As tech continues to dominate our lives, more and more people are looking to software development as a career choice, and an increasing number are entering the workforce as self-taught coders. Tools like Codecademy and FreeCodeCamp have allowed more people than ever to pick up skills in JavaScript and Python, as well as more esoteric languages like C++, Ruby and R.
But with so many different flavours to choose from, how can aspiring coders identify which programming languages are worth their time to learn? In this week’s episode, we talk to Jess Cregg, a self-taught developer who has gone from working in comms to being an associate solutions engineer at Twilio, to find out how she made the jump, and what languages prospective devs should start off with.
Footnotes
- What is JavaScript and why should I learn it?
- How to become a senior JavaScript developer
- What is TypeScript?
- Learn to code for free: The best UK coding and app development courses
- UK developers are most contented in the world, finds report
- How to become a Python developer
- Can I become a coder?
- Should you learn to code?
- How to become a computer programmer without a degree
- Taking the road less travelled to a career in IT
- The ultimate guide to becoming a programmer
- Whatever happened to the 1980s coding heroes?
- The IT Pro Podcast: Why cool kids code with COBOL
- IT Pro 20/20: The learning revolution starts now
- Is there still an app for that?
- FreeCodeCamp.org
- Codecademy
- Codebar.io
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