I am completely self-taught (big shout out to Coursera, edX and Udacity) and I started learning mostly as a way to keep myself busy after my first kid was born. After doing that for a while, I sort of realized that I could probably get someone to pay me to keep doing this thing I enjoy! For me, finding a job was pretty easy (in 2015, in a regional tech hub in the US). I went to some career fairs, sent out some resumes, bombed a few interviews, but eventually got hired by the company I still work for. The best thing I've found about this field is that what you can do counts for way more than where (or if) you went to school. Something that I don't think gets emphasized very much in universities, boot camps, and online classes is that advancement in a programming career depends at least as much on your people skills as it does on your technical skills. Being willing to mentor team members with less experience, being able to communicate well in writing, and approaching issues from a collaborative and problem-solving viewpoint have kept me moving up the career ladder pretty quickly.
I read that most of the people that change career path, they do it always in the company where they're actually working. This things fright me a bit! But thank you to share your experience with me, it helps me to know where to find more places great to study!
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I am completely self-taught (big shout out to Coursera, edX and Udacity) and I started learning mostly as a way to keep myself busy after my first kid was born. After doing that for a while, I sort of realized that I could probably get someone to pay me to keep doing this thing I enjoy! For me, finding a job was pretty easy (in 2015, in a regional tech hub in the US). I went to some career fairs, sent out some resumes, bombed a few interviews, but eventually got hired by the company I still work for. The best thing I've found about this field is that what you can do counts for way more than where (or if) you went to school. Something that I don't think gets emphasized very much in universities, boot camps, and online classes is that advancement in a programming career depends at least as much on your people skills as it does on your technical skills. Being willing to mentor team members with less experience, being able to communicate well in writing, and approaching issues from a collaborative and problem-solving viewpoint have kept me moving up the career ladder pretty quickly.
Good luck with the job hunt!
I read that most of the people that change career path, they do it always in the company where they're actually working. This things fright me a bit! But thank you to share your experience with me, it helps me to know where to find more places great to study!