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amother

Wed, Dec 01 2021, 10:24 am

Kind of looking into this field. I don't have time or resources for a college degree at the moment, so I'm looking into things like YouTube tutorials and the occasional bootcamp. Has anyone done this successfully? Any tips?

amother

Currant

Wed, Dec 01 2021, 10:30 am

My husband tried self-teaching for months
He even tried a program with a mentor, but you read and learn the material yourself.
It was all a waste of time and money.
He ended up taking Avrumy Friedman's full-stack programming course remotely (af lives in Lakewood.) It was totally worth it - less than 10k and finished in 9 months.
If you'd like the contact info, I'll ask a mod to connect us

amother

Cornsilk

Wed, Dec 01 2021, 10:40 am

dh did. last year in covid, he taught himself with youtube tutorials and udemy. Now he's got an amazing job as a front end developer in a company!!

amother

Cornsilk

Wed, Dec 01 2021, 10:41 am

But that's his type, he loves sitting in front of the computer and figuring things out Laugh

corolla

Wed, Dec 01 2021, 10:50 am

amother [ Currant ] wrote:

Is 9 mos considered average, or quicker than usual? Was he able to get a job?

corolla

Wed, Dec 01 2021, 10:50 am

amother [ Cornsilk ] wrote:

dh did. last year in covid, he taught himself with youtube tutorials and udemy. Now he's got an amazing job as a front end developer in a company!!

So cool! How long did it take him? Which tutorials?

amother

Cornsilk

Wed, Dec 01 2021, 10:55 am

corolla wrote:

So cool! How long did it take him? Which tutorials?

from learning his first line of code, to getting his job - was just under a year!

I can ask him, but I think he started learning basic html and css, then moved on to javascript and react, python.

he used w3 schools, youtube tutorials..

corolla

Wed, Dec 01 2021, 11:09 am

amother [ Cornsilk ] wrote:

Wow. So interesting.

amother

Aquamarine

Wed, Dec 01 2021, 11:46 pm

corolla wrote:

Is 9 mos considered average, or quicker than usual? Was he able to get a job?

9 months is considered average for a boot camp. I got a job right after taking the same one - avrumi Friedman's course lakewoodprogramming.com.
There are other pretty good boot camps out there as well - full stack academy, general assembly...

amother

Pearl

Thu, Dec 02 2021, 5:31 am

My daughter did a 9 month online boot camp with bloc. (part time - full time is quicker) It cost something under $10,000, less for women, and they guarantee your money back if you don't get a job within 6 months.

She has a job now she is very happy with.

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