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Jan 19, 2023
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Advice please - my 18 year old interested in coding. Suggestions? Backstory is
BYUfan92
1/19/23 3:30pm
Why not take some computer programming classes in college before he makes a quick decision that he may regret later.
Baron
1/19/23 3:31pm
Good question - (1) none currently available at the college he is at for this
BYUfan92
1/19/23 3:36pm
Seems like they have a CS degree:
Baron
1/19/23 3:40pm
Yes thanks - I should have said the classes are currently full and he hates
BYUfan92
1/19/23 3:48pm
NAU definitely has programming classes, I've had colleagues who are alumni.
Mitty
1/19/23 5:53pm
The market is/was flooded with no degree devmountain grads, and they struggle to
BYUFootballisBack
1/19/23 3:32pm
Layoffs right now have packed the market with developers. Doing devmountain
tarzan15
1/19/23 3:33pm
Visual Studio Code, YouTube, GitHub, GitHub CoPilot, Chat GPT, Stackoverflow.
The Old Y
1/19/23 3:33pm
I would second this. If he want's to really do coding, get the degree it will
phillycc
1/19/23 3:40pm
Tell him to stick it out until he has a solid plan. Use generals to explore
HFF
1/19/23 3:34pm
If he insists, find one of the ones that doesn't take a dime until you actually
BYUFootballisBack
1/19/23 3:35pm
Is he interested in actual coding or just an IT career? BIG difference.
rad dawg
1/19/23 3:39pm
I'd lean hard into Cisco.
Belboz
1/19/23 6:27pm
Security, firewalls, etc. There's easy money there.
Belboz
1/19/23 6:32pm
I have rejected every Devmountian 'developer' that i've interviewed.
TheLost
1/19/23 3:41pm
A company I worked for took a couple of Devmountain developers...
Coug
1/19/23 3:48pm
The biggest obstacle is offshore and places like Fiverr..
TheLost
1/19/23 5:01pm
We've had some work offshore and our company is kind of done with it... even if it's cheaper...
Coug
1/20/23 9:35am
Thats why we only use our offshore teams for basic 'web development'..
TheLost
1/20/23 9:58am
Most of the people I've seen do DevMountain (or similar) haven't successfully landed dev jobs. I'd definitely...
cscougar
1/19/23 3:42pm
DevMountian will be an uphill battle. BloomTech is a much better option for a boot camp style path
molodyets
1/19/23 3:46pm
If he thinks college is a scam, coding bootcamps are an outright racket. I'd recommend he take some programming courses
YIsForBrigham
1/19/23 3:48pm
Why the rush to get into the workforce? The college experience is good for continuing to mature young people before..
greatbam
1/19/23 3:51pm
RE: Advice please - my 18 year old interested in coding. Suggestions?
Slicey'J
1/19/23 3:51pm
I interview FAANG engineers. To make lots of money, all that matters is that
snowbird
1/19/23 3:56pm
You can do it but in the dev world, college is a huge leg up. With the way internships work and the relationship
YIsForBrigham
1/19/23 3:58pm
Typically, when a self-taught software engineer makes it through tech screening
snowbird
1/19/23 4:03pm
My SIL went to Devmountain and did extra stuff and got a low level starting job.
85fan
1/19/23 4:16pm
He might want to check out WGU.
barnacle
1/19/23 4:20pm
Take a break and work for a while if needed, then look at WGU or somewhere
BYUpsychom
1/19/23 4:34pm
EVERYONE - THANKS SO MUCH! Reading him all the comments, and feedback. Hugely
BYUfan92
1/19/23 4:44pm
If you're in SL County, the library has free resources to learn.
Best Guess
1/19/23 5:29pm
"Coding" is so broad but roughly, this is my field
justAnotherCoug
1/19/23 5:36pm
I've rarely worked with folks that don't have a four-year degree in my field
Mitty
1/19/23 5:50pm
One more vote to finish the degree. I've been in IT/programming for 20yrs. Sat in on many interviews for devs. You're
BlooGeek
1/19/23 6:11pm
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