Coding (and utilities like CAD) can be applicable to almost any hobby or career in some fashion and can enhance your capabilities significantly even if you start with rudimentary skill in one language.
Coding is definitely one of the best things to learn, and the things you can do with it can be really neat. Coding for WLED applications for example can be really rewarding for home lighting or hobby lighting or Christmas lights (although there is xlights too).
Definitely learn to code! It can expand your horizons!
There are a lot of free coding courses online, you can learn from cheap books, etc.
I think the hardest point when learning online -- and I think this goes for a lot of skills -- is where, exactly, to start. I have been bad at figuring that part out for a lot of skills and then end up going back to basics when I participate more in communities and such.
This is actually what Reddit used to be good at helping with before everything got overly politicized. You used to be able to ask for a good, concrete starting point (I apologize, everything I know is taught in a really disjointed way and I am in the process of going back to the starting line myself for most things) and that could guide your way from there.
Coding is, fortunately, one of those skills that can be "free" to start and you can turn that into future projects based on Raspberry Pi, which may lead you to refine your soldering / microsoldering skills, which may open the door to creating your own security system....
I hope someone who has experience at the real starting line can help with this question, because I would say many/most coders today didn't actually learn it in college, but rather starting as a hobby relevant to their interests and building it from there. I don't have any of my old references since I forgot to import my old bookmarks from Chrome before I stopped using it.
In turn, there will be a plethora of new jobs based on managing the inevitable AI crashes, as well as crashing the AIs of your competitors.
Learn To Code
Coding (and utilities like CAD) can be applicable to almost any hobby or career in some fashion and can enhance your capabilities significantly even if you start with rudimentary skill in one language.
Coding is definitely one of the best things to learn, and the things you can do with it can be really neat. Coding for WLED applications for example can be really rewarding for home lighting or hobby lighting or Christmas lights (although there is xlights too).
Definitely learn to code! It can expand your horizons!
Do you recommend ways to do this without going back to college? Are there affordable options when it comes to LtC?
There are a lot of free coding courses online, you can learn from cheap books, etc.
I think the hardest point when learning online -- and I think this goes for a lot of skills -- is where, exactly, to start. I have been bad at figuring that part out for a lot of skills and then end up going back to basics when I participate more in communities and such.
This is actually what Reddit used to be good at helping with before everything got overly politicized. You used to be able to ask for a good, concrete starting point (I apologize, everything I know is taught in a really disjointed way and I am in the process of going back to the starting line myself for most things) and that could guide your way from there.
Coding is, fortunately, one of those skills that can be "free" to start and you can turn that into future projects based on Raspberry Pi, which may lead you to refine your soldering / microsoldering skills, which may open the door to creating your own security system....
I hope someone who has experience at the real starting line can help with this question, because I would say many/most coders today didn't actually learn it in college, but rather starting as a hobby relevant to their interests and building it from there. I don't have any of my old references since I forgot to import my old bookmarks from Chrome before I stopped using it.
Learn to hack
Lol. This ☝🏻