The latest articles on DEV Community by EarthMommy (@astandishperry). https://dev.to/astandishperry https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F914642%2Fac3ba7c2-f62d-4f55-8b31-78d8b1d80729.jpg https://dev.to/astandishperry en EarthMommy Wed, 24 Aug 2022 13:03:56 +0000 https://dev.to/astandishperry/new-to-a-daunting-field-292 https://dev.to/astandishperry/new-to-a-daunting-field-292 <p>Eeek! As I look at the course load of an intensive 6 month coding boot camp, I am feeling overwhelmed and already exhausted. How am I going to teach special education fulltime, take night classes 3 days with 9 hours of class time, up to 20 hours of studying, and the most important job of them all: Mom to an 8 year old (and dog mom to a pug and lab)?</p> <p>My only option is to succeed. I need to be successful in an ever emerging field to earn more money, to show my daughter that you can change careers at anytime in order to be happy, more successful, and more secure, and that women can be successful even in a field that is led mostly by men. </p> <p>So as a fairly new beginner to this field (my first major in college was computer science learning C++ but that was 20 years ago and only lasted a semester) what are your tips, suggestions, and best advice for an almost 40 year old entering this field of full of youngsters who grew up with coding?</p> <p>Help!!!</p> beginners career programming help