I am 37 yo, from Brazil and I made the decision of somehow radical (and late) career change, from manager to developer
As a summary, I graduated in Economics, worked 8 years with non-profit project management and fundraising, then about 4 years with startups (non-tech founder and marketing). Now I decided that I want to invest in being a developer. I believe I will be professionally happier as a developer.
I would like to ask HN your help with some doubts around the goal that I set myself:
Start from scratch and, in 4 months, be employable as a junior developer.
Is it possible at all? How is it possible? Where should I start? What path to follow? Learn from where? Bootcamps, online, self-learning, mentors, classes?
I am inclined to focus on front-end development, but maybe at least some back-end knowledge to be kind of a full-stack web developer.
I can go trial-and-error-and-google mode with CSS/HTML, but JS (and everything else) I have zero knowledge.
I believe I have some affinity with the craft of programming, good logical thinking and expect to learn things fast.
I am open to brutally honest feedback and diversity of opinion, even questioning my decision at all if you will.
As a summary, I graduated in Economics, worked 8 years with non-profit project management and fundraising, then about 4 years with startups (non-tech founder and marketing). Now I decided that I want to invest in being a developer. I believe I will be professionally happier as a developer.
I would like to ask HN your help with some doubts around the goal that I set myself:
Start from scratch and, in 4 months, be employable as a junior developer.
Is it possible at all? How is it possible? Where should I start? What path to follow? Learn from where? Bootcamps, online, self-learning, mentors, classes?
I am inclined to focus on front-end development, but maybe at least some back-end knowledge to be kind of a full-stack web developer. I can go trial-and-error-and-google mode with CSS/HTML, but JS (and everything else) I have zero knowledge. I believe I have some affinity with the craft of programming, good logical thinking and expect to learn things fast.
I am open to brutally honest feedback and diversity of opinion, even questioning my decision at all if you will.