In this article, a civil engineer Amit Shekhar, explains how he changed career paths by learning to program on his own time. Amit was drawn to programming as he loves to problem solve. Some of his advice for beginner programmers is to learn through the “Learn and Implement” pattern and to stay consistent with programming. Also, he thinks one of the best ways to learn programming is by reading other people's code.
Charles Scheuer was programing for one year and is amazed at what he learned autonomously for that short period of time. He encourages new programmers to start small and simple as “nobody can expect to understand coding overnight”. Charles learned HTML and CSS first and recommends FreeCodeCamp.org to learn. Additionally, he recommends starting a programming project once you feel comfortable with the syntax of a programming language as it is one of the most efficient ways to learn.
This man took a 360 in his career by switching from doing an undergraduate in marketing followed by a master's in International Business in college. In the article, he gives 5 tips on how to start programming and what resources can help you along the way. Also, he explains what programming languages he learned first. He advanced from learning about HTML, CSS, and Javascript to more complex topics such as git, functional programming and object-oriented design.
Daniel K. Hunter learned to program while working at a 9-5 job. This is a great source of inspiration for anyone who is in school or has other commitments that make them believe they do not have the time to learn to program. Daniel explains that it took him 10 months and ~1400 hours of self-teaching to obtain a full-time developer job. Daniel claims he was never good at math, or science and did not even have a college degree however he managed to learn programing through discipline, motivation, inspiration, and courage. Also, Daniel provides a great list of resources he used to learn to code and explains what specifically he used each resource for. Furthermore, he provides a list of mistakes he made while learning so you won't repeat them.
Kleo Petrov covers many important topics in this article such as learning to learn (a very important skill for any programmer), and how and where to learn the fundamentals of javascript. As well as what to do once you’ve got the basics of javascript and much more! Please note if you are a beginner you may feel intimidated by some of the terms he uses (such as ECMA, ECMA-262, ECMAScript, GitHub, Stack Overflow, ect). However, none of these topics are complicated and can be understood with a quick google search.
Aziz Ali decided that he wanted to learn to program and eventually taught himself how to do so. He overcame his self-imposed belief of "coding is not for me" and learned JavaScript because he wanted to be able to express his own ideas without relying on other people to write his code. He believes that HTML, CSS, and JavaScript combination is the most powerful and versatile tech stack. Although Aziz focuses on getting a job from learning javascript he shares tips on how to learn the language in the first place.
Chase Childers was programming for 3 years and is now a Full-Stack Python Developer/Programmer. He started to code because he loves technology, creating and fixing things. Chase used Youtube, the internet and a mentor to learn Python. He shares the challenges he faced while learning and gives tips and advice to beginners.