I am a nurse.
I am 38 years old.
And I have not started coding yet.
But I have always wanted to.
That want has followed me quietly for years. It ...
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A very heartwarming post, since been there and done that myself!
Its never too late, as they say the best time was yesterday the second best is now.
Also, here are some tips when I first started out, hopefully helpful!
And best of luck, trust me it gets easier once you set a goal and dedicate yourself to it!
The magic of coding for me is pulling something out of the ether. The most important thing is usually to have an idea that you really want to make real and then fight your way through it. I've just been talking to a colleague who works in our operations team. They are not really a coder, but they've used AI to build an app that they really wanted to make to do with optimising performance for games. The act of making this thing has taught them more about coding and systems than I think a lot of tutorials would have done, and now they've really got the bug. You definitely can do it, but it's a long journey. It's a frustrating journey. Even after doing this job for more than 40 years, you still can't believe what it is you don't know.
I was talking to a much younger person who wanted to learn to code. I asked them if their math was strong, and they said it wasnt. Well, it used to be that most programming was done by people with math/physics backgrounds. Sometime later, kids with no college degrees could get into coding, and make a professional career even. Unfortunately, things have progressed to the point that most such coding can be done by chatGPT. So, dont learn coding, ask chatGPT to code for you (whatever it is you wanted to code), but you must learn to read it back and build on it by using the same syntax to do more things. What is it that you wanted to try to code? Maybe it is some smartphone app to track some tasks in your nursing job? You could and should start right away.
I believe that a passion for nursing reflects certain aspects of your personality, which could play a role in your success as a coder.
Successful coders:
I have taught many coders over many years, and this was my experience.
Arnold
codecollege.co.za
💯✨💪
YOU CAN DO IT! What is rare is this level of self-awareness. Beginners who succeed aren’t the youngest, they’re the ones comfortable being uncomfortable and consistent while learning in public.
BEST LUCK!
You can do it!
To everyone that is reading this and is new, my suggestion: start with things that will make you say WOW, for example, create a small app with HTML and Javascript (no frameworks), where with Javascript you will draw things on a canvas (HTML element).
That image can be your smartphone background.
Now, try to draw random things in random places.
Now with random colors.
Now things based on cool math formulas.
Now..... etc etc.
The WOW factor will keep you motivated to learn more and more.
Don't go to the terminal or learn a framework.
Use AI, but make sure you ask it to explain to you why and how things work that way.
Don't think that you will earn a lot of money, think how cool it is to create new things from nothing.
Keep pushing.
It is never too late, nowadays with AI you don't need to learn how to code, you need to learn to basics and concepts of digital product development
Never too late.
Especially true for web applications, before coding comes a basic understanding of how the web works. What are HTTP and HTML? What does a browser really do? Why do we have cookies? This is an exciting journey worth going through without writing a single line of code.
Started at 37 myself. First month sucks, then it clicks. Your nursing skills are gold. Just start small. Rooting for you! 🫶
You can do it!
You can do it. Now AI has greatly improved productivity and significantly lowered the barrier to programming.