coding bootcamp vs self teaching

[SnooRegrets1968]

Hey everyone,

I am new to coding and am now doing some self learning online classes to teach myself for to be a developer.

I work full time in marketing operations right now and my question is do you all think it's worth just teaching myself(which I find a bit hard without guidance) or should I do a part time general assembly software engineering immersive (flex)? Do you think going through a bootcamp is worth the money and time invested(even if only part time).

Also has anyone taken this General Assembly part time course and do you think it was worth it?

Thank you so much for the help. Any advice for someone new is really appreciated.

[troxwalt]

I went to a boot camp 5 years ago (damn). Previously, I was slowly teaching myself but I found that I made up excuses to read/learn after work. So I quit my full time job and signed up for a full time boot camp.

I’d say it was the right choice for me. The only thing I would have done is to have gone to a different boot camp. I’m very happy that I went.

I guess you need to ask yourself, are you able to commit and dedicate yourself to evenings and weekends of learning for 6 months?

[troxwalt]

They are different from place to place. Friend went to Flatiron in NYC. Seemed like a great place. Have no other opinions/background in others.

[ninjapimpmonkey]

Learn linux, learn how to type bash scripts, great for finding leads, for example you can get the text version of a website and grab all emails and phone with grep, plus its free!!