I honestly don't remember - but I think it was most of my free time, I think. I was studying to learn how to make games at first, so I had a lot of intrinsic motivation to learn things.
If you're a strongly motivated person, I've seen it take about 3-6 months on average of daily, productive study to go from 0 to landing a job.
Thanks so much for your answer Rob. On a different note I've finally entered Japan(1 week now) and although I will be teaching English......my dream is still to become a software engineer and I want to do it within 1 year. This is the curriculum I plan on following : theodinproject.com/paths/full-stac.... Its extremely project oriented and has a really helpful community.
I can communicate in Japanese well enough not to get completely stuck but I'm polishing my Japanese as much as I can and am currently trying to read technical material in Japanese.
Although I've said it before, I really appreciate all the information you put up here.
Wish me luck. Once I get my first job, you bet I'm gonna let you know because you've been an incredible inspiration!!! See you in a year, Rob.
I honestly don't remember - but I think it was most of my free time, I think. I was studying to learn how to make games at first, so I had a lot of intrinsic motivation to learn things.
If you're a strongly motivated person, I've seen it take about 3-6 months on average of daily, productive study to go from 0 to landing a job.
Thanks so much for your answer Rob. On a different note I've finally entered Japan(1 week now) and although I will be teaching English......my dream is still to become a software engineer and I want to do it within 1 year. This is the curriculum I plan on following : theodinproject.com/paths/full-stac.... Its extremely project oriented and has a really helpful community.
I can communicate in Japanese well enough not to get completely stuck but I'm polishing my Japanese as much as I can and am currently trying to read technical material in Japanese.
Although I've said it before, I really appreciate all the information you put up here.
Wish me luck. Once I get my first job, you bet I'm gonna let you know because you've been an incredible inspiration!!! See you in a year, Rob.
Of course - keep me informed!
I did the odin project when I was switching to web dev. I learned ruby that way.
Let me know how it works for you, too!