How to become a programmer from scratch?

To date, the profession of a programmeris one of the highest paid. Not surprisingly, many want to understand this area. If you also decided to learn how to become a programmer from scratch, you can use our recommendations.

Advice

1. On your own, study on-line simple theoretical courses on data structures and algorithms. You can do this on the coursera.org portal.
2. Practice writing simple programs andlearning a particular programming language through free or commercial online courses (for example, the javarush.ru website is a good option).
3. Register in the program of a serious IT-firm with further internship (possibly unpaid), and also with official employment.

If you do not have the opportunity to follow(for example, in your city there are simply no corresponding courses), it is advisable to first familiarize yourself with the appropriate online training, and then to do freelance development. This will provide an opportunity not only to test your knowledge in practice, but also gain valuable experience.

If you decide to become a programmer, thenyou should not be bothered by poor knowledge of English. As practice shows, technical documentation without problems can be translated by Google Translate. If you need oral communication, it is recommended that you memorize a couple of welcome phrases, as well as a request to send any questions to e-mail.

In order to learn how to program, read the recommendations in the article How to learn to program.

For a more fundamental study of programsit is necessary to take a course at the university. If you decide to enter the university, then check out the list of items that are surrendered upon admission. They are located in the article What subjects to take on a programmer.

To study other professions you need to look in the section of the catalog of professions.