Self learning or from a institution?

Question

Is better to learn by myself or from a institution for learning coding,app developing?

Answer 1

As you know, receiving a college degree in computer science or joining a face-to-face instruction program would require you to put in a lot of effort in a short span. It might not be the best choice for you if you can't dedicate a lot of time to your studies, especially if you have a full-time job.

Self-learning might be a better choice because you can pace yourself in the process, decide when to study and for how long; everything is pretty much up to you.

Best of all, to be an expert in programming, you don't necessarily have to get a college degree. Just take the right steps towards developing and proving your skills, and you're good to go.

Good luck :)

Answer 2

Thanks for your advice @Lana .Now I am working with some companies.But the problem is I am a student and don't have enough time for study.Mainly I do design work and trying to learn highest level of coding.So its really a problem when you are working and at the same time you have to study :)

Answer 3

a degree it helps. but what candidate would you prefer one with a degree with no experience or a non degree with a awesome portafolio.
would be better a one with both, but if just one... I would take one with a good portafolio.
go for both 😉

Answer 4

When I'm recruiting I tend to skip the education section if the candidate has enough relevant experience. However I do quite a bit of proficiency testing with those I interview, and certainly expect to see a decent level of understanding of theories and practices.

It would often be quicker to get the theoretical in a formally educated environment. Also bear in mind that not all experience is equal. I want commercial experience, or a lot of open source experience with links to commits - if you are going self taught I really need to see a link to your Github account so I can verify you are actively committing to open source projects, and can evaluate the size and nature of your commits and pull requests.