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Jean Villalobos
13,122 PointsWhere to go from here?
So I recently completed a course on programming local and design ant my local university and craving more I signed up for treehouse. We learned the basics of python, control flow, dictionaries and scratched object oriented Python.
My question comes here, I don't have any near need for money, but I would like to leave my day job as soon as possible. So with my experience, I want to get into web development because I have heard great things about it. So should I take the front end track & freelance? The Python track and freelance? Both and freelance? (Freelance is my only option for work). Or any other tracks give you the necessary tools to freelance?
3 Answers
Nathan Brenner
35,844 PointsCheck out the different tracks available. Web Design is a great starter.
Richard Nicholls
1,301 PointsMy path is web design then I hope to move onto the web development track
Schweine FEin
2,671 PointsThe question is what kind of work do you think of when you say web-development? If you want to work on the design, look and user experience I suggest you to take web-design track and the front-end development course. But if you want to work on the back-end (Server-side code) you should either go for the rails track or python course. But the Ruby / Rails track is way more focused on web-development. But you can't go wrong with either of them.
James Fulkerson
4,474 PointsJames Fulkerson
4,474 PointsHey Jean, nice to meet you. I have no experience with Python or back end stuff, but art and graphic design always interested me (College grad with an art degree with some graphic design coursework). I started learning HTML and CSS on my own, and managed to make just enough money freelancing to supplement the money I saved up.
I'm doing the front end dev track now, and really enjoy it, and the teachers thus far are great. But, I really love art and design and I'm only interested in programming as it relates to the front end. You can always get your feet wet by just picking a basic course from the library, and it'll also transfer if applicable to the track you select eventually.
Good luck.