Morning SN faithfuls
Looking to undergo training in coding
And wondering if I should go full stack developer and get a rounded training or focus on front or back end ?
Any advice suggestions memes?
110 sats \ 1 reply \ @benstern 30 Oct 2022 freebie
Pick the one that suits your needs - https://roadmap.sh/
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @User21000000 OP 30 Oct 2022
I’ll dig into this website it looks great so far.
I guess I don’t know what my needs are? I guess I want to be very hireable especially to start with until I find a niche that I want to hone more into…
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1 sat \ 1 reply \ @orthzar 31 Oct 2022
Low time preference advice: learn Common Lisp. The essence of Common Lisp is that it is a programmable programming language. Most other programming languages lack the sort of programmability that Common Lisp provides. That probably doesn't make sense to you now, but I promise it will make sense eventually.
A word on the parentheses. They may seem superfluous at first, but they are extremely important. After learning Common Lisp, you will miss them in other languages. I know I do.
Here's some free books on Common Lisp:
https://gigamonkeys.com/book/ (2003)
https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/LispBook/book.pdf (1990)
https://leanpub.com/lovinglisp/read (2011, gets updated periodically)
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @User21000000 OP 31 Oct 2022
Thanks I’ll check that out
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @031ef7d322 31 Oct 2022
You’re likely to get better advice if you provide a little more info on:
- your existing background (technical or otherwise)
- what you think you might like to build
If you’re totally unsure about the second one, at least some info on what inspired you to pursue programming.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 30 Oct 2022
It depends on your commitment levels, timeline, and goals. I think CS college curriculums are pretty good but definitely a low time preference thing, expensive (if you don’t qualify for aid), and aren’t super targeted/vocational.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @User21000000 OP 30 Oct 2022
Yeah I have started doing some free intro courses on code academy to see what I think and if I can work out which way to go
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