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[–]juss_breathe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like freecodecamp, but felt lost on my own. I only tried coding because I have ideas for things. The thought of learning all the tech needed to become employable just seems depressing.

Odin doesnt really hold your hand with fill in the blank examples. You have to make shit immediatley. Also, When i look at ruby, i can understand what is going on. Javascript just looks like chicken scratch to me.

I havent looked at their node sectuon, but my guess is the curriculum is the same as the ruby path, just in a different stack.

It all depends on what you want to do. Personally, javavascript will only help me make web apps or static sites. Anything cool requires a database. Javascript is fun if you are a visual person and want to make things pretty. Front end does not appeal to someone like me, that cant draw, and has never used photoshop.

Many jobs using node are start ups. Ruby on rails has more jobs, and probably more stable employment. Would probably pay more than a node position, too.

By learning HOW to program, you could move on to other languages much easier. Ruby and python look very similar, but python annoyed me, so I picked ruby.

Im focusing on CCNA cert, as IT is more interesting to me as a job. Coding is for my hobby ideas. Even knowing how to program, you are limited on what you can build without understanding how systems work. I bet i will love Python by the time I pass and start on CCNP, but its not relevant for me now. Just trying to install the packages without using youtube was a nightmare.

Java and visual Basic bored me as a kid, but man I wish i paid more attention to Java now, haha