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Code. Teach yourself how to code. Create a project that you would find useful. Given your finance background, create a system to manage your personal finances o
by dankruss 11y ago
Code. Teach yourself how to code.
Create a project that you would find useful.
Given your finance background, create a system to manage your personal finances or automate some of the tasks you perform at work. You have the mathematics background, so logic isn't a hurdle. If the glove fits... code.
- Sealy 11y agoI second this. You are after all asking the Hackernews community! Like what dankruss says, you have a lot of complementary skills too. I'd recommend some sort of dynamic web based language so you can launch your own startups in the future if you want.
- h0phead 11y agoWhich language though? Coming from someone who knows a bit but doesn't work in the field.
- T-A 11y agoI would say Python. Easy enough to be a good teaching language + a huge ecosystem for real work, spanning everything from web dev to machine learning.
- nindalf 11y agoI second the other suggestion - Python. I think its a great language to learn first up. I feel its biggest strength is its excellent standard library and ecosystem Python allows you to do really cool things with minimal frustration. This is important because once a person gets past the basics what keeps them hooked is doing cool things what they've learned.
- shareit 11y agoIts gotta be JavaScript. Given Meteor, JS is all you need to get an idea out the door.
- zeckalpha 11y agoTo get an idea for a web site out the door. Not all ideas are web sites.