/prog/ -Hey /prog/, I'm 19 and for a while I've been half-assing an attempt at a "tech career" straight out of high school. I'm now taking it more seriously , reflecting on what I've been doing and wondering if I'm retarded, so I'd appreciate a second opinion.

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Anonymous 06/21/21 (Mon) 21:12:50 42aea5 No.5502

Hey /prog/, I'm 19 and for a while I've been half-assing an attempt at a "tech career" straight out of high school. I'm now taking it more seriously , reflecting on what I've been doing and wondering if I'm retarded, so I'd appreciate a second opinion.

>did some gay C++ programming youtube tutorials while i was in middle school, didn't learn shit and stopped after a week

>tried a bunch of free online programming courses and lose interest in them all

>buy cheap python beginner's book off the internet, it's more interesting but i'm lazy and am only 1/2 of the way through after almost a year

>know some basic shit and some formatting, "etiquette" stuff

>enroll in local technical college IT course hoping i can learn more about computers, maybe get a job and carry the experience over to different fields

>starting to worry that the certification won't be enough to get any job

>now am looking for any sort of internship to get experience and become more confident in abilities

>trying to get to the point where i can make a PR on github without looking like a sped

I'd also appreciate if anyone could point me towards somewhere else where I could talk with experienced programmers and get tips, like an IRC or discord server. Thanks.

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Anonymous 11/05/21 (Fri) 00:57:51 e1c914 No.5507

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>>5502

>I'm 19 and for a while I've been half-assing an attempt at a "tech career" straight out of high school

Hey anon, I'm also in this exact situation.

Not sure whether I want to get IT certs and try to work through helpdesk jobs to eventually work as a system administrator. Or whether I want to make a web-dev/design portfolio with my strong prior HTML/CSS/JS knowledge, and strike while the iron is hot.

I can get more money starting off in web-dev and I already have a lot of the skills, but the industry seems very volatile. Compared to the slow-burn but seemingly more steady IT/sys admin path.

Bumping this thread w high hopes!

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Anonymous 12/30/22 (Fri) 03:19:51 f7d73c No.5513

Quit programming if you dont got the attention span and concentration needed, programming is a wonderfull thing but for those like me and you who dont got what it takes, might not be worth it at all

Build a portfolio if you are still trying that path, hope you can get somewhere, programming diplommas dont mean shit, just go to college if you want to leave your country

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jarryLarch 02/05/23 (Sun) 14:04:02 1ccde6 No.5515

I am a beginner programmer, I want to learn owl programming, which language would be better?

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LannyDavis 02/06/23 (Mon) 06:25:52 54a71c No.5516

Hi, Python is the best programming language for me

Python is easy to write and has a clean syntax. So, writing programs in Python is much easier compared to C++, we can make quickly prototype code that can be used to build applications, Python is easy to learn and easier to practice So I advise Python for you, by the way, my friends advised https://evnedev.com/services/software-product-development-company/ you can use their services for your projects while you learn programming

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Anonymous 08/13/23 (Sun) 09:20:42 7524ba No.5526

>>5502

>>5513

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If you wanna do it - do it. First language doesn't matter, neither is a discord server. If you want to do it - you'll find a way

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grade 11/10/23 (Fri) 10:29:40 32dd8b No.5527

learn c++ at starting, are you serious, go and learn first some easy and short type language and build some intrest. then go for known languages like python, js, rust, java (if you can remember long syntex), ruby, perl etc. then go for mid level languages like c/c++ or zig

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grade 11/10/23 (Fri) 10:31:30 32dd8b No.5528

if you don't have intrest then leave and do other things, i'm not discourage you but you don't have any intrest

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