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I know that programming is a valuable skill, but outside of taking an introductory C++ course in high school (many moons ago) with a teacher who clearly didn't care about what she was doing, I've never actually tried learning a programming language. In jest, I do understand technology (as evidenced by friends and extended family targeting me as the pseudo-IT guy -- bad example since they're different skill sets, but at least I'm not Zoolander about stuff and can learn/assimilate knowledge pretty quickly when needed), but never went back to wanting to learn more in-depth material.
I know there's sites like codecademy and plenty of e-books and textbooks (and community college courses) where one can learn independently, but what I'm wondering is how you all got your start with computer science.
Full disclosure: I'm not trying how to brute-force/trial-and-error my way into figuring out how FC and other projection sites work (because I guarantee I won't be able to figure it out, even if I were given the blueprint! Also: the proverbial 8-5 gig is keeping me busy enough).
However, I was thinking about wanting to add a marketable skill to my repertoire (because my current job is pretty mindless despite it requiring a graduate degree). On occasion, I use R and SPSS for work, so I feel that I have a solid foundation in statistics (not so much from a DFS perspective, but in terms of all-encompassing knowledge as it relates to my job).
If I wanted to learn, where would you advise me to start? A buddy of mine said Python, but I wanted to read about what your experiences were.
Thanks for reading! Still digging the site and interaction, as always!
I know that programming is a valuable skill, but outside of taking an introductory C++ course in high school (many moons ago) with a teacher who clearly didn't care about what she was doing, I've never actually tried learning a programming language. In jest, I do understand technology (as evidenced by friends and extended family targeting me as the pseudo-IT guy -- bad example since they're different skill sets, but at least I'm not Zoolander about stuff and can learn/assimilate knowledge pretty quickly when needed), but never went back to wanting to learn more in-depth material.
I know there's sites like codecademy and plenty of e-books and textbooks (and community college courses) where one can learn independently, but what I'm wondering is how you all got your start with computer science.
Full disclosure: I'm not trying how to brute-force/trial-and-error my way into figuring out how FC and other projection sites work (because I guarantee I won't be able to figure it out, even if I were given the blueprint! Also: the proverbial 8-5 gig is keeping me busy enough).
However, I was thinking about wanting to add a marketable skill to my repertoire (because my current job is pretty mindless despite it requiring a graduate degree). On occasion, I use R and SPSS for work, so I feel that I have a solid foundation in statistics (not so much from a DFS perspective, but in terms of all-encompassing knowledge as it relates to my job).
If I wanted to learn, where would you advise me to start? A buddy of mine said Python, but I wanted to read about what your experiences were.
Thanks for reading! Still digging the site and interaction, as always!