Hey everyone,I'm curious- how did you go about learning how to code?<p>Was it self-taught and working on projects/bootcamps/through tutors?
Mostly self-taught: BASIC/ASM on a C64 using the Programmer's Reference and Compute!'s Gazette. Taught myself C on a Mac Plus by writing a game over winter break during my first year at university.<p>There's so much documentation available now (more than was available years ago) for so many open-source and free resources out there.<p>For me, though, the biggest assist to <i>really</i> learning something is having a project. Whether it's at my employer or a personal thing, a project drives me much better to learn something than documentation alone.
Self taught by reading and watching as many guides, articles, tutorials as possible. Then applying what I learned to build something I was interested in, at the time it was early webapps. Learned html, then I had to learn this thing called css, then js, then backend with ruby, then databases with sql, then hosting and managing with linux.. The more I learned the more I had to learn.
Got introduced to the school computer in 1980 - a Texas 990/10 mini. Immediately went out and bought a bunch of books on BASIC (the only language we were allowed to use). Bought a UK101 for home use (8k 6502), bought Rodnay Zaks' book on 6502. Also Leo Brodie's book on Forth. So self taught from books - the only way to learn back then !
I attended a bootcamp. The program had a very poorly constructed curriculum, and that made it feel more like a money grab than a place to learn useful skills. I got as much as I could out of it, but I would say that the majority of my current skillset has been self-taught.