What is the fastest way to learn a programming language?

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Animegravitation2014-07-23 09:56:51

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Animegravitation, 2014-07-23 09:56:51

I decided to change my profession and study programming. At the moment I'm working on the book "How to Program in C" by H. Deitel, P. Deitel. Interested in the question is it worth doing all the tasks in the books? Since this takes a fairly large amount of time, and the concepts of most of the chapters read become clear after 10 examples somewhere.
Or is the tactic of quickly mastering the basics and getting a part-time job as an intern in some company better?
1) And what else would you advise to study besides the language itself, programming, data structures, algorithms? .
2) Is it possible to become a Junior at 28? How do employers see it?

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lAtrey, 2014-07-23
@Animegravitation

The best way to learn how to write programs is to write programs. No options. Solve problems of the same type until you fully understand the topic on which these problems are given. Read books between tasks.
If you decide to "finish off" C++ to the end, then after the Deitels it will not hurt to read another book or two, for example, R. Laforet "OOP".
If you want even higher skill - read Stroustrup. And if you understand everything he writes, then you can already be quite confident in your knowledge of the language.

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Oleg Voitenko, 2014-07-23
@OliverV

tasks should be performed unambiguously, and not by copy-paste, but by printing everything. this will help to learn the operators and fill your hand. if the program does not work, you should always find out why, this will help you identify similar problems in the future.
at 28 it is possible to become a junior. no one is interested in your age, everyone is interested in your professionalism.

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Eugene Burmakin, 2014-07-23
@Freika

Employers and employees behind their backs can discuss in the spirit of "already N years, but only in juniors", but this should not touch you in any way. Grow and quickly become a professional.

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Perzh, 2014-07-23
@Perzh

Regarding the second point: if you can devote the right time to work, then they won’t look at your age, it seems to me. Right now I'm studying, working, and soon, apparently, I'll go to the army. These factors stress the employer more than age =)

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Max, 2014-07-24
@mbelskiy

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