Web development/coding experience/advice?

[Cardano]

Seriously looking into teaching myself web development/coding with the idea of making a career out of it in future.

I’ve already done little bits of courses online so got a grasp of the fundamentals of HTML/CSS and a little Javascript.

Does anybody do this for a living? Anybody done any of the online courses? Any recommendations?

How realistic is it to plan to do x hours every day learning it in order to be looking at jobs in x months?

Any idea on starting salaries and number of openings etc?

 

[larbert toffee]

Have you tried switching it off then on again?

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Stick it in a bag of rice

 

[Tubey]

How much for the pair mate?

 

[sageyefc]

Ctrl-Alt-Delete

 

[-Rob-]

If you want to do it as a career, invest in proper training. Find out what job you actually want, find out what training you need for that job, do that training.

 

[Cardano]

If you want to do it as a career, invest in proper training. Find out what job you actually want, find out what training you need for that job, do that training.

Proper paid for training isn’t a realistic option. You’re looking at around £8k, usually upfront.

So the feee online courses are my only option. To be fair they do seem pretty comprehensive and provide opportunities to build online projects and work with others.

They also suggest that completing such courses basically gets you ready for realistic job opportunities.

I just thought I might get some helpful advice from someone who might have trod this path on here.

I was asking too much clearly!

 

[ste d' indica]

Learnt some java and JS for Android with this lot: https://teamtreehouse.com/

Not free, but did the trick.

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

Seriously looking into teaching myself web development/coding with the idea of making a career out of it in future.

I’ve already done little bits of courses online so got a grasp of the fundamentals of HTML/CSS and a little Javascript.

Does anybody do this for a living? Anybody done any of the online courses? Any recommendations?

How realistic is it to plan to do x hours every day learning it in order to be looking at jobs in x months?

Any idea on starting salaries and number of openings etc?

You can find web designers for a dime a dozen...get stuck in to ASM, FORTRAN or COBOL. They may be old languages but the ones with knowledge are retiring daily. That or Python, C++, or JS.

 

[Kenshin]

Another piece of advice is to learn SEO

No idea if it's hard or how many people deal with it. It's the link up with Google in a nutshell as to my understanding. So the better you can do that the more valuable you are to a company

 

[Cardano]

You can find web designers for a dime a dozen...get stuck in to ASM, FORTRAN or COBOL. They may be old languages but the ones with knowledge are retiring daily. That or Python, C++, or JS.

Cheers for some actual advice!

Python and JS are very much a part of what I’m looking at.

C++ , I have always viewed that as on a somewhat other level than the main web languages in terms of difficulty?

I’ll be honest, I regard myself as fairly ‘tech-savvy’ but I have never heard of the first three you mentioned! What platforms/applications use those?

With regards to web designers being a dime a dozen, I haven’t looked into it in great detail but have been under the impression that demand for those skills are growing and there is something of a shortage in the UK?

 

[Cardano]

Learnt some java and JS for Android with this lot: https://teamtreehouse.com/

Not free, but did the trick.

Cheers. I have come across Treehouse. Aren’t they seriously pricey?

What standard did you get to using their courses? Employability standard?

How long did it take you? How much time did you commit to it? Have you got yourself a job as a direct result?

 

[john jako]

Cheers for some actual advice!

Python and JS are very much a part of what I’m looking at.

C++ , I have always viewed that as on a somewhat other level than the main web languages in terms of difficulty?

I’ll be honest, I regard myself as fairly ‘tech-savvy’ but I have never heard of the first three you mentioned! What platforms/applications use those??

Lot of it is short contract work a few months at a time but with an SC/DV you could bring in 500-600 quid a day easy. Good luck with it.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

You can find web designers for a dime a dozen...get stuck in to ASM, FORTRAN or COBOL. They may be old languages but the ones with knowledge are retiring daily. That or Python, C++, or JS.

This.

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

Cheers for some actual advice!

Python and JS are very much a part of what I’m looking at.

C++ , I have always viewed that as on a somewhat other level than the main web languages in terms of difficulty?

I’ll be honest, I regard myself as fairly ‘tech-savvy’ but I have never heard of the first three you mentioned! What platforms/applications use those?

With regards to web designers being a dime a dozen, I haven’t looked into it in great detail but have been under the impression that demand for those skills are growing and there is something of a shortage in the UK?

The first three have been around a LONG time and aren't widely used anymore but the knowledge base is still needed in specific industries due to high dollar legacy equipment etc. I think NASA still uses one of them, to a degree, so that's the realm you're looking at there. I'd probably consider it high risk but high reward, job-wise, due to their legacy status.

C++ is not really a web language, more something you'd use to literally build a web browser...genuine programming (ohh, that'll [Poor language removed] someone!), IMHO.

If you want to be hanging out in the web world then yeah, JS and Python.