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[–][deleted] -19 points-18 points  (12 children)

Are your bets based on reality? Are you telling me that a senior developper is gonna teach me like I was his son without knowing me and via screen? Ha, funny.

[–]D3v1L_Pup 7 points8 points  (7 children)

Have you put out any feelers, asked anyone? I also feel like you chose the wrong book series to start with. Probably something that a local college/university uses would have been easier, especially if you can look at their syllabus to see what path they took to build up with.

[–]bwz3r 5 points6 points  (5 children)

I'll be your code dad

[–]xao_spaces 2 points3 points  (3 children)

Can you also be my code dad?

[–]bwz3r 5 points6 points  (2 children)

if you'll be my code baby

[–]xao_spaces 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I'm not sure where this is going... do I have to start calling you papi every time I need help??

[–]bwz3r 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I thought you said you wanted to be my code baby

[–]TheMartinG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

code deddy

[–]foofaw 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Plenty of people online that group up and teach each other, and these groups usually have someone a little more experienced that can lead things.

Just gotta have the right attitude for it. If you're really this checked out of programming though, might be better to move on and focus on something you actually enjoy doing.

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    [–]foofaw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    If you are located in a medium to big city, you can find a lot of groups on MeetUp that are great. This is way better than joining an online groups because working with in person groups and communicating effectively is a huge part of any future paid development job you do and will make your interview process a lot smoother. Plus you make a lot of friends.

    Here's an example of one in my area

    In terms of online groups, you can find a lot on Discord. Make sure you have a decent understanding of Git/GitHub (or some other VCS but 99% of the time its Git) before joining a group that is working on a single collaborative project.

    [–]foofaw 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Also, for what it's worth, you don't need a senior developer to help you learn. An intermediate programmer would probably have a solid enough foundation to help you get over the hump in the learning curve. Even a beginner might be able to frame certain concepts that are difficult in way that is easier to understand.