How can a chemist retrain for one of the digital professions?

Question

IT education

Good afternoon,
I really need advice, links, explanations.
Fact 1: the text is long
Fact 2: I googled, searched the site for similar questions.
Given: almost 33 years, higher technical education (chemical technology of natural energy carriers and carbon materials), worked as a process engineer (design of process units), second higher management (received in parallel with the first). There were several
factors:
there is no return, no pleasure from work.
2. Since 2016, due to the work of my husband, we have been moving from country to country, so I could not work in my specialty even if I wanted to.
Therefore, after much thought, conversations with recruiters, acquaintances from different areas, I decided to retrain and start from scratch. For a long time I have been interested in the process of creating sites, both as an external shell (why did they use such a font / color / why is it so inconveniently done here / but I would do it like this), and “stuffings” (how everything functions, how everything is spelled out), I want to understand this, the further, the more, so I look towards digital professions: web design and web programming.
I plan to finish courses first, make a portfolio, look for a job.
Problem: I can only study remotely, because now we live in another country. I can’t study at the university in this country, because. tuition fees are sky high. I don’t know where we will live later, because according to the policy of my husband’s company, employees are transferred to another place every 2-3 years.
Questions:
1. Do I need a higher specialized education or is my technical education enough?
2. What courses or universities can you recommend? Sea courses, reviews too. I can study in Russian, English and German. I need relevant knowledge, competent presentation.
Please do not write that self-study is best. For a person with some kind of base, yes, but for a beginner, it's like throwing a person who cannot swim into the water, in the hope that he will now learn to swim. I first need to gain a base, the basics, in order to at least imagine how and where to look for the necessary information myself.
3. Can you recommend literature for beginners? In Russian, English or German.
4. If you look for a job later, how strong is ageism in IT? Reading the site, I basically get the feeling that since I'm almost 33, it's time to get a set of false teeth and go to watchmen. And I'm also female, so put out the lights altogether.
5. If you start working as a freelancer, is it really possible to get a job in an office (what if we finally settle down somewhere) permanently?
I will say right away that I have absolutely no rose-colored glasses in terms of a grand career right away, employers who will line up in front of me and a gigantic salary from the very beginning. I'm ready to go step by step, learn, develop a portfolio, at first I'm even ready to work "for a chocolate bar" in order to gain experience.
Thank you all in advance for your patience and advice.

Answer 1

1. Do I need a higher specialized education or is my technical education enough?

None is enough. I'm serious.
Personally, I'm against courses. Read books or look for a personal tutor.
Lure for students. I have not met a single really professional programmer under 25. I work with a good pro 42 years old. IT girl 36 is on the hook. It’s not that they don’t like girls in IT, there are almost none of them, that’s all.
Freelancers are reluctant to take to the office, and the freelance exchange is overflowing with white people.
I would recommend a different direction.
Why IT-chemistry does not suit you? There are directions in this area.

Answer 2

The tower is not required, but basic knowledge of the basics is required (it often confuses the understanding of these basics and paradigms - it’s just practice: what is a variable, where is it stored, how and why is it called that, what is an array of variables, a cycle through an array, what are the cycles and why). If there is a predisposition to the technical - it will be easier, although not a fact.
If you are wondering why the design is like this, and not the way you would like - it's more about psychology, empathy and the basics of design (there is also a lot of reading matter). Design is different. Making beautiful (ui) and making it comfortable (ux) are completely different professions. Sometimes they intersect in one head.
Based on the experience of bringing friends to it, I’ll say that everything is individual: in half a year you can start freelancing for a penny (or money, as usual), or you can find remote work for normal money in accordance with your skills and requests. Good luck.

Answer 3

Nata
There were already similar questions and answers to them on the toaster. Yes, those are the questions.
Short and concise algorithm:
Question : how to move from the technical area X to IT?
Answer : no need to switch to pure IT. Instead, you need to find (you will have to google hard in English) and go to the area that combines X + IT.
Profit : X (in the background) + IT will take you to the forefront instead of the curb. Because pure IT people in this area do not have X in the background. And who has - they are on the count.
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