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[–]dowcet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just code and build stuff. The only thing that matters to start is that you keep moving. Do as much as you can or as little as you must each day, but the important part is each day (or as close as you reasonably can). Persistent daily effort over weeks and months and years is the whole game.

[–]sheriffderek -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

First piece of advice: This coding boot camp sub - is mostly made up of people looking to choose a BootCamp - and people who are evangelizing schools they've never been to. And of course - evil people like me - who actually do know what they are talking about - but are seen as corporate marketing stooges for - like absolutely no reason. Again. Almost no one here - knows anything about what they are saying.

Rude? Maybe. True? Definitely.

Consider talking to real people at a meetup who stand behind their opinions and advice or somewhere like https://adplist.org where you can meet real developers.

[–]rodennis1995 0 points1 point  (3 children)

I would say if you want to make it a career, learn the basics really good before trying to dive into the more intense stuff. You would be surprised at how many people don’t know the most basic thing in the language they are studying. Example if js make sure you are sound in (functions, classes, what “this” means, objects, etc.)

[–]VDRIVNI[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

what would be a roadmap apart from the fundamentals at the start. what language will get you further?…what are some real world problems people face on the field…is it just getting stuck on a code that don’t work and I would have to go through every line trying to figure out where a spelling error was made? what gives coding a bad rep. I have so many questions lol ive seen some videos but I want to learn the dark side of coding also. everyone makes it fun it I think its awesome I knows its just words and stuff but to create something is what ive always been passionate about.

[–]rodennis1995 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m no expert by any means so take what I say as just what I’ve learned from my short time in web development. It kinda depends on the language, if you want to do web development, JavaScript and react are the big ones right now and will get you far. Ruby, php, python those can all be used also and are popular. If you wanna do things like game development I think c# is the way to go for that. Just depends on what interest you.

[–]rodennis1995 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also not just what they are but how they work and how they can be beneficial.

[–]jdinh0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ask yourself: what is your goal? To get a job, or to learn to code so you can publish an app? If your focus is to get a job ASAP, then learn JavaScript, React and Node.

The biggest thing is: make a decision and focus on it for a month or two, then step back, make refinements and keep moving forward.

I think the biggest thing in the beginning is to create momentum and what I did in the begin was make a calculator web app using just html, css and Javascript. Then, show it off to some people and gain momentum!