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i repaired computers for a year which was also self taught. then programming. thanks to newbostonacademy on youtube. bucky, you are the best.
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@eshwarenm I did good admission but, teaching was soo bad that I eventually stopped going.
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@Aitkotw you didnt read the fine prints. but i have billion dollar app idea. if you build it for me for free i will give you 10%. π€£
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@eshwarenm Nah buddy, I'm happy with my trillion dollar start-up. I ain't greedy bro.
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Bought a c++ book at 12. Didn't get around to it until I learned that wiremod taught me programming fundamentals -
It depends on how exactly to interpret self taught. Anything you want to learn you can learn it without any teacher instructing you. If you'd buy a book on C++, read it, do it, learn it, are you then self taught? Or did the book author inidirectly teach you?
I consider myself to be self taught however I did get a solid education and degree in software engineering later on completely through self study. -
Does half of a codecademy course and asking a co-worker for side projects count? If so, then yes.
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nightowl7087yI'm mostly self-taught.
I played with Pascal then studied it as part of a computer studies course, along with other languages...
But most of the time I'd be done with the tasks that were set quite quickly and would end up helping my classmates with their work.
Since then I've learned loads more things about programming and even other non dev tasks. -
Self taught as well.
Fell in love with frontend design and development, data visualization and web analytics. Now I also work heavily with web accessibility due to Canadian disability laws.
Quickly learned in front end tho that I enjoy design through coding over pure graphic design via Illustrator or Photoshop.
I would much rather slice and dice complex layouts into code or work with HTML Canvas rather than be the one to "make the logo" design in Illustrator or Photoshop. -
TheHanna2587yI'm entirely self taught. I've been working with HTML/CSS/JS for close to twenty years. I started learning it in junior high and kept up with it through high school. Along the way I learned Flash, Photoshop, and thought I wanted to do graphic design, so that's what I went to college for. Along the way I started to learn Python and PHP, and dove deeper into ActionScript and Flash. When I realized that graphic design is a competitive field if you want to be paid well, I started looking for tech jobs that played into my coding skills, and I've been coding professionally since 2010.
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I consider myself to be self taught programmer. I studies electronic and telecommunication much about radar and VLSI. I never studied C or Java and just picked it up over job. I first programmed in MATLAB, which still is my first love. And I don't regret the decision so far.
Fun fact. I am on my way to Oracle developer conference as I write. !! -
kano1097yMe. 18 years ago I taught myself whilst doing 16-17 hour shifts as a security guard :). I was always I interested, so decided to buy a book and go for it. A couple of years and, 10 or so books later and a couple of personal projects l bagged myself my first junior role. Happy days.
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Brolls31557y*waves* books from the library. Borked computers. Lots of fun.
I did study it at school / college / uni (I dropped out), but the programming side of it I was already solid on, the formal education was a box ticking exercise. -
100% self taught dev dealing with school because I need the damn degree to even be considered for a job anywhere.
I don't mean to sound too arrogant but I see the people I am getting my degree with. I can code a circle around them before they could print hello world. -
Me.
Human anatomist by training.
Turned analyst/Sql Dev and then moved in DBA/ devops work. -
*raises hand*
Took an AP Computer Science class in highschool (Java,) and then a Python class in college but didn't learn too much from them. Then while in college, I started at a tech company as an intern, then got hired on a full-time Analyst, and then promoted to a Software Engineer from there after teaching myself -
axtg2057y*raise hand*
Started with qBasic on Windows 3.11, then onwards from there all Googling (or Altavista) the rest. -
Ratty157yI left school at 16 and have been coding professionally for nearly 20 years. I'm too cool for school.
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Pretty much, only classes I took are high school Java, most of which I already knew or looked up.
Who is a self taught programmer here? Like conpletely self taught.
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