?

Sorry guys, but I'm somewhat of a dumbass with school. And somewhat of a beta fuck. And I don't want to spend the rest of my time working at an airport. I feel like I need to try harder to get ahead.

Anonymous 2016-08-25 23:16:29 Post No.17497005
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Anonymous 2016-08-25 23:16:29 Post No.17497005 [Report]

I have no idea how reputable they are, but you're going to need some barebones social skills to handle applying for a job and interacting with coworkers. If you can't handle real life college how are you going to handle getting a job?

Anonymous 2016-08-25 23:20:41 Post No.17497018
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Anonymous 2016-08-25 23:20:41 Post No.17497018 [Report]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWjOhH7L-EE

Anonymous 2016-08-25 23:21:40 Post No.17497020
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Anonymous 2016-08-25 23:21:40 Post No.17497020 [Report]

>>17497005
I do have social skills don't get me wrong. And I can interact with others for the job's sake. Reason I sucked at school was because I never really realized how important it truly was until now.

Anonymous 2016-08-25 23:21:55 Post No.17497021
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Anonymous 2016-08-25 23:21:55 Post No.17497021 [Report]

>>17496984
no one gives a shit about a degree for code monkeys, you need a portfolio with decent projects.

Anonymous 2016-08-25 23:26:50 Post No.17497033
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Anonymous 2016-08-25 23:26:50 Post No.17497033 [Report]

>>17497021
So good looking projects. Sorry for the dumb question, but what kinda projects for languages like C++ and Java? I just started learning coding about 3 weeks ago, and I'm barely getting halfway of HTML and CSS. That I can understand, since you basically use websites as projects for the portfolio .
>>17497018
What's the animu about?

Anonymous 2016-08-25 23:31:14 Post No.17497047
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Anonymous 2016-08-25 23:31:14 Post No.17497047 [Report]

>>17497033
>what kinda projects for languages like C++ and Java
useful software you wrote, or contributions to other projects, usually you just provide your github account

Anonymous 2016-08-25 23:31:24 Post No.17497048
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Anonymous 2016-08-25 23:31:24 Post No.17497048 [Report]

>>17496984
do yourself a favor and google cs50 harvard.

codeacademy won't ever make you a decent programmer

Anonymous 2016-08-25 23:42:59 Post No.17497074
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Anonymous 2016-08-25 23:42:59 Post No.17497074 [Report]

>>17497048
Actually that was the first thing I liked up before CodeAcademy. Although it was confusing for me. I had to get a decent foundation of what I was getting myself into. What's wrong with CodeAcademy?

Anonymous 2016-08-26 00:08:52 Post No.17497126
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Anonymous 2016-08-26 00:08:52 Post No.17497126 [Report]

>>17497074
Youll get your foundation from the cs50 courses. It starts from 0. First course is about scratch (google it if you dont know what it is) and how computers work. Second is about basic commands in c. It doesnt get any more basic than this.

Codeacademy only teaches you the language, not how to properly use it. It doesn't teach you how to think as a programmer. Its decent for programmers who want to learn a different language but not for complete beginners.

Anonymous 2016-08-26 06:17:56 Post No.17498160
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>>17497126
You can also do project Euler to get some practice at solving problems and coding.
https://projecteuler.net/

Anonymous 2016-08-26 07:08:45 Post No.17498272
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Anonymous 2016-08-26 07:08:45 Post No.17498272 [Report]

>>17497033
Make a github account. Prove to your employers that you're worth hiring by creating impressive and interesting projects. Contribute to other projects. Get some other job experience if you haven't already.

As for projects, do something that interests YOU. It's incredibly hard to commit to something you aren't interested in. Not that rewarding either.

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