How to become a programmer and find your first job

Adapted translation of the article “How to become a developer and get your first job as quickly as possible”

Ivan Kaptsov

The developer tells software Sam Williams

Why become a programmer?

If you're considering becoming a programmer but aren't sure if it's a good idea, here's what to help you decide:

1. There is a high demand for developers now. For example, for those who develop applications on iOS and Android, the competition is less than 2 people per place. At the same time, the average salary in Moscow is 130–140 thousand rubles, and the maximum salary is 300 thousand per month. The largest competition for the position of data analyst is 4.5 resumes per vacancy.
2. The work is very varied and interesting. A developer can work on a huge number of projects: from e-commerce sites to computer games, from mobile applications before artificial intelligence. Almost all skills can be used in several areas, so you are not tied to one job.
3. Work can be flexible. Most of the time you will need to read and write code, so all you need is a computer. More and more developers are working remotely - from home or traveling around the world.

How to become a programmer

To develop quickly, you will need effective practice and support from experienced developers.

Participate in bootcamps

“Boot Camp” is a training format that was used for intensive training camps for soldiers: instead of three years, the training lasted only three months. Many Western business schools have taken this format as the basis for their training.

An IT bootcamp is a technical training program that teaches the most relevant parts of programming and relates them to current market needs. Students learn from real projects, from people who successfully work in the industry and have broad practical skills.

This makes it possible not to be scattered, but to focus on the most important aspects of programming and immediately apply your skills to solve current problems. People with minimal or even zero level of technical knowledge can study at the bootcamp.

The only problem is that bootcamps usually last 3 months and are held face-to-face, and can cost from 35,000 to 65,000 rubles. This is a lot of money, especially if you don’t earn any money during these 3 months

Find a mentor

This is the ideal way: you start programming and an experienced developer acts as your mentor. This could be a friend, family member, or just a developer who wants to help you. It's hard to lose your way if someone is checking in on you and what you're spending your time on. Sounds great, but finding a mentor can be difficult. Not everyone knows the developers personally, but even acquaintances may refuse you, and this is normal. After all, for a mentor this is additional work.

How to get your first job

Try to get a job in an IT company before you learn how to program. This gives a great advantage: you work with experienced developers and get paid for the practice. At work, you will discover the business side of life as a developer. After all, there is no point in making a product that no one needs, and you also need to learn how to communicate with customers.

Looking for work

Before you make a plan, you need to define a goal. Your goal is to get a developer job as quickly as possible. The sooner you get your first job, the faster you will learn to program, get support from experienced developers and money.

The easiest way to get into web development. Even if you don’t plan to do this in the future, you can then use a huge number of things from web development in your desired field. Here is a sample list of requirements for the Junior Front End Web Developer position:

What does it take to get a position?

• frontend knowledge: HTML5, CSS3 and Bootstrap;
• ability to debug a site using the inspector;
• experience in creating responsive cross-browser and mobile websites;
• healthy interest in the latest trends and frameworks;
• a portfolio in which you can see your development experience and achievements.

If you have experience working for a company, that's great, but don't worry if you don't - we're more interested in your work examples/portfolio.

What can you impress us with (desired skills)?

• ability to develop WordPress themes from scratch;
• Confidence in setting up and integrating WordPress plugins;
• understanding jQuery;
• experience with PHP (albeit small);
• understanding search engine optimization(SEO).

The most common requirements:

• Frontend knowledge: HTML, CSS and JavaScript;
• Ability to create responsive websites;
• A portfolio demonstrating your experience and skills;
• Understanding version control.

Extra skills:

• Javascript libraries: jQuery, AJAX, Bootstrap;
• Debugging knowledge.

Create a Study Plan

Now we can create a training plan. Try to follow it step by step: complex things are easier to understand if you already know simple ones.

HTML and CSS

These are the building blocks of most websites. You need to understand them well to get a job. Luckily, there are hundreds of free and paid resources to help you learn.

Complete the HTML and CSS lessons

Return to learning HTML and CSS at freeCodeCamp and complete the remaining lessons: Applied Visual Design, Applied Accessibility, and CSS Grid.

Improve your CSS (optional)

If you love design and style development external interface, that is, a cool Daily CSS course that will teach you how to create images only with using CSS and HTML. This may come in handy for an interview.

Learn how JavaScript works

Knowing how to use JavaScript is great, but understanding how it works will allow you to write better code.

To gain a deeper understanding of JavaScript, I recommend the You Don't Know JS book series. The first two books will help you understand JavaScript basics and lay a good foundation. They can be read online for free or purchased in print.

Create projects

Another way to improve your skills is to create projects. This could be anything, your goal is to practice using tools you have little experience with. Bad with arrays? Create a shopping list app. Do you doubt whether you have a good understanding of styles? Try to make an exact copy of the real site.

Projects are supposed to improve your skills, so if they are too easy or difficult, stop and start the project at an acceptable level.

When creating a project, you may need new skills. You need to be able to learn on the go.

How to pass an interview

And now you have finally been invited for an interview. Time to shine. It’s only the lazy who didn’t write about interviews, so I’ll focus only on the most important ones.

• Know your resume.
• Know about the company.
• Practice
• Arrive early, be polite and confident.
• Ask questions.
• Follow the progress of the interview.

You will have a good chance of getting a job with these tips. If you didn't get an offer, be sure to find out why and use it to do better in your next interview.

Conclusion

If you want to become a developer, you should strive to get a job in an IT company as soon as possible. A good option would be the position of Junior Frontend Developer. To get a job you need:

• learn HTML, CSS and JavaScript,
• create a portfolio of projects.

Once you do this, you can look for a job.

Prepare well for interviews and continue to study while you wait for a job offer.

Programming is one of the most valuable skills for career growth, self-development and creating something amazing. Ten tips for those just starting their journey into the world of programming, from Lifehacker.

10. Find out why you want to program

The chosen direction of study will depend to a large extent on why exactly you want to learn to program and how much time you are willing to devote to this process. If you want to become a programmer, the first thing you should do is enroll in professional courses (Google has compiled a list of skills and courses for those who want to become software engineers). If you want to create games and websites for fun in your free time, best choice are interactive courses. Bloc has created a comparison chart of courses based on download, cost, and reason to learn programming.

9. Choose the right language

7. Try apps for kids

Nowadays even kids are learning programming. Although many children's learning programs are quite simple, some (like Scratch) are suitable for all ages. It doesn't matter how old you are, even kids' animation apps can teach the basics of coding (edX has a new Scratch tutorial).

6. Take advantage of free online training

Free online trainings and projects (Codecademy, Hour of Code, etc.) can help you write your first program. Tutorials from Khan Academy, Codecademy, Code.org and others will introduce you to the basics of programming and everything you need to create a game, website or other project. Find the source you need based on your programming language using . This is a good starting point, but further learning is your responsibility.

5. Take an online course

Online programming courses provide more extensive educational training than sites that offer online training in a single language. These courses are designed to teach basic skills over several months in university-level classes. I'm a big fan of Harvard's online course CS50 (it's free to take). There are also other possibilities. You can even get a university-level education by choosing one of 15 online courses.

4. Free books on programming

If you are stuck on a problem or need to find the answer to your question, don't forget about reference books. You can find a huge collection of over 500 free programming books on GitHub. Collection also available e-books, covering 24 programming languages.

3. Learn by playing

Sometimes the best way to learn is through games. While many programming tutorials teach you how to program simple or complex games, some tutorial sites are games themselves: Code Combat and CodinGame are tools you can use to have fun.

2. Find or become a mentor.

The programming community is full of people willing to help the next generation of programmers. Hack.pledge() is a site that helps you find a mentor. Or you can become a mentor for someone else. Teaching what you've learned will help you remember the information better.

1. Parse someone else's code

Everyone chooses the profession of “programmer” for their own specific reason. One decided to simply change his specialty, the second is forced to learn another profession, the third does not understand himself without codes, and someone goes into the profession simply out of curiosity.

One way or another, everyone starts from scratch. And before you start from scratch, ask yourself, do you really need this profession?

The essence of a programmer’s work - main specializations, pros and cons of the job

The essence of a programmer’s work depends on the specialization and the company.

However, sometimes a programmer is both a “Swede, a reaper, and a trumpet player.” But this, as a rule, occurs in small companies whose bosses save on specialists.

The main categories into which all programmers can be roughly divided according to their activities:

• Application specialists. Tasks: software development for games, editors, accounting/programs, instant messengers, etc.; software development for audio/video surveillance systems, alarm systems, etc.; adapting programs to fit someone's specific needs.
• System specialists. Tasks: development operating systems, creation of interfaces to databases, management computing system, work with networks, control over the operation of created systems, etc. These specialists earn more than anyone else in their field, due to the rarity and specificity of the profession.
• Web specialists. Tasks: working with the Internet, creating websites and web pages, developing web interfaces.

The advantages of the profession include the following advantages:

1. A very decent salary.
2. High demand for good specialists.
3. Opportunity to get a prestigious job without education.
4. The opportunity to earn money remotely while sitting at home on the couch.
5. Opportunity to work remotely for foreign companies.
6. Creative profession (however, creativity often depends on the wishes of the customer).
7. Comfortable conditions that large companies provide to their specialists (free drinks/buns, special places for recreation and sports, etc.).
8. Possibility of obtaining an “option”. That is, a block of shares in the company. True, only after serving a certain period of time in the company.
9. Expanding your horizons. As you develop in your profession, you have to get acquainted with a variety of areas of life and delve into the most different systems– from office work and accounting, etc.

Minuses:

• Working “all day long” is common in this profession.
• This work will be boring and monotonous for many people.
• The interests of the specialist and the customer do not always coincide, and what is obvious to the programmer, as a rule, cannot be explained at all to the client. This leads to conflicts and stress.
• Emergency operating modes are not uncommon.
• The need to constantly develop, learn new things, and have time to evolve with the IT sphere. In just a few years, programs become outdated, and new ones have to be written.

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Necessary personal and business qualities, professional skills and abilities to work as a programmer - what do you need to know and be able to do?

The main qualities of a good programmer

A good programmer should...

1. Love your job. And not just to love - to be sick of it.
2. Love to learn and teach from scratch.
3. Be very hardworking, diligent and patient.
4. Be prepared for constant routine work.
5. Be able to work in a team.

What knowledge does a future programmer need?

You should start by studying...

• In English.
• Computer devices and physics of all processes.
• Programming languages.
• Software development methodology.
• Software testing methodology.
• Version control systems.

Programming language – which one to start with?

You will also need to study...

• Java. More popular than Python and a good choice for a beginner. But more complex than Python.
• PHP. Designed for the web, but will be useful to any beginner.
• C and C#. Very complex languages, you can leave them for later.
• Ruby. A good option for a second language.
• Django. He will teach you how to program correctly. Similar in complexity to Python.

Much depends on the chosen direction.

For example…

1. A web programmer will benefit from knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
2. For desktop programmer - APIs and frameworks.
3. For mobile application developer - Android, iOS or Windows Phone.

Where to study to become a programmer from scratch - educational institutions in Russia, courses, distance learning, online learning?

If you don’t have friends who can teach you the profession of a programmer from scratch, then you have several training options:

• Self-education. The most difficult path to programming, which lies through studying sites, applications, books, etc.
• University. If you have just graduated from school and dream of getting a prestigious profession as a programmer, enroll in the appropriate faculty. You will still gain basic knowledge through self-education, but the “crust” will help you get closer to your cherished goal faster. Choose technical universities, having studied the training programs in advance.
• Personal teacher . If you can find a mentor among programmers, self-learning will be faster and more effective. Look for mentors on online forums, at IT parties, thematic conferences, etc.
• Courses. They can teach you this or that programming language in simple courses that can be found even in small towns. For example, " Educational IT portal GeekBrains", « Specialist" at MSTU Bauman, « Computer Academy STEP", MASPC.

You can get a higher education as a programmer in…

1. MEPhI.
2. Russian Plekhanov University of Economics.
3. Moscow State University of Civil Engineering.
4. MSTU Bauman.
5. State University of Management.

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Useful online resources and books for learning to be a programmer

• habrahabr.ru (articles on IT topics, information on a variety of topics). This resource is known to every programmer.
• rsdn.org (books, current issues, useful forum, filling knowledge gaps, materials in Russian).
• sql.ru (excellent convenient forum, useful literature and even job offers).
• theregister.co.uk (news from the IT sector).
• opennet.ru (news, useful articles, forum, etc.). A resource for professionals.
• driver.ru (driver library). Useful site for beginners.

Learning Resources:

1. ocw.mit.edu/courses (over 2000 courses on various topics).
2. coursera.org (more than 200 courses, free).
3. thecodeplayer.com (step-by-step guides for beginners).
4. eloquentjavascript.net (resource for introduction to Java Script).
5. rubykoans.com (for anyone learning Ruby).
6. learncodethehardway.org (learn Python, Ruby, C, etc.).
7. udemy.com (paid and free courses).
8. teamtreehouse.com (over 600 lessons).
9. webref.ru/layout/learn-html-css (for mastering HTML and CSS).
10. getbootstrap.com (exploring the features of Bootstrap).
11. learn.javascript.ru (learning frontend and Javascript).
12. backbonejs.org (for front-end developers).
13. itman.in/uroki-django (for learning Django).

Free learning sites to help beginners:

• ru.hexlet.io (8 free courses in C and PHP, JavaScript and Bash).
• htmlacademy.ru (18 free courses for layout designers).
• codecademy.com (popular courses on languages, tools, etc.).
• codeschool.com (more than 60 courses (13 free) on HTML/CSS and JavaScript, Ruby and Python, iOS and Git, etc.).
• checkio.org (for learning Python and JavaScript).
• codingame.com (learning through video games, 23 programming languages).
• codecombat.com (learn JavaScript, Python, etc.). An educational game that is also accessible to those who do not yet speak English.
• codehunt.com (training to find errors in code).
• codefights.com (a training platform through tournaments on which you can get an interview at a decent IT company).
• bloc.io/ruby-warrior# (learning Ruby and arts/intelligence).
• theaigames.com (development of programming skills - an exciting online gaming simulator for a programmer).
• codewars.com (a collection of educational interactive tasks for those who have a minimum of knowledge).

It usually takes from six to 12 months to learn the basics of programming on your own.

How to quickly find a job as a programmer and start earning money - advice from experienced people

Naturally, you simply won’t be able to get a job in a normal company without work experience.

That's why…

1. Read books, study websites and educate yourself, but now start writing your very first lines of code.
2. Create and complicate your own tasks based on the material you have covered.
3. Look for your first projects, even for “funny money”, write it down in your “resume”.
4. Look for work on Russian-language freelance exchanges (ru) and on English-language exchanges (upwork.com) too - there are more chances of getting it there.
5. Start with small projects that you can handle.
6. Don't miss the option open source(in such projects there are always not enough people).
7. Help “for a pretty penny” (or even for free, for experience) to programmers you know. Let them give you simple tasks.

• Be sure to write: your work experience, a list of languages ​​and technologies you speak, education and contacts.
• We don’t cram the entire list of our qualities and talents into our resume. Even if you play the button accordion masterfully, you shouldn’t write about it on your resume.
• Design your resume to be creative but relevant.
• You should not fill out items like “your goals and ambitions” or “where do I see myself in 5 years.” It is enough to write what you did before and what you would like to do now.
• Don't write about languages ​​and technologies that you know only by name. You should only write in your resume those in which you swim like a fish in water. For everything else there is a magic phrase - “there was a little experience.”
• If you are proficient in Delphi, do not forget to mention that you also know C#, Jave or another language, because no one really needs a “Delphi programmer” (Delphi is the basics with which every graduate is familiar).
• Do not mention work that was not in your specialty. No one is interested in this. Also, no one cares whether you have a driver's license or a car. You are not going to get a job as a courier.

Programmer career prospects and programmers' salaries

The average salary of a programmer in major cities of the country is: from 50,000 to 200,000 rubles.

For Russia as a whole - from 35 thousand to 120000.

The profession is on the list of the most in demand - and the most handsomely paid. Even a modest specialist can earn enough to buy a sandwich with caviar, but a professional will definitely not need money.

From an intern to the head of an IT department, the path is not that long, and the salary at the very top can reach $4,000 monthly. Well, then you can move to the leadership of a large project (approx. - software development), and here the salary already exceeds $5,000.

Behind most technical conveniences, such as online banking or information boards at the airport, are specialists in one of the most in-demand professions of our time - programmers. Without them, neither gadgets nor social networks would work. Even ordering new sneakers from an online store would be problematic. Until now, the IT sector is only accelerating the pace of development, demanding more and more new workers. Companies are ready to hire even beginners. The average salary of a programmer starts at 35 thousand rubles, and experienced professionals can earn exorbitant amounts of money.

The profession of a programmer is popular and in demand

In this article we will tell you how to get into a prestigious profession, who senior programmers are, and why you will have a hard time here without English.

Who are programmers and what do they do?

The IT industry's demands for professionals are constantly increasing. Therefore, we need people who will understand this: create, repair, support. Coders are different, and each job has its own specifics. Let's talk about the main specializations of IT specialists:

The most obvious option. But it's not as simple as you might think. Coders perform different tasks depending on their specialized programming language and project.

For example, a mobile application developer creates programs for android systems, iOS and others. Every first person has a smartphone and a tablet, so the work here will not end soon.

Another promising direction is Java programming. Most banking systems are designed in this language. Banks are willing to pay well for a quality product both to their staff and to third-party firms. But the requirements here are also high: you will have to be responsible for the correct operation of the application with other people’s money. Of course, you can program in Java not only in a bank, and good IT specialists with experience receive about 200 thousand rubles per month.

A tester is a specialist, without whom not a single project will see a release. This IT specialist knows everything about the intricacies of the code and the places where the program can fail. His responsibility is to check the product’s resistance to errors and bugs and return it to the developers for correction. At first, the check is done manually, but when all the weak points are found, the tester writes special program to automate troubleshooting.

Another similar profession is qa engeneer, product quality specialist. Its main difference is that it does not look for errors in the code, but tries to prevent them. Find out in detail the customer's requirements, plan development, establish communication between groups of programmers - all these are the responsibilities of a qa engineer. Often you don’t even need to know a programming language; it’s more important to understand the stages of development and the features of project management.

The profession is attractive due to its salary: even a beginner can be paid 50 thousand a month.

According to StackOverFlow research, this is the most in-demand IT profession of 2017. Web programmers are divided into two categories: front end and back end (they are also often coded as UX/UI design). The first ones monitor everything related to the user part: the convenience of the application and website, intuitive use and simply a beautiful picture. The latter work on the technical component: the logic of the site, its functions, interaction with the database. To make a page on the Internet look modern, developers take courses in html and php, and are proficient in css, java-script, and python programming.

Your salary will depend on the number of tools you own. HTML coders have the smallest remuneration; they receive from 25 thousand per month.

• Programmer 1C

A special feature of 1C programming is its close connection with the economic industry. For example, in order to correctly calculate the salaries of 3,000 people at a factory, you need to store data about their working hours, wages, sick leave, etc. somewhere. This task is undertaken by the 1C-Enterprise program. The 1C programmer configures accounting and document management programs so that documents are easily uploaded and reports are automatically generated.

The possible routineness of the work is more than compensated by the salary structure. If we talk about a fixed rate, then a novice 1C Programmer will immediately find a vacancy with a salary of 45 thousand per month, and a leading specialist receives from 120. But in the case of freelancing, earnings will depend on your skills and the number of working hours per week. Professionals earn both 200 and 500K per month.

The debate about real programmers continues to this day.

This IT guy is not exactly a programmer. His peculiarity is that he is well versed in hardware. Connect a printer, laptop, projector, configure its operation, distribute the Internet and design a clever local network- it's all to him. Gurus of wires and working printers are paid from 25 thousand rubles, and the salary of a system administrator programmer with good experience can reach up to 150 thousand per month.

He is also a product manager, he is also a product owner. The product manager acts as a translator between the customer, who does not understand information technology, and the programmer. It seems that this is a job out of nothing - that the customer and the programmers themselves will not be able to figure it out?! Well they won't be able to. It is the product manager who can explain the capabilities of the functionality to the customer and then formulate exact task for IT people. The product owner is responsible for ensuring that the finished application, website or game brings maximum joy and benefit to the user.

• IT Product Director

Any successful IT specialist can achieve the highest position in the IT field - chief procurement officer (CPO for short). This person deeply knows the product, understands the coding system, knows best strategies to create software. The CIO of an average company may have 30-50 people subordinate to him. Average income... far above average.

Programming training at university

The most obvious way to become a programmer is to enroll in a relevant major at a university. The life of most specialists is no longer possible without IT technologies. Mathematicians, chemists, and biologists are taught to some extent how to use code. But in order not to suffer through subjects that are uninteresting to you and study only specialized disciplines, choose one of the following areas:

Each option has its own characteristics. Scientists graduate from one department, managers from another, and real anti-hackers from a third! To understand this in more detail, check out our infographic. It is better for future IT specialists to choose technical universities. These profiles are available in, and others.

Programmer training in college

You don't have to wait until graduation to devote yourself to your favorite activity. You can start training to become a programmer after 9th grade, you just need to choose the right college. There are not many suitable specialties here:

• 02/09/03 Programming in computer systems;
• 02/09/05 Applied computer science;
• 09.02.07 Information Systems and programming.

In total, there are 71 institutions of secondary vocational education in the country with the areas of training we need. You will find these profiles in St. Petersburg College information technologies, Petrovsky College, Novosibirsk College of Electronics and Computer Engineering, V Ural Technological College “MEPhI” and in many others.

Additional education courses

They started teaching programming in Russia not so long ago, so finding a high-quality professional course is an adventure. In addition, not all options are free. To avoid wasting your money, pay attention to reviews, teachers, program and job prospects.

• Online platforms

You can learn the programming language you like on your own at a convenient pace on one of the learning resources. For example, it’s easy to find a course on Java programming at INTUIT. After successfully passing the final test, the system will issue a free certificate.

• Online schools

If the idea of ​​self-study doesn't appeal to you, then take a closer look at online schools. A significant plus is that most often the courses here are taught by practicing programmers, who will not only share general knowledge, but also talk about real interesting cases. At the end of the training they give you a diploma and promise to help you find a job. The training is “official”, you can even get a tax deduction. But it also costs quite a lot. The annual course will cost 150 thousand rubles. Here you can see: this is a big expense or a smart investment in yourself.

• Full-time courses

For those who want to see the teacher not through a monitor screen, but live, there is full-time courses. For example, MAXIMUM conducts classes on studying the IT field for schoolchildren Digital Skills. There is also programming there, and you can come to the introductory lesson for free.

How to enroll in the Programming specialty and what to take?

Universities most often require Unified State Examination results from future IT specialists. Russian language, specialized mathematics and computer science. Some may ask for more English.

What to do now to increase your chances of a successful programming career

You need to understand that the IT sphere is developing at tremendous speed. Universities will never physically have time to adapt programs to provide students with the latest information. The university will lay the foundation in the form of basic language capabilities and standard algorithms. That is why the work of a programmer is impossible without continuous self-education. Programming languages ​​are being modernized, developers are creating new convenient tools to make the work of themselves and their colleagues easier, and they are coming up with new algorithms for solving problems. Next, we will tell you where and what else to learn in order to succeed in the IT field:

• Botai English language. Many resources are in English. In order not to wait for someone to take pity and translate the text for you, take care of the language in advance. This is so important that some paid courses provide language lessons to their students as part of the main program.
• Chat on it forums. Answers to many questions can be found on programmer forums, such as Habrahabr. The professional community generously shares knowledge and useful pieces of code. True, sometimes the search lasts for several days and at the same time you have to understand new tools that you were not familiar with before. And yes, often the most useful link will be in English.
• Lose yourself in books. Don’t rush to buy the first literature you come across at the nearest bookstore. There is a lot of useless and hopelessly outdated material on the shelves. Again, many works were originally written in English, and the Russian version may suffer from serious translation deficiencies. You can start with our recommendations, and then you will understand what good content looks like.

Did you read to the end? Here's a couple more for you interesting facts, which will help to better represent the profession of a programmer.

• If you go to the job site, you will see: mysterious middle or senior developers are required. Programmers have their own gradation of professionalism: junior, middle and senior. The first, beginners, must master all the means of the language in which they work. The second are IT specialists with 3-5 years of experience. Still others not only know everything about the code, but can also organize the work of a group of developers on a project. As your rank increases, your salary increases accordingly!
• A popular portrait of a typical programmer is a taciturn man in glasses with a liter cup of coffee. In fact, this picture is true only for the rare freelancer. And you don’t have to be an introvert to go into the profession. As in any other matter, supra-professional skills are important - to explain, argue, negotiate, get out of conflict.​

This portrait of a programmer is hopelessly outdated. Modern IT specialists are sociable, positive guys!

• Above big projects There is a whole group of IT specialists working here. Everyone is responsible for their own piece of code, and all the pieces must come together in the end into a single product. To make this happen, teams constantly hold planning meetings and help colleagues find and correct shortcomings. And some offices even have TV consoles and board games. A collective change of activity helps to establish contact and switch when work gets stuck.
• Programmers celebrate their professional holiday on September 13th. The date was not chosen by chance: it is the 256th day of the year, the maximum possible power of two that fits into the number 365.

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Currently, the profession of a programmer is gaining increasing popularity. It happens that people who dream of becoming programmers do not even start training after learning how expensive it is.

But there are many alternatives to expensive training. Today I will tell you how to learn programming at home and where is the best place to start learning.

Anyone can complete the training on their own. There are many ways to do this. It doesn’t matter at all what knowledge you have in the field of programming, you can learn from scratch, at home. By making programming your profession. I would like to note that it is a highly paid and in-demand profession.

The main thing is to take training seriously, because a programmer’s salary depends entirely on his knowledge and skills.

How to learn to program from scratch at home

So, programming has the following directions:

• Web programmer (website creation);
• Application programmer (writing programs);
• System programmer (creating drivers, creating programs for working with the OS).

Before you start training, determine for yourself why you need it, what goals you are pursuing. Because programming is different. Think about what you would like to do: write games; develop websites or work with financial programs.

There are a large number of programming languages ​​and each of them is designed for a specific application. This is why programming is divided into different categories. It is very important before starting training to decide which area you need to master.

English plays an important role in programming. Therefore, learn it and constantly improve it.

Today you can easily find services that will help you learn programming online. With their help, you can learn the basic principles of working with programming languages, as well as create programs yourself.

Popular online services for learning programming

Let's talk in more detail about the most popular online services programming training.

Codecademy

The service is extremely popular because it is free and created for those who understand practically nothing about programming. After completing registration, you can choose the course that suits you.

The learning process is quite simple, with simple tasks. During the learning process, all users receive grades for completed tasks. This way, it becomes clear what is working well and what still needs to be worked on.

This best service teaching the following languages:

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Where to start learning programming

Let's try to figure out step by step how to start learning programming from scratch at home.

1. Decide why you need to program;

The programming language you will learn depends entirely on your desire and free time.

1. Choose the right language;

In programming there is no, and cannot be best language. If you manage to learn at least one, then the rest will be much easier.

It is believed that there are languages ​​in programming that are completely easy for a beginner to learn.

You can choose Python as your first language. The program code is understandable to the average user. Available good base libraries, accordingly, you can save a lot of time.

• Java can also be suitable for a beginner. This language is very popular, despite the fact that it is not so simple;
• PHP is a fairly simple language. You can easily find answers to all questions on the forum;
• But the languages ​​C and C# will be difficult for a beginner to learn;
• Ruby is a good language for a second language;
• JavaScript is an easy language, but it has very little benefit.

How to learn to program - start learning from the simplest, be patient

1. Use the app for kids

Today, even young children are learning to program. There are special applications for this that are suitable for any age.

1. Take online trainings and online courses

Such trainings and courses will help you create your first program, and will also allow you to learn the basics of programming.

1. Read books on programming

Directories are a great help in finding answers to any questions. There are many books on programming on the Internet.

1. Play and explore

This is probably the easiest way to learn programming. Not only will you create a program, but you will have fun.

1. Find or become a mentor

A mentor can help you master the information faster and answer all your questions. You can find a mentor on a special website https://hackpledge.org/. In addition, you yourself can act as a mentor.

1. Study another user's code

Try rewriting ready code by examining each symbol. This way you will check it for errors. Always keep learning by learning something new.

If, after completing training in programming from scratch, you still have questions, write to the popular forum – CyberForum.ru. The forum has many sections on all programming languages. Ask any questions you may have and receive competent, useful answers.

The profession of a programmer, although difficult, is highly paid. The main thing is to be able to force yourself to read, try and understand. I hope the article helped you figure out how to learn to program from scratch at home. Watch your computer and protect your eyesight. Achieve your goals, no matter what.

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