Re: help getting started..Please read

Hi,

try to get "real-life" experience. Program something that someone other really needs and uses. One little CD- or Video-Database for your neighbour will give you much more experience than 10 schoolbook examples. The point is to get confronted with requierments, and it's your job to implement them, to build a working program which satiesfies your "customer". Languages come second.

just my 2 cents

On Tue, 26 Mar 2002 18:01:06 GMT, "shawn gregory" <sgregor6_at_tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

>Im very interested in programming, but have no real background or knowledge
>other than what I have learned on my own, not much yet. I ve posted one
>other time here about my interest in learning to be an Oracle developer and
>recieved good advice on being carefull with the tech " school" certification
>route as a way to get the education. Im convinced of my desire to do this,
>but unsure as to the best way to go about it. Im doing this backwards, as I
>am 34 and have had my own business since getting out of high school. Ive
>always liked being in charge of my time and carreer, and I probably would
>like to do the same with programming at some point. But, besides being
>proffitable, I really have this bug that I just have to figure this
>programming stuff out, even though I am not sure if I can.
>Given the fact that I want to be a programmer, probably in the area of
>database design, what would be the best route to get the training, ( Real
>knowledge ), and the experience for me to pursue this, with possibly
>freelancing as an end goal? College, tech school, online learning, etc.
>Does my age matter in the real world as far as starting now? Do I have to be
>Spock to do this? Any particular area of programming financially or
>creatively better? Were you as overwhelmed when you first started looking at
>code as I am? How long did it take you to GET IT?
> I would love to hear from everyone who has an opinion. I thank you.
>Shawn
>
>
>

regards
Marc Blum
mailto:marc_at_marcblum.de
http://www.marcblum.de Received on Wed Mar 27 2002 - 15:35:57 CET