I think you can either aim for a particular industry, e.g. pharma, finance, education, or you can aim for a type of work, e.g. phone apps, web sites, desktop apps, embeded.
You should have a look around where you live, or where you want to work, for developer job vacancies, especially entry level, to see what the market need is. That can help you make the decision of what your should learn about.
Web development is often a popular way to start because
a) it's easy to build a portfolio because of the free tools and hosting
b) there are lots of free online tutorials to get started
c) it's easier to pick up freelance work (I'd never call getting freelance work easy, but lots of people want web sites)
But it's not the only way to start.
You local community centre might offer programming courses, which would also help you make contacts.
From 0 to employed dev in a year is a hard slog, but you might do it.
I think you can either aim for a particular industry, e.g. pharma, finance, education, or you can aim for a type of work, e.g. phone apps, web sites, desktop apps, embeded.
You should have a look around where you live, or where you want to work, for developer job vacancies, especially entry level, to see what the market need is. That can help you make the decision of what your should learn about.
Web development is often a popular way to start because
a) it's easy to build a portfolio because of the free tools and hosting
b) there are lots of free online tutorials to get started
c) it's easier to pick up freelance work (I'd never call getting freelance work easy, but lots of people want web sites)
But it's not the only way to start.
You local community centre might offer programming courses, which would also help you make contacts.
From 0 to employed dev in a year is a hard slog, but you might do it.
I thought I might stick to an online course. Doing some research on my options atm.