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- Recently fired from a job I was miserable at. Time to give this a shot.
- I have 3 months to improve myself in programming, where do I start?
- Web Development
- What does this logic gate tutorial mean by "6 nand gates in total" (see image)
- How complex is online payment processing?
- Markdown file not loading links in Android - Why So?
- HTML - "container" tags
- Android/iOS programming
- (I think) I’m doing terribly at my internship.
- Anyone start off in IT Support / Help Desk then switch into Web Development or a Developer role?
- I have created a dataset for vector checkmarks.
- Got hired in a position that I'm not familiar with and looking for some advice to ramp up
- Programming a whole realistic portrait using just CSS? Yes it is possible!
- How can I completely remove anaconda from my mac?
- Client doesn't accept input from the server...help? - Python 3.7
- Brand new to python so downloaded 3.7.3 and of the files i have there isn't IDLE.
- MY FIRST WEBPAGE / HTML, CSS, PHP, JAVASCRIPT
- Want to learn full stack web development this summer. Which udemy courses should i buy?
- Implementing multi directed graph with java
- Programming-related online jobs?
- Should I give in?
- Looking into learning C#
- How long did it take you to learn a back-end framework like Django?
| Recently fired from a job I was miserable at. Time to give this a shot. Posted: 14 Jun 2019 09:22 AM PDT So I just got fired from my job working in public relations. It's a god-awful, soul-sucking industry; ethically bankrupt, bereft of any sort of intellectual or creative stimulation, basically telemarketing with some admin thrown in. I'm at the very bottom of the corporate pecking order. This misery has piled on so much stress, anxiety, and neuroses throughout the years, yet I've remained in it because it pays well and it's what I studied in college - any career switch would involve a significant paycut when I can already navigate this industry pretty well. Well guess what fuckers, I just got fired and I feel liberated. After a couple days of alcohol-drenched existential dread, I met an old friend for drinks. She basically jumped on web development out of nowhere, signed up for a bootcamp with Flatiron School, and a couple months later is now working an entry level junior dev role that pays more than my previous role at PR -- despite me having four years of experience. We chatted for hours and the notion of making the leap to programming sparked some interest. I've been doing so much research and think the stars have aligned and *this is it.* If there has ever been a time for me to, excuse the cliche, turn my life around, it's right the fuck now. So let's hustle baby. Keep in mind: I have 0 programming experience. None. I also come from a communications background which not only means that I'm far from the sharpest tool in the shed, it also means that I have never actually flexed my brain to think in quantitative concepts. So this may take a bit longer. However, I am committed to this. I'm also pretty obsessive; I'm either all in and dedicate every waking moment to something, or I just throw it aside and forget about it. So let's assume that I will spend an average of 10-12 hours a day practicing. Again, I'm unemployed. If there has ever been a time to grab this shit by the balls, this is it. All in. Failure is not an option; I refuse to degrade myself by returning to my previous industry. Rant aside, I'd love to hear some thoughts on this roadmap I've worked on. Guidance for me is key. Ideally, my goal would be to work as a data analyst of some sort. It's been something that I've kept on the backburner of my mind for over a year now but always had an excuse (too much work, too tired, not enough time/direction/accountability/serotonin) FIRST STEP: Complete the CodeCademy Python 3 Course WHY: Well, it's hella interactive. I tried to get into Learn Python the Hard Way and the Python for Everybody courses, but they are just not interactive enough. Codecademy comes bundled with countless drills that can help me, a total newbie, internalize these concepts better. The app is also stellar as it allows me to practice in bite-sized increments anywhere I go. Once I finish this bad boy, I'm thinking of taking: SECOND STEP: Flatiron School's Data Science Bootcamp Prep Course, followed by the Immersive Data Science Bootcamp in NYC WHY: It's legit, and I'm sure I will get a lot of posts in here that suggest I just pull myself up by my bootstraps because "everything is online" and "I just need to build things" but saying these things to someone with 0 direction is likelier to leave me spinning in circles at best, and disheartening me from the entire endeavor altogether at worst. This has happened in the past. I need some hand-holding here, support, accountability, and structure if I am to make a career transition of this magnitude and willingly succumb myself to 12 hour days for weeks running drills without going insane or losing my sense of purpose. Also, I want to meet other beginners so I can immerse myself in the field, ask questions, and just all-around feel a sense of camaraderie and accountability. I am based in NYC, so if anyone knows of any good IRL meetups or events to meet total newbies where I won't get laughed at when I just learned what an if statement is, I'd love to hear them. Thanks for reading the wall of text and would appreciate any insights/comments/thoughts/suggestions on all this because a lot of the roadmap is still a bit malleable and nebulous in my mind. I hope five years from now I look back on this post and remember it fondly as the beginning of what would go on to become the biggest and most rewarding undertaking of my disaster of a life. EDIT: Removed all content explaining my reasoning behind exploring the possibility of signing up for Flatiron. Despite me using that as a way to rationalize my decision (because considering an option that costs $17k when you're unemployed is something you should consider VERY carefully), I received numerous replies from people with apparently no reading comprehension that disregarded this entire post as a marketing ploy from Flatiron. [link] [comments]  |
| I have 3 months to improve myself in programming, where do I start? Posted: 14 Jun 2019 11:30 PM PDT I'm a Computer Engineering student and I just finished my second year of studies. I feel horrible at programming. Since my degree also deals with hardware components we have programmed a lot this year. This summer I'll be working (not cs related)to make some money for my master degree and even though I wont have time to study a lot I'll try to work as hard as possible. To boil it down : where do I start so I can be better and more confident in my programming path ? I was thinking about taking CS50 .. I don't know what you guys can recommend and any advice is very welcomed . [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 14 Jun 2019 06:18 PM PDT Is Web Development still a marketable career if there are sites like Wix and Squarespace available? [link] [comments]  |
| What does this logic gate tutorial mean by "6 nand gates in total" (see image) Posted: 14 Jun 2019 09:38 PM PDT I'm learning logic gates from an educational web site nandgame.com It says I used the lowest possible number of components but I could solve with less nand gates. Please explain why it says I used 6 when it looks like just 1, thanks! Image link: https://ibb.co/ZHvZJPt [link] [comments]  |
| How complex is online payment processing? Posted: 14 Jun 2019 10:14 AM PDT A company I work with currently uses a 3rd party payment processor to handle our credit card payments. A coworker is proposing that we eventually build our own system to handle payments and forego the 3rd party payment processor. Now, I have a pretty rudimentary understanding of programming, but to me this seems more than just a little naive to think we could effectively handle our own payment processing. So my question: how hard is it to build a custom framework that would handle online credit card payments (international customers)? Is it realistic to think that it can be done by a small team (~8 developers) who also have a full-fledged product to maintain? And if it could be done, could it be done well? --- Edit: Thank you for your responses. Believe me, I know how insane of a prospect this is, I just wasn't really clear on why (again, not a developer) and wanted to get some input from the outside world. I appreciate the links and telling me straight up how ridiculous this would be. [link] [comments]  |
| Markdown file not loading links in Android - Why So? Posted: 14 Jun 2019 11:53 PM PDT I'm using Here is what i have tried in my md files None of it is working P.s I'm new to md files and don't have much experience with them . I have been at it for two days and can't figure out what am i doing wrong [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 14 Jun 2019 11:51 PM PDT What are the all the different "container" tags? div, span, section, container... which should I use most often? I seem to use div too often and I see alot of webpages using divs seemingly excessively [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 14 Jun 2019 11:38 PM PDT Hello, I am utterly new to world of programming and I would like to do a livescore app for me and my friend only. I would like app to show current status of match and also a history of matches and player profile, something like flashscore but with my own matches. Particularly, we have like own tennis, dart, football and floorball "league" so I would like to provide this information via app. Thank you a lot for your responses. [link] [comments]  |
| (I think) I’m doing terribly at my internship. Posted: 14 Jun 2019 09:39 AM PDT I've been working on a data analysis/ database to dashboard type project with my manager and a lead team member for a week. Can't help but feel they think I'm slow and useless. It took me a day to write a few sql queries that link some fields across different tables together and count one of those fields in the query. I still haven't even figured out the syntax for counting that new query, I just put it in a view and counted a field in that view. My manager initially gave me a few more tasks that he just gradually dropped from the list because I was having issues with the application we're using. For example I was meant to write some sql code that would be used to model a discrete graph, but the graphing tool was fighting back a bit. My manager took that over & tasked me with making the dashboard look visually good instead. I guess it's bothering me a bit to see them plan all the complex stuff they need to do to get their project running and I'm just given a much smaller, somewhat trivial task. I understand that they're very deep into data analysis, writing etl scripts and using python libraries I don't know, and it would be inconvenient to grind to a halt to teach the intern how to learn all the concepts just to do something they already know how to do. But I keep getting the feeling they've decided I'm probably not capable of much, at least not in the time frame they've designated. Does it sound like I'm underperforming? my manager hasn't made it clear. Has anyone else experienced this something similar? I'd appreciate some advice. [link] [comments]  |
| Anyone start off in IT Support / Help Desk then switch into Web Development or a Developer role? Posted: 14 Jun 2019 07:43 PM PDT I am curious to see if anyone on this sub started off in IT Support / Help Desk and picked up some coding skills and made a career change. Even if you did not make a career change into a full time developer... how did your new coding skills land you a new position. ~ [link] [comments]  |
| I have created a dataset for vector checkmarks. Posted: 14 Jun 2019 11:04 PM PDT I have created a dataset for vector checkmarks for training machine learning models. I googled it first and found nothing. Right now, there are around 50 images, all 100x100. Where should I dump it so that everyone else can use it? Also, can anyone tell me where can I get such data for training? Is there any better source that I may have missed? [link] [comments]  |
| Got hired in a position that I'm not familiar with and looking for some advice to ramp up Posted: 14 Jun 2019 04:51 PM PDT Got offered a position with a company recently and my start date is in a couple weeks. The job area focus is Systems Design & Integration - or as it's been put to me, focusing on single sign-on integration, authorization, etc. They couldn't tell me too much because it's a company with some government contracts so it's pretty hush hush. I honestly don't even know what language they're using. My experience is very limited - a few years ago in school we did a project where we added OAUTH to a page to enable outside authorization using the different log in APIs. It was mostly just plug and play though - copy and paste some code, make sure your token is correctly in the routes (I think? It's been about 4 years), and boom it works. I can't say I really LEARNED a ton about the concepts or execution. It was just exposure to the idea. So, when I got the job offer, I was pretty pleasantly surprised. It's definitely not my strong suit so I'm guessing they were happy with other aspects of my interview/profile. I'm sure there's more to SSOs than OAuth as well. So if anyone's can point me to somewhere to dabble with these concepts, learn a little more, or anything like that that might help me ramp up so I feel a little more ready to jump in would be greatly appreciated. I really intend on making a good impression so the more I know going in the better I'll feel. [link] [comments]  |
| Programming a whole realistic portrait using just CSS? Yes it is possible! Posted: 14 Jun 2019 09:13 AM PDT |
| How can I completely remove anaconda from my mac? Posted: 14 Jun 2019 10:39 PM PDT I installed anaconda just to do some basic data science tutorials and it kind of messed with everything on my system. I just ran When I run
Anaconda is still in my path, and I think it's messing with things.. How do I just completely remove it? [link] [comments]  |
| Client doesn't accept input from the server...help? - Python 3.7 Posted: 14 Jun 2019 10:35 PM PDT I'm trying to build a game of Tic Tac Toe that is hosted online and can be played by running a client on 2 different computers. Right now, I'm trying to figure out why won't my client receive input from the server (The idea is that the server receives a move, validates it, and then sends the move to all clients for them to update with. However, the client isn't accepting any input). My code: gist Server output: Client output: From what I can tell, the problem seems to be that there just isn't anything coming through to the client, so the client just sits there waiting for something to happen. But I don't know why that's happening, or how to fix it. [link] [comments]  |
| Brand new to python so downloaded 3.7.3 and of the files i have there isn't IDLE. Posted: 14 Jun 2019 10:09 PM PDT I can open the shell, but I heard this is not a good way to program. Where is the missing IDLE file so I can open up the IDLE interface? Thank you in advance. Oh, Im running windows 8. [link] [comments]  |
| MY FIRST WEBPAGE / HTML, CSS, PHP, JAVASCRIPT Posted: 14 Jun 2019 02:34 PM PDT Please visit my webpage http://hamplik.wz.sk Works on pc and notebooks. How can I do it responsive for mobile phones? I do it for PC and notebooks : 1366px - 1920px. [link] [comments]  |
| Want to learn full stack web development this summer. Which udemy courses should i buy? Posted: 14 Jun 2019 09:55 PM PDT Currently they're on discount. I know css js html. I need to learn one backend language , one js framework like vue or react, and anything else that can benefit me in different hackathons. Plz i need the help of all of you guys. Which courses should i buy off udemy. I wrote a similar post yesterday but multiple people suggested i should do projects instead. Im not asking for the best method to learn as a lot of people have their own ways, Im just asking a question and whoever knows anything is free to help. Highly appreciate the help! Thank you!! [link] [comments]  |
| Implementing multi directed graph with java Posted: 14 Jun 2019 09:49 PM PDT Hi I was looking into implenting a multi directed graph with a couple of inputs of map cordinates and the apply bellman ford to get the shortest path. Was planning on using JGraphT library but no clue if i can run calculations with it. Any adivice or useful tutorial will be greatley appreciated thanks :). [link] [comments]  |
| Programming-related online jobs? Posted: 14 Jun 2019 07:41 PM PDT Hello everyone, currently I have free days on weekends so I wish to make some small money as allowance, was wondering what would be the most suitable online job/stuff to do to earn money by programming As far as I've read, I've gathered things like Web Development and making mobile apps. Are these the most suitable path to working online? Also I'm quite new to programming, been trying to learn Python as I've heard it's most beginner-friendly. Would learning Python first be a good choice in helping me work online as a programmer? I don't need to be making big bucks, just need to make a little side income Thank you so much for any replies! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 14 Jun 2019 03:51 PM PDT Is it normal for a person to learn coding after 3 months? I have been learning this for 6-7 years and I basically wrote a PHP E-Commerce website 3 days ago it felt good until I saw some YouTube videos. I understood 6 years ago that this sort of thing takes up to 10 years to learn. Note I do not have any certificates coding boot camps or BS degree in CS and I am still at a novice level I believe. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 14 Jun 2019 06:54 AM PDT I am very new with programming and I haven't done anything yet except watch people build code in time lapse and do some online reading. I chose C# since I already read stuff about this and the language seems not only flexible but also easy to understand. When learning a new language, what is the best way to practice what I have learned and what should I have before learning the language completely. The idea of programming isn't new to me since our teacher taught us about HTML (basic HTML btw) and made us do a personal website from it. I also do coding in some games using some mods (I used the mod to code, not code the mod) Like what I said above, I am looking for what should I have before learning the language and what can I build using the language I have learned. [link] [comments]  |
| How long did it take you to learn a back-end framework like Django? Posted: 14 Jun 2019 07:23 PM PDT I want to learn it to build a new web app I had an idea for. [link] [comments]  |
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