Question for you IT dudes

[Kid McNamara]

that ignore function is looking pretty now.

Now tell me more

nikkas who feel they have to announce they are ignoring someone.

 

[Robbie3000]

nikkas who feel they have to announce they are ignoring someone.

You really are a fukk boy aren't you? What's your purpose in this thread anyway?

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

You really are a fukk boy aren't you? What's your purpose in this thread anyway?

He's fat so he's obviously miserable. Let him cook.

Anyway I'm still debating. Good thing is I can go back to school and probably pay most of my tuition out of pocket. If I do have to take out any loans, it won't be much.

 

[Kid McNamara]

He's fat so he's obviously miserable. Let him cook.

Anyway I'm still debating. Good thing is I can go back to school and probably pay most of my tuition out of pocket. If I do have to take out any loans, it won't be much.

But make much more money than you so I don't have to create threads about getting my paper up.

Can always lose weight, cannot fix stupidity, a shyt work ethic, and a lack of drive or ambition.

Good luck out there kid.

 

[zerozero]

You really are a fukk boy aren't you? What's your purpose in this thread anyway?

"if you complaining about this thread man, and not a mod or admin, what is your motherfukking purpose? "

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

Are you willing to spend the next year or two of your free time entirely on programming or programming related subjects? Even with the bootcamp thing, the programming world changes extremely fast and if you don't like programming, it's not going to be very fun spending having to learn an entirely new framework after spending months learning some other one. This is a profession you join if you really enjoy what you're doing.

I think I will enjoy it. IT was my second choice for a major way back in the days. I haven't decided totally yet, but I'm leaning towards it. I have an appointment with an advisor at my old alma mater on Friday and I have a phone interview with that coding bootcamp I linked on Monday. It's a win win for me for real. My money is straight and I have the freedom and ability to explore other education and career options right now. If it doesn't work out for whatever reason, I still have a career as a chemist.

 

[kevm3]

I think I will enjoy it. IT was my second choice for a major way back in the days. I haven't decided totally yet, but I'm leaning towards it. I have an appointment with an advisor at my old alma mater on Friday and I have a phone interview with that coding bootcamp I linked on Monday. It's a win win for me for real. My money is straight and I have the freedom and ability to explore other education and career options right now. If it doesn't work out for whatever reason, I still have a career as a chemist.

Don't spend any money on coding bootcamps as of yet, if at all. You can learn just about all of that information and more on your own. The key is buying quality books and working through them and seeing if you really enjoy what you are doing before you even consider plunking down 10k for a coding bootcamp.

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

Don't spend any money on coding bootcamps as of yet, if at all. You can learn just about all of that information and more on your own. The key is buying quality books and working through them and seeing if you really enjoy what you are doing before you even consider plunking down 10k for a coding bootcamp.

What books would you suggest?

 

[kevm3]

What books would you suggest?

I'd recommend buying a kindle paperwhite because you get books significantly cheaper than the paper version and you get them instantly, but for certain books, the formatting is off. For a gentle introduction, start with head first html and css. Buy that in paper since it has a lot of pictures and the formatting is messed up on kindle. After you've worked through that, work through Head First Javascript. Also buy this in the paper version. After you've finished those two, I'll bring up some other books, but those should give you a solid foundation.

www.amazon.com/Head-First-HTML-Elisabeth-Robson/dp/0596159900/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1442432545&sr=8-1&keywords=head+first+html+and+css

www.amazon.com/Head-First-JavaScript-Programming-Freeman/dp/144934013X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1442432899&sr=8-1&keywords=head+first+javascript

Here is a text editor to try things out with.
Sublime Text - Download

The beauty of javascript is that all you need to run things is an internet browser, so it's possible to work on things in your free time at work.

 

[kevm3]

Here is a book you can work through for free online:
Learn to Code HTML & CSS

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

I'd recommend buying a kindle paperwhite because you get books significantly cheaper than the paper version and you get them instantly, but for certain books, the formatting is off. For a gentle introduction, start with head first html and css. Buy that in paper since it has a lot of pictures and the formatting is messed up on kindle. After you've worked through that, work through Head First Javascript. Also buy this in the paper version. After you've finished those two, I'll bring up some other books, but those should give you a solid foundation.

www.amazon.com/Head-First-HTML-Elisabeth-Robson/dp/0596159900/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1442432545&sr=8-1&keywords=head+first+html+and+css

www.amazon.com/Head-First-JavaScript-Programming-Freeman/dp/144934013X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1442432899&sr=8-1&keywords=head+first+javascript

Here is a text editor to try things out with.
Sublime Text - Download

The beauty of javascript is that all you need to run things is an internet browser, so it's possible to work on things in your free time at work.

Thanks. I'm already learning HTML and CSS with Udemy.

 

[kevm3]

Let me know if you get stuck. Once you pick up html and css fairly well, look into Bootstrap, which is a framework used for responsive websites. Responsive design is the big thing in 'front-end' work. That's what allows web sites to change based on the size of the screen.
This one is fine to read on kindle:

www.amazon.com/Step-Bootstrap-Quick-Responsive-Development/dp/1499655622/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1442433327&sr=8-1&keywords=bootstrap+step+by+step

If reading off an lcd doesn't hurt your eyes, you can just download the kindle app and read your books off of it.

 

[Broke Wave]

@Mephistopheles if you were willing to soend another 3 4 yrs in school... Why not just get a masters in something you enjoy? You already have a degree, why not build on that degree?

 

[TrebleMan]

The John duckett books were excellent to me learning html and css. The JavaScript one isn't bad as well.

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

@Mephistopheles if you were willing to soend another 3 4 yrs in school... Why not just get a masters in something you enjoy? You already have a degree, why not build on that degree?

I do enjoy programming. And I want to be able to increase my salary and have the freedom to work wherever I want. The second part is more important. I don't see myself staying in my current location forever. I can make 60-75k doing what I do now in various places but the demand isn't that high.

I could get a masters or Ph.D in marine biology or some shyt which I would enjoy it, but I wouldn't make much more if more at all, and I'd have to take out a bunch of loans, probably quit working due to all the field/lab hours, and be limited to where the work is. Not worth it.

Me getting turned down for that promotion has got me feeling bruh. It's a sign that it's time for a change. They told me another position will open up for me in a couple of years but I can't trust it.