| | Tom Ordonez | I went to the 2nd season of the Starter League, when they were called Code Academy and they were at the Hancock tower. The most beautiful view of the city. I worked from 1871 when they moved there. I wasn't stalking them. It was just a coincidence.
Before taking the Web Development class I worked in many failed experiments related to software development. My goal was not to become a full time developer but be good enough at managing a software development project.
The results were different...sort of:
1. I found my passion for coding. Even though I took C and Java back in college. I found it difficult. Maybe because I was not inspired. The SL helped me find this inspiration
2. One of the founders noticed I typed with 2 fingers and told me to learn touch type. Learning this increased my productivity 10x.
3. I became an improved project manager for software related projects.
My personal blog uses Octopress (http://tomordonez.com). I write my posts using Vim and I publish them to Github without looking at the keyboard ever.
Before taking this class you should evaluate your personal goals.
* Do I want to become a full time programmer?
* Do I want to become a software project manager?
* Do I want to find a startup/tech related job?
Keep in mind that you will not become a software developer in 3 months. That's like asking a surgeon to take a 3-month class and operate on people. What it can do for you is get Started. And this is a lot. You need to put a lot of effort. Programming is not easy. If it would be easy, even realtors would be programmers*. You need spend a lot of time on your own studying. Maybe take an internship or two. Go to a lot of meetups, ask for advice, code with others, contribute to open source. Read a lot of code. Then you will be on your own to a programming career. If your goal is different, then you need to evaluate this.
*I know 2 realtors that became programmers after taking this course. |
