Learn to Code!
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Why Learn?
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Change your career and join the booming tech industry!
Work from home!
Add another skill to your resume or add something to your current job!
Boost your problem solving and logic skills!
Use your skills to do creative projects such as making games or
webpage!
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Free Resources
Codecademy: Codecademy is “Codecademy is an American online
interactive platform that offers free coding classes in 12 different
programming languages.” The tutorials are easy to follow and a good
supplement to many other courses. They offer projects, tutorials, and
classes.
freeCodeCamp: “freeCodeCamp is a non-profit organization that consists
of an interactive learning web platform, an online community forum,
chat rooms, online publications and local organizations that intend to
make learning web development accessible to anyone.”
edX: “edX is an American massive open online course provider created
by Harvard and MIT. It hosts online university-level courses in a wide
range of disciplines to a worldwide student body, including some
courses at no charge.”
Coursera: “Coursera Inc. is an American massive open online course
provider founded in 2012 by Stanford University computer science
professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller. Coursera works with
universities and other organizations to offer online courses,
certifications, and degrees in a variety of subjects.”
(Sources: Wikipedia)
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Potential Careers in Tech
Front-End Developer| Median Salary $86,092 /yr |: Front-end web
development is the development of the graphical user interface of a
website, through the use of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, so that users
can view and interact with that website.
Back-End Engineer | Median Salary $160,000 /yr |: A back-end engineer
is generally responsible for building the structure of a software
application. They'll primarily spend time writing business logic,
server scripts, and application programming interfaces (APIs) that
will eventually be utilized by front-end engineers and UX designers.
Data Scientist | Median Salary $130,000 /yr |: Data analysis is a
process of inspecting, cleansing, transforming, and modelling data
with the goal of discovering useful information, informing
conclusions, and supporting decision-making.
Computer Systems Administrator | Median Salary $84,810 /yr | :
Computer systems administrators set up and maintain an organization's
computer servers.
(Sources: SheCodes.io, GlassDoor, Wikipedia)