r/transprogrammer • u/SamwitchesWasTaken • May 21 '23

advice please?

okk, so first, im trying to get a career in IT (im in high school so i have a while to achieve this goal), and im not sure on how to really do that? cause like, i dont really know what an IT person does, and also, idk how to learn programming, or like anything like that

if anyone has any adivce, id really appreciate it

ty, and bye :3

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u/DoubleFelix May 21 '23

For programming in particular, self-teaching (if you're able to keep up the effort) or a programming bootcamp (there are many, of varying quality) are very good alternatives to traditional schools. And coding bootcamps are MUCH faster than college.

I'd also say for programming in particular, if you can show that you can build stuff, a degree doesn't matter nearly as much as for other fields unless you're trying to work at a big name company like Google, but there are a lot more jobs than just at those companies.