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A lot of people aren't driven enough by themselves. So although they -could- look things up and start working on projects, they -don't-. Another thing is the t
by intertextuality 7y ago
A lot of people aren't driven enough by themselves. So although they -could- look things up and start working on projects, they -don't-.
Another thing is the teachers/mentors. I'm not sure about Lamba School's quality but in general having a teacher or mentor who can guide you is very beneficial. The thing with programming is that there's so much you have to learn at first.
I am also completely self taught. I learned Ruby to apply into one academy but got rejected. But I continued to work through their recommended materials anyway and now I work remotely fulltime as a software developer.
- Ronnie_Dipple 7y agoI just discovered Ruby, do you have and recommended places to learn the language?
- intertextuality 7y agoI believe I started with Beginning Ruby: From Novice to Professional by Peter Cooper. I liked The Well Grounded Rubyist and I've heard Eloquent Ruby is also good. Design Patterns in Ruby is less about ruby and more about design patterns, but still a good read. I learned a lot about Rails from Michael Hartl's Ruby on Rails Tutorial book. I learned the most through doing, though. I would work on building my own website and looked up anything I didn't know.