Is my plan for learning to code from scratch okay?

EddieR2022-03-02 02:20:14

IT education

EddieR, 2022-03-02 02:20:14

Hello! I ask for advice.

I have 6 free months ( study all day long ) and I want to try, as they say, "roll" into IT. It is very important for me to use these six months with maximum benefit in order to eventually try to find at least some kind of job.

27 years; without any of those. or mat. background. Education - incomplete higher education in humanitarian specialty. English level language - low, but reading manuals and listening to lectures is usually enough. I don’t consider online courses / schools - I want to study topics more thoroughly.

It is still difficult for me to decide on a specific area in It., I gave myself the following curriculum:
1. A giant volume on Brookshire Computer Science(the only one I managed to find and buy in Russian) - will help me deal with the main tech. terminology, orient yourself in IT in order to choose a specific direction.
2. Four volumes of M. Lutz on Python.
3. Continuation of practice in Python + study of the second PL (I haven’t decided yet, I’m working on JS).
I would be glad to read the opinion of experienced people about my training plan.

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Dmitry, 2022-03-02
@Spargwy

Yap+Framework+Knowledge like docker/bases etc. The most realistic option.
For six months, it will not work thoroughly. No one bothers to catch up later, as there will be means of subsistence.

pavelsha, 2022-03-02
@pavelsha

The main issue is your motivation. And do not rush to discard the experience that you have now.
What draws you to programming besides money?
By the age of 27, you already have some work experience, and not only work... Have you ever needed to automate something, rivet a website?
At least you can get some work now. The first line of technical support does not require higher education in the specialty. Here competent written and oral speech will give more odds.
You write that you still do not understand an interesting or promising direction for you ... One theoretical training will not advance you in this.
I would advise you to get a job before the six months you have allocated for training are cut. Try to cook in support. If you don’t get stuck in the contact center, then there will be close working interaction with developers and admins. Maybe you will understand what you want from their example.

mkone112, 2022-03-02
@mkone112

1. A giant volume on Brookshire Computer Science (the only one I could find and buy in Russian) - will help me deal with the main tech. terminology, orient yourself in IT in order to choose a specific direction.

Well, in a few years I think you will master it.

2. Four volumes of M. Lutz on Python.

I have been reading for six months. Didn't make it to the end.

3. Continuation of practice in Python + study of the second PL (I haven’t decided yet, I’m working on JS).

Well, a couple more years. Pretty good plan, in my opinion.

calculator212, 2022-03-02
@calculator212

In general, the plan is not very good. If you do not have a technical background, then six months to become a programmer is not enough. There is an article, it is specific, but if briefly a person went to courses, spent about a year on training, as a result, he hardly found a job for 15k. Now I'll tell you what's wrong with your plan. The first book can be. also normal, but if you are sure that you have enough motivation to understand all this, then go ahead. The second book is not intended for complete beginners, it requires more in-depth knowledge and is no longer read in order to learn how to program, but to learn the features of a particular language, so you should find simpler books that will be aimed at practice. The JS is worth tweaking a bit if you want to do something with the web interface, although html/css will probably suffice. In general, if there is zero knowledge, then it’s worth rummaging through the courses on YouTube and choosing the one on which they explain it better for you, but it’s clearly not worth starting with a lutz.

Saboteur, 2022-03-02
@saboteur_kiev

I don't see a plan. I see just a listing of several books.
Nobody knows how long you will practice. How and what will you practice.
Just reading books is not.
Reading and doing tasks only from books is not.
And the rest - it is not clear whether your motivation is enough to actively study every day, for example, in a month.

EddieR, 2022-03-02
@EddieR

Yes, I understand that 6 months is not enough to fully master at least one LP. I just want to make the most of my free time.
I see comments about the loss of motivation to study. I suppose that this happens for two reasons: the complexity of the material being studied and the absence of any visible results at first. If so, then I'm ready for it. Yes, and the experience of studying special. Literature is available (in other disciplines).
I also hope that my interest in mathematics will help - it went badly at school, but then, already in university times, I became interested and began to study it "for myself"
It is clear that some problems from the above books will not be enough. Fortunately, there are a lot of sites on the Internet with practice. tasks. It's just that I'm used to first collecting a list of references - a university habit, and then compiling a step-by-step study plan. The online courses that are advertised now from every iron have always seemed somehow muddy to me. :)