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Anyone work in software dev/programming here? 2017-06-06 01:02:49 Post No. 60769016
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First time on /g/, sorry if these threads shit up the board, I've been doing motion graphics and video related work for awhile now and was thinking about trying to learn to code and switch up my career. I've worked at a government contracting company and a marketing firm but now I've got a pretty basic graphic design job and while it doesn't make me want to kill myself I don't see it taking me too far. I know basically nothing about code outside of a little bit from using After Effects, is it worth getting into? It seems like a lucrative career and I am in a position now where I can go to school for it if I want. Any advice?
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>>60769016
Where do you live? Makes a big difference.
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>>60769042
Oklahoma City.
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>>60769250
It was lucrative for me, but I self-taught myself from a relatively young age and took core classes in CS. Also had a STEM degree. Transitioned from a shitty IT job to a dev role and basically tripled my salary.
There's tons of online courses from universities and sites out there that give great tutorials, especially for web dev. I would start with one of those since you've never even programmed before. Unless you dedicate yourself full-time to something like this, it'll probably take a couple of years. Shouldn't be a problem if you have the interest.
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>>60769901
I know a good trade school that has a software development course. I don't have a degree though. What are some good tutorials to start off with?
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>>60770362
Free Code Camp, The Odin Project, etc. Never used them myself but heard good things. Like I said, there's tons of these websites for web dev and almost all of them are free or dirt cheap. If you find the interest is there after programming for a while, then the next step is clear since you have no degree. As long as you're okay financially and have someone to support you, take courses at your local community college and get a BS.
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