Kris bredemeier

I am always a bit hesitant when it comes to remote software engineering programs. I think they teach you quite a lot, but they are missing one key benefit of attending a school in person, networking. The best way to get a job in this industry it to have strong networks of people that already work in the industry. Whether you decide to go with a remote course or an in-person one, make sure to find the time to build your network. Work with others on projects and learn how to collaborate on a large project. These are skills that you will need to know in the industry but are not necessary a focus at a lot of schools. 

I attended a school in SF, Holberton, that had both a focus on the tech skills and the soft skills, and I see how the students have had an easier time ...

Kris bredemeier

Sorry, but I don't  know about those specific programs. But I love that you are asking this question. There are so many schools out there, and not all of them are accepting of beginners. For some of them, you need to some some experince in order to be successful. 

I attended a school in San Francisco, Holberotn that is actaully geared towards both beginner and studetns with expeirnce. I, like you, did not have any experice prior to going to a programming school. And it was nice that there were others in the same boat with me here at the school. 

https://www.holbertonschool.com

Kris bredemeier

If you want to become a data scientist, and are coming from little to no technical background, before signing up for a bootcamp, I would suggest working on the fundamentals and foundations of programming first. That is not something you will necessarily get at a bootcamp, but something you will need to be a good data scientist.

There are also some programs that will give you the foundations if you need more structure. Here in SF, there is a program, Holberton, that focuses on the foundations before students specialize.

https://www.holbertonschool.com

Kris bredemeier

Attending a bootcamp is an excellent idea to boost your skills. Bootcamps are super challenging for those who come in knowing little to no programming. Those who end up being super successful tend to be those who have some base level of skill. I know Hack Reactor, for example, tends to be a better experience if you have a programming background. Deciding which bootcamp is right for you is an entirely different question. 

You also have to decide how deep down you want to go with your skills. I attended a programming school that had a strong focus on low-level programming and the foundations of computer science. Holberton was perfect for that, but you may not be looking for foundations, it seems like you may already have those. 

http://www.hackreactor.com

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Kris bredemeier

One of the first things you need to decide why you want to learn front-end web development. If it's because you are interested in design, then maybe head in the direction of HTML/CSS.  If you are more interested in the development side of things, then Javascript might be the direction you want to head in. 

Before considering a bootcamp, spend some time playing around with creating your own websites. You can start off with using frameworks like bootstrap, but don't let frameworks like that become a crutch for you. Make sure to ween yourself off of them. Frameworks come and go, and if all you know is a framework or two, you will find yourlsef drowing the moment that framework fades away. 

I thought about signing up for a bootcamp to learn iOS app development. I ...

Kris bredemeier

Web development is not going away anytime soon. If you are passionate about it and are willing to work hard it is most cerinly worth investment. There are a lot of types of invetment to talk about though. Time, money, possible relocaation. The upfront investment is going to be a bit dependant on if you are interested in getting your foot in the door and just landing a job in web development, or if you want to work on your fundments to better set yourself up for a career in web devleopment. 

If you have some experince already, maybe have tinkered around for a while, built things on your own, or followed tutorials online and just want to get your foot in the door, then a bootcamp is a good investment. It's quite a lot of money up front usually, but they pack so much ...

Kris bredemeier

Becoming a software engineer via the self-taught method is totally valid. In fact, a lot of software engineers have some degree of self-taught education because a lot of software engineers are in their very nature, tinkerers. You certainly can make it in this industry being self-taught; you just need to make sure you are staying clear of a few major pitfalls.

1. Make sure to find time to network. You may have some mad tech skills, but if you haven't done the work of reaching out to other engineers, then when it comes time to look for a job, you might find it quite difficult.

2. Make sure you are building your stuff from scratch, and not just following tutorials. If you plan to make it as a software engineer, you will need to exercise your critical thinking muscles. Tutorials are good ...

Kris bredemeier

Both Hackbright Academy and Grace Hopper Academy are great schools. But to answer this question well, I think I need a bit more information. Choosing a programming school is a big step in becoming a  software engineer, and I recommend you don't take this decision lightly. 

There are a few things you might want to think about to help you make your big decision. 
 1) Cost. Education is not cheap these days, but you will find a variety of price ranges out there. Don't take the price at face value. Some of the more expensive schools are worth the money, and some of the more affordable options may not offer the quality education for which you are looking. 
2) Location. You want to go to a school in the area in which you want to work. Hopefully, if the school ...

Adam Wilson

In my program we had weekly 1 hour classes with the "Outcomes" coach together as a group. We created our LinkedIn profiles, took field trips to see agencies (companies). At the end there was a fair where we could show our final project app (like a science fair) to some folks from companies that were hiring. Ultimately though, it was totally on me to do my job search with a few meetings with the coach for guidance!  My opinion: If you are gonna quit your job and try to get a new one asap after bootcamp, don't do bootcamp as a code newbie. Put in 5-10+ hours a week learning on your own with online resources and books (at least do 1-2 textbooks in the bootcamp's focus languages (JS, Ruby, or whatever) and basic HTML and CSS. for a year or so so you will A. Not ...

blair@datasciencedojo.com

Data Science Dojo offers the Data Science and Data Engineering bootcamp in Toronto 3 times per year. 

As of today, over 2500 aspiring data scientists from over 300 companies have attended our bootcamps offered in ten different countries.

In Canada, KPMG, TD Bank, Scotia Bank, BC Transit, Tangerine Bank, CIBC, Microsoft, L'Oreal, Kinross, and Cybera are some of the companies that have attended our training.

Please take a look at glaring reviews from our past attendees both in https://goo.gl/McV7SR

We think we are the best bootcamp around, not just in Canada but globally. We will let you decide if this is the case :)

Please feel free to reach out to help@datasciencedojo.com in case you have any questions.

Elaine Queathem

Hello graphic desiger.  There are a number of online courses- Code Academy, Treehouse, Udacity are just a few.  They all offer different things but are all online.  If you find you are not well suited to an online learning experience, check out Savvy Coders - they offer a 60 hour instructor led, in person class in HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

ola@claimacademystl.com

Great question. There are several online programs.

Have you checked out bloc.io

They are the best online program with 1-1 mentors.

Become a Designer : Designer Track

elie@rithmschool.com

Hi there! At Rithm School we have a suite of free online courses on Terminal, Git, HTML, CSS and JavaScript (with even more coming soon). You can find them at https://www.rithmschool.com/courses/ and if you're stuck, feel free to chat with us on the website, we'll be around to help!

Brock Rice

Hi there,

If you are new to the coding world, I would suggest starting with an online course like codeacademy.com or Udemy.com 

These websites offer courses that will get your feet wet and give you some great fundamental training before moving into advanced coding. I went through codeacademy HTML, CSS and JavaScript last year and the tools I learned helped me progress into writing fully functional websites. i hope you find this post useful

Brock

info@CodeCareerAcademy.com

Here's the deal with JavaScript: it is the ONLY language that runs directly in virtually every browser.

That means no matter which language you use for your server, you will have JavaScript running in the browser. Notice I didn't say "you will be writing JavaScript"... There are now several ways to write code that is transformed into JavaScript.

The problem I have with writing a language that is transformed into JavaScript is that if you write in language A and debug in language B, there is room for some mismatches.

If you want to write CoffeeScript, TypeScript or the like, that's fine, but I would personally recommend learning JavaScript first. That way if something breaks, you have a better chance of figuring it out.

I don't forsee anything *replacing* ...

torsten@webdev.camp

In any skill, it is good to learn basics first. Not just for better understanding, but also to tell which of the more advanced topics interest you most. Computing, and even the web, is so broad that it is not just about one thing.

JavaScript is not an easy language to learn as your first language. It has many quirks, lacks solid principles and owes most of it's popularity to an historical accident. Even pro JavaScript people will rarely argue that it is a good language in itself.

Ruby and Python are much more structured, and more versatile. Ruby is maybe slightly better at web, python at number crunching. Learning either will give a solid foundation and make learning JavaScript later a breeze.

The key of the pro JavaScript argument always hinges on the browser argument, the ...

Kris bredemeier

As mentioned above, learning javascript can be super useful. It’s a very marketable skill and there are currently a lot of open positions for engineers who know javascript. Here is my one warning - learning javascript, and only javascript will not make you an engineer. It is not enough to learn one language or framework and call it a day. Technology turns over so quickly these days, and if you put all your time and effort into learning only one tiny corner of it, you will quickly fall behind in this paced paced world. If you are interested in learning javascript, please do, but then pick up a book on the C programming language, or another high level language like python, or system administration. Please don't pigeonhole yourself.

I started down the path to become a software ...

kim@codingnomads.co

This a tricky question. 

Since all problems are inherently different, so too are all solutions. If the question is, "Is Javascript the best language to learn for modern web development?" Then the answer is more or less yes. That said, web development represents a small fraction of total global software engineering. The majority of the software that exists on earth has nothing to do with the internet, and therefore nothing to do with a webpage, and therefore nothing to do with Javascript. Javascript is a "client side" language. Meaning it performs it's duties on the client machine, displaying pages in a web browser for instance. Server side languages perform actions on the back end such as serving up the website itself, and many thousands ...

alex.briukhovetskyi@gmail.com

Installed apps required a significant cost in effort and delay due to release management. After a while, developers has realised that functions can be moved to the web. Nobody really planned that web applications will be so convenient and that developers would be able to update a single codebase to add functionality / fix bugs for all users immediately and JavaScript happened to be the language there. 

There are many advantages of Javascript, but my favourite are:

• It's incredibly easy to learn
• Every browser supports javascript 
• Since you see the results immediately and visually you stay inspired and motivated
• Huge open source community of devs so it's easy to seek out help
• Tons of projects libraries, frameworks hosted on Github ...

david.monreal@skylabcoders.com

I don't think there's THE best language. Choosing a language should serve a purpose. Depending on your goals, different languages would be THE best.

Prior to creating Skylab Coders Academy in Barcelona, I visited a few coding bootcamps. I even traveled to the United States to understand the key aspects of a coding bootcamp. Spent a coupe of weeks at Wyncode in Miami. Great guys and model.

Back in Barcelona, we designed the curriculum for our Bootcamp. We chose to focus on local people to work in local web development companies and be prepared for a long career in an always-changing environment. So we had to adapt what we saw in USA according to that goals. We chose the MEAN stack, around Javascript because it made sense for the kind of Bootcamp we ...