An introductory Udemy course giving a high-level overview of the tech industry and the career paths within it, plus background knowledge useful before starting to code. Taught by Evan Kimbrel.

Commenters call it a great high-level roadmap of the industry that was invaluable for someone who knew nothing about computers beforehand.

On Reddit (2)

1. Strongly recommendsjun_young_jaer/learnprogramming2017in “I have been rejected by over 100 jobs in my past 2 years as a developer from code bootcamp. My story. Never give up.”

   if ur looking for a starting point i found a great course on udemy by evan kimbrel that gives u a very high level roadmap if the industry and just a bunch of stuff u should knpw before you start coding. It's called "Pre-Programming: Everything you need to know before you code". I didnt know jack…

2. Recommendselguerofrijoleror/learnprogramming2019in “Start over as a 1st year with a bad foundation in math or learn something IT relevant like cyber security?”▲ 3

   You should start researching the different types of jobs in the industry to see what looks interesting. I say this because programming and IT are two completely different fields, they just both work with computers. Just in case you weren’t already aware. An IT role might be running and…

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