Student from Germany who fell in love with coding and the tech industry after pivoting from a traditional career in banking. Currently pursuing a Bachelor's in CompSci.
I started learning how to code some months ago and felt like it was super hard to decide how to get started, because of the endless possibilities available online.
What's your advice for new and aspiring developers today? How should they start?
What comes to mind right away: If you can establish a project you can commit to, your choices on what to learn can be guided by context. Don't learn just to learn (unless you think that way, but it doesn't sound like it).
If you can come up with an interesting project you want to see in the world, you can learn at just the right pace to create the thing. And then once it's "done" you don't need to jump on to something new. You could refine that initial thing if you're still excited by it. You'll learn a lot in this process too.
I really like this answer. I got stuck in well if I want to do this I should learn this but if I want to learn that I should learn this first and on and on only to get all twisted up. Love the site!
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I started learning how to code some months ago and felt like it was super hard to decide how to get started, because of the endless possibilities available online.
What's your advice for new and aspiring developers today? How should they start?
That's a good question.
What comes to mind right away: If you can establish a project you can commit to, your choices on what to learn can be guided by context. Don't learn just to learn (unless you think that way, but it doesn't sound like it).
If you can come up with an interesting project you want to see in the world, you can learn at just the right pace to create the thing. And then once it's "done" you don't need to jump on to something new. You could refine that initial thing if you're still excited by it. You'll learn a lot in this process too.
I really like this answer. I got stuck in well if I want to do this I should learn this but if I want to learn that I should learn this first and on and on only to get all twisted up. Love the site!