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Lee Hughes
8,380 PointsNice advice - from guy who went from being a blacksmith to being a dev earning 70k in 9 months
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James Barnett
39,199 PointsMy main take away from that article was ... he put in 800+ of hours into learning Ruby on Rails and in return got an 70k job.
Deborah Ragas
5,049 PointsOh, man. I want to do what he did. But, to be fair, the blacksmith job sounds kind of cool too. ;-)
Matt Campbell
9,767 PointsI agree with that. I did my first lesson on here on April 1 this year, 6 months later and I'm earning a couple of grand a month,working for myself, building 2 or 3 of my own sites and signing up new clients weekly.
Deborah Ragas
5,049 PointsDid you start from zero?
Jeramy Dichiera
3,507 PointsHands up if you just looked up those books on Amazon.
But honestly, very inspiring. Everyone participating in this thread should set a reminder to come back here in 9 months and report our success stories.
James Barnett
39,199 PointsNone of them are traditional books they are all websites.
The author's site for Learn to Program (pine.fm) sometimes goes down so I've linked to the wayback archive version of it. You also have the option to get the 2nd ed of the book which is a print version.
Jeramy Dichiera
3,507 PointsThanks for the links James. i can remove these from my Amazon wishlist!
Mjolnir Silver
Courses Plus Student 14,408 Points@Matthew Campbell I'd be interested in seeing your portfolio and share your success story in how you landed clients etc.
Al Lu
UX Design Techdegree Student 15,698 PointsAl Lu
UX Design Techdegree Student 15,698 PointsA fair deal haha. I'm not trying to be cynical but its much more fair and valuable than spanding a lot of money on university or college.