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If he is serious of continuing developing software for many years and not just jump ship because the pay is good now, learning the basics of CS is my recommenda
by BSousa 13y ago
If he is serious of continuing developing software for many years and not just jump ship because the pay is good now, learning the basics of CS is my recommendation. There are a few coursera courses on intro to CS (I think using Python) that will be very valuable. Learning about how a computer works, how algorithms work, etc are very valuable (I'm not saying to know the exact O notation of 50 sorting algorithms, but the general idea of how they work)
If he just wants to make more money but doesn't care much about programming/developing software, just tell him to go to one of those Rails/iOS/etc bootcamps for a month or two.
- tbassetto 13y agoThanks! That is definitely not for the pay. HTML/CSS is quick to learn and you see results right away (like wow, I built a website for my [INSERT HERE YOUR HOBBY]). Next step will likely be learning the CS basis via a MOOC.
- busterarm 13y agoThe bootcamps might be a mistake. I learned basic CS first but I went with a sort-of bootcamp just to get some projects in and I just found it so boring.
- BSousa 13y agoI don't think they are that good as well, but as I mentioned, if the whole point was just to get an entry level dev job for the money, it maybe a good option.