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My 5-Step Plan To Learn How To Code as a Complete Beginner in 2021
Without a bootcamp or online course
In today’s digital economy, programming is one of the most important skills to have within your toolkit.
Whilst there’s no doubt that learning to code can open up available roles in tech, it can also help you secure an exciting startup role in the careers of tomorrow, such as content creation or digital marketing.
If you’re dreaming of traveling the world, the tech industry is leading the way in the remote work revolution. Learning to program could also allow you to take on freelance work more readily and become your own boss.
As with any skill, the opportunities available to you are what you make them.
I’ve had the feeling in the back of my mind that I should learn to code for a while. I’d briefly learned some aspects of Python in my studies but dismissed it as being too difficult. I just didn’t seem to “get” coding as easily as my classmates did.
I wrote it off as not for me and went on to take other classes before I graduated.
Three years later, I want to hit 19-year-old me over the head with a Programming for Dummies textbook. If I thought like that, I would never get anywhere.
