Ask HN: How did you get from learning to code to making your first dollar?
On HN, there is a lot of advice for people just learning to code and a lot of advice for people who are making some money with their startup/side project. However, I'd love to hear advice about the steps in between, that is, advice from real developers on how they went from a basic knowledge of coding to actually landing their first paid internship/job/etc.
Some questions to consider:
-Did you learn to program in school or teach yourself?
-Did you do unpaid work to establish yourself?
-Roughly how long did it take you from day 1 of learning to day 1 of being paid?
-What was your first gig?
My hope is to make a website with different timelines and step by step guides that shows new programmers how to go from finishing a basic tutorial like Codecademy to getting paid for software development.
Some questions to consider:
-Did you learn to program in school or teach yourself?
-Did you do unpaid work to establish yourself?
-Roughly how long did it take you from day 1 of learning to day 1 of being paid?
-What was your first gig?
My hope is to make a website with different timelines and step by step guides that shows new programmers how to go from finishing a basic tutorial like Codecademy to getting paid for software development.