Are You a Self-Taught Programmer?
Hi guys, and gals.
I did a video on my YouTube Channel a little while back that talked about an interesting thread I found on Quora. Basically the thread suggested that 90% of Computer Programmers are self-taught. I thought this was pretty interesting and did a video to share my thoughts on the topic.
You can watch it below:
What would you define as a self-taught web developer?
Are you a self-taught web developer?
Though there is much to being self taught, at the higher complexity levels (language design, kernel/hardware etc). Also remember, that there are many many bad programmers. Many. So how many GOOD self taught programmers are there?
I think your question starts from the wrong place. I have worked with many shit programmers that have been through formal education.
For me there are two types of programmers
Given the choice I will work along side the second category all day and avoid the first at all costs.
The better question being what is the % of good programmers that are self taught vs formally trained :)
yeah I agree with this point . (Y)
Lot's there's content all over that is advanced for web developers, you just usually have to pay for it.
Well if self-taught I pick someone who search online for courses or do their own struggle finding some sources to learn from so the ones I have seen so far are the great programmers.
Like you can take one programmer or I can say jack of all trades : Bucky Roberts. He has got his own youtube channel and website a kind of learning community (thenewboston.com). Taking all these points I will some what disagree with your point but overall as you said first we need to define self-taught term so I am agree with that as many are not that good programmers but in the same time you can't say self-taught are not good programmers.
All depends on how much and how hard you try to become a better web developer and programmer, that's my opinion.
This is truly remarkable.
great
Thanks!
i am self taught. i am medical student and my main profession will be in medicine but i love programming so muuch. first language was autohotkey, it's scripting language but still powerful and does many things. than python and after that i started web developing. learnt javascript html css and at some point PHP too. don't like PHP much ugly syntax but easy to write.
Its ok to add youtube videos? I wasnt sure thanks for clearing that up. Hpw do i add the video on here all it gives me is photo options and they dont always show up. Any help would be grear. Thanks again
I started out as a web designer, HTML/CSS and graphics in the 90's. As times moved on I had to adapt and learn php, JavaScript etc otherwise I'd have to back to colouring in so yes self taught.
Self taught all the way. I started in a far easier time though (80s) when the ecosystem was tiny so you could learn it all.
I do feel sorry for people coming in now, so much to learn before you are productive :)
It definitely feels overwhelming nowadays and that's what I struggled with the most. Where do I begin and what's the best way to start? That's the questions I asked the most.
My answer, don't worry just do something that will allow you to progress further and you will get there eventually. If what you are taking is allowing you to learn and become better, you are on the right track.
Great attitude. Yep you just have to pick an area and learn it and then move to the next.
I don't think the language you start with matters at all, chances are it is not the language you will end in, I have been through so many now it is a blur lol
I found I like lower level and back end most, so that is the space I work in.
Being a self-taught programmer is in my understanding better than a studied computer scientist.
I do know, though, that in Germany companies do not believe in that term and would (mostly) not even invite you to an interview. In the USA it is vice versa.
Best,
@martinmusiol
Could be, but that's why we have the internet ;)
I love coding so much so that a spend every little dime I have on internet just to learn code. I started with Java but because I wasn't consistent I've forgotten most of the stuffs. Learning to code is great when you're using a video course. I use lynda.com, you can try it.
I've used them before as well and lots of great courses! The more you learn the better of a web developer you will become for sure.
This is phenomenal!
I'm a self-taught person. I did my engineering in Mineral Engineering which is an Earth Science branch(no link to programming what so ever) along with an MBA. It was my passion towards computers that I started learning not languages but other things about the computers. this slowly spread to mobiles, OS, and other electronic items. It was not until my placement season that I realised how important it is to be able to code in the present business scenario. So, I started learning C, followed by C++. Later I realised that learning a few softwares was also beneficial for the personal growth. So I learned SAP Lumira, ERP, CRM, Tableau, Basecamp, etc. By this time I realised that machine learning and data science are becoming famous. So now I am learning R programming language for data science as well as machine learning.