The latest articles on DEV Community by Luis-Escalante-SFAdmin (@luisescalantesfadmin). https://dev.to/luisescalantesfadmin 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%2F1018108%2F6a2fd03a-610f-4c3e-9d80-1c8edf74def5.jpeg https://dev.to/luisescalantesfadmin en Luis-Escalante-SFAdmin Sat, 03 Jan 2026 23:58:56 +0000 https://dev.to/luisescalantesfadmin/advice-to-become-a-software-engineer-d2o https://dev.to/luisescalantesfadmin/advice-to-become-a-software-engineer-d2o <p>Hello everyone! I hope you're all starting 2026 strong!</p> <p>Sorry if this is a repetitive post but I am looking for advice and guidance about resources to become a Software Engineer. For the last three years, I have been working as a Salesforce Developer, but almost a month ago I was laid off and obviously went back to job hunting mainly applying for Salesforce Dev roles, but I this jobs are very "limited" or selective so I have been thinking on focus my career mostly as a Software Engineer since I have been interested as well in this kind of roles (I found coding very fun and stressful lol).</p> <p>I am self-taught in the coding world so it has been kinda challening too. But since right now I want to pivot my career more as a Software Engineer, I was wondering if somebody has any advice or recommendations for a good course or bootcamp. I am currently learning Python and MCPs (slowly, but we keep going).</p> <p>Thank you so much in advance and apologies if my typing is weird, English is my second language 😬</p> career softwareengineering careerdevelopment