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Re: Newbie needing advice

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Subject	Re: Newbie needing advice
Date	2012-05-03 09:19 -0700
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On 5/3/2012 8:55 AM, zack ballard wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> So, I am a complete newb when it comes to programming and am wanting
> to learn.

My advice: go to school.

You aren't going to get any serious work, or learning, done trying to 
learn on your.  Learning on own is going to be difficult, and won't be 
taken seriously by an employer.

If a university is out of the question, consider a junior college or 
trade school.  If I personally had to hire someone, I'd consider hiring 
someone with a 2 year degree or the first 2 years of college coursework 
at a junior college before I'd hire someone who was self-taught.  If you 
don't have a related degree (math, science, etc.) then "I learned it 
myself" is going to be a non-starter; I simply wouldn't hire anyone with 
no degree at all.

That said, sure, Java is an acceptable language to start learning.  It's 
practical and used in the workplace, as well as being not too baroque 
for a new student.  Other acceptable choices might be C#, Ruby, Python, 
C, or probably a few more I'm unaware of.

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Newbie needing advice zack ballard <theznc@gmail.com> - 2012-05-03 08:55 -0700
  Re: Newbie needing advice Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-05-03 12:18 -0400
    Re: Newbie needing advice Cainito <theznc@gmail.com> - 2012-05-03 09:27 -0700
      Re: Newbie needing advice Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-05-03 13:17 -0400
  Re: Newbie needing advice markspace <-@.> - 2012-05-03 09:19 -0700
    Re: Newbie needing advice Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-05-03 12:22 -0400
    Re: Newbie needing advice Cainito <theznc@gmail.com> - 2012-05-03 09:43 -0700
      Re: Newbie needing advice Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-05-03 13:24 -0400
      Re: Newbie needing advice markspace <-@.> - 2012-05-03 11:02 -0700
        Re: Newbie needing advice Cainito <theznc@gmail.com> - 2012-05-03 13:28 -0700
        Re: Newbie needing advice Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-05-03 13:30 -0700
    Re: Newbie needing advice Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-05-03 20:02 -0300
  Re: Newbie needing advice Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-05-03 13:02 -0400
    Re: Newbie needing advice Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-05-03 13:23 -0400
    Re: Newbie needing advice Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-05-08 10:49 -0400
      Re: Newbie needing advice Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-05-10 19:26 -0700
        Re: Newbie needing advice Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-05-11 11:28 -0400
  Re: Newbie needing advice Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-05-03 14:01 -0700
  Re: Newbie needing advice Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-05-03 15:03 -0700

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