In January of 2019 I began contemplating my plans for the future. I was now 37 years old and after spending 17 years in the military in Jamaica I ...
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I myself was a US military veteran for 8 years from age 21-29. At age 30 decided to quit and transition to be a civilian, as a front-end developer. I taught myself at night times when both my wife and son are Zzzz by watching tons of youtube videos, googling/searching articles, and reading docs. Now, I have my own youtube channel hoping to help out someone like you as a payback to the community that once helped me. Writing and creating vids when my wife and son are Zzzz as well 😃. You may check out my channel when you get a chance - youtube.com/channel/UCFIwa5Eqf4kN1... might be a good coincidence us meeting here :D
It is definitely doable. You will definitely get a job no matter what type of IT you chose to pursue as long as you put in the time. I highly suggest to keep building websites or apps.
Good luck and God Bless!
Thanks bro. Will check out and subscribe to your channel. All the best!
that means a lot. Will release a new video and a series on job interview and technical coding soon. Good luck to you and your future, you will do great.
here is the very first youtube interview questions and answers -
Please let me know if you see anything I can improve on as I am still somehow new to youtube. Anybody who can read this can probably send me a quick note as well. 🙏
I am going to work on the mid to senior Q&A this week. Thanks and God Bless!
I am 35 years old. For the last 18 years I have been serving in the Russian army. Until the end of the contract is another 2 years. By that time I will be in your place - 37 years old, the end of service and the transition to IT. I've been programming for the last 15 years. This is my hobby. I'm ready for a change in my life, but I'm still a little scared. I understand your feelings very well. Do not give up! With your work and perseverance, you pave your way in this world.
Thanks for this story. Good luck!
Thanks and good luck to you as well my friend
Well done! As someone with decades of experience in development, I'd say that if you have it in you to be a programmer then the number one skill is perseverance. Perseverance takes different forms: knowing when to shelve something, knowing when to delay solving a problem, knowing when to not give up and keep hacking away at it until it's solved. Stick at it! You'll just keep getting better and better.
Thanks for sharing your story, great to hear that you've started on this journey. The truth is you will always be "bending your brain" around a new "impossible" problem - so it's good you've got through the first few of those! Coding is the creation of something from absolutely nothing, there's a kind of magic in that I always think. Enjoy.
Thank you sir
Respect!
One of the strengths that you bring from the outside is that you have real world experience outside of technology. This will prove invaluable when you get on projects as you will have an idea of how software works from a user perspective not just a coding perspective. Good luck with the rest of your journey too :).
Yes I want to second this one. The experience is not just about how the military operate but also the mentality and attitude of the people. Often, too, freelance development is about contacts. It depends if Fikra_Dev wants to make a full, clean break from the military but one approach likely to succeed is to try to steer towards developing systems in the area where the private and military sector meet - private software contracts, web advertising and media, that kind of thing.
Thanks
This is great! You are never too old to start coding. I'm 35 and I just started learning C# last summer. There are so many stories of people in their 30s getting started. It's really inspiring.
When I first started learning programming, Arrays took me a year. I remember being beyond frustrated. My professor at college told me to read a book that the author had built a lot of kids games, and it had a good chapter on Arrays (Tab Julius' Lingo). I spent like a month everyday building the same thing over and over until it started to click. Holy cow was I happy that day.
Thanks for sharing your struggles. It does get easier! If you ever have to learn another language, you'll be surprised how you already know 80% of the fundamentals. Keep going!
Thanks Jesse
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thank you very much for the kind words
I served in the US Army I now work as a junior software engineering support specialist
I'm not a military veteran but a conscript in my country that till this day I'm still serving my nation. I remember it is quite a tough transition from military to civilian life when I got out from mandatory service.
Therefore understanding that you had spend almost 20 years in service. I really applaud that you had started on this path. My suggestion is to keep focus on being consistent in your learning.
Do note that what you're studying in University is just the fundamental. Like how a enlistee is going through bootcamp to be instill the fundamentals of being a soldier for their country.
In the real world this is totally different, once you had graduated from your university. You can pursue and train yourself in different specialisation to fulfil in different roles in the organisation. I believe your in the right place. I wish you all the best and good luck in your journey.
I know they do and thank you so much
Thank you for sharing, you helped reaffirm my confidence and the same is true for many others here I'm sure as well.
Never too late
Wow, i approv that, but i have a question for you, how many time do you have study for to be a fron-end web developer
It depends on how fast u grasp the concepts. With that said don't rush and appreciate the journwy
Nice to see my Caribbean brothers coding. It really motivates me
Thanks bro. The caribbean really needs to cement itself in the tech world because the talent is here.
I also went into software development after military service (in my case 11 years in the Navy). I've been a paid developer for many years now. It's clearly doable.
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