I just started a coding program and I am slowly discovering more and more. How should I manage my focus down to what is important in transition from a boot camp to the work field. The program is a 6 month online course with Berkeley extension program. It will teach me full stack development after I finish, I want to hit the ground running and would love to hear guidance on how to accomplish that! As I type I have little to no knowledge on coding or programming. Thanks if you read this and good luck on your journey!
CodingObliqua
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Explain Coding Like I'm Five
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Imagine you have a toy box with lots of different types of toys - blocks, balls, cars, and dolls.
Now imagine that you want to build a special toy castle using these toys. But, you need to tell someone else how to build it.
Coding is like giving instructions to build something, but instead of using toys, you use a special language that computers can understand. This language is called a programming language.
Just like you need to put the toys in a specific order to build the castle, you need to put the instructions in a specific order to create a program.
Once you have written your instructions, you give them to the computer, and it follows them exactly as you wrote them. The computer uses these instructions to perform specific tasks, like playing a game, searching the internet, or calculating numbers.
Coding is like giving a set of instructions to the computer to perform specific tasks, using a special language that the computer can understand.
Now go build that castle!
I’d suggest doing some independent projects in areas you find interesting. Also work on algorithm and data source problems on sites like leetcode.