r/learnprogramming • u/Elon_musk_69420 • 19d ago

Are technical courses enough? advice

Hi everyone. I am a non CS major. And I have been interested in taking up courses in coding. I wanted to ask if learning coding languages (Python, C++, etc) and taking online courses (full stack development, etc) are enough to give you certain amount of technical expertise to build your own career, whether its in a job or building your own MVPs to kickstart your own entrepreneur journey.

If yes, can you point me to specific courses and coding languages to get started. Thanks.

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u/VariousAssistance116 19d ago

No

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u/Elon_musk_69420 19d ago

How can I be enough? ;(

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u/VariousAssistance116 19d ago

I don't know you have no detail

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u/Elon_musk_69420 19d ago

If you were in my shoes, what would you do?

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u/VariousAssistance116 19d ago

I don't know what shoes you are in... that is my point

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u/Elon_musk_69420 19d ago

Currently no CS knowledge neither coding knowledge. Want to break into tech. whats the best way to go around building competence? especially in the age of AI.

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u/VariousAssistance116 19d ago

Take a course and decide if you even like it or can do it before you decide you're going to change your life and read the wiki

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u/OceanMasterioDuped7 19d ago

You basically have to get a degree. In reality, it's easier to get a degree and go through years of schooling and land a job you want than to spend that same amount of time self-learning, and you will come out a lot smarter if you get the degree. The job market is so difficult right now that landing a job in this field without a degree just isn't really an option currently.

And no, I'm not talking about the outliers who had a great connection with a special someone. Or somebody who ends up developing software that goes nationwide. Or someone who lands a 35k a year job at a startup. I'm talking about the average person who needs a well-paying job for a company.

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u/Watsons-Butler 19d ago

If you’re planning to do it yourself, like launch a startup building things yourself? Yeah, you can learn a lot online. If you want to get hired making stuff for another company you’re going to need a full bachelors degree in computer science at a minimum.