Sololearn

Question

Is this app good enough to go from zero coding knowledge to capable of getting a job? Also any suggestions for someone who has absolutely no knowledge of software development? Boot camp/school and computer that will be okay to learn and use for a job?

Answer 1

For what its worth junior has a lot of good points. Out of all the ways ive tried and failed to learn to code. I really like sololearn the best so far. I got my company to pay to upgrade my account so i can support the platform. One of my mentors said ask chat GPT to expain stuff to you. Then research it and see if gpt was right

Answer 2

The COURSES will not give you the coding knowledge to get a job, thats on you. It's not what the courses were made for. The courses are for getting you started for programming. It teaches you the basics of coding and lend you a place to practice code and get better. A suggestion for learning to code before doing ANY coding is to learn how to learn. There's a good chance where you start learning and soon after weeks or months you have learnt nothing. This could be because you've fallen into tutorial hell, ai hell, copying code without understanding, or having to google everything. Learn how to learn. Learning is a skill itself. Also, programming is problem-solving. Learn that too. You can use anything to learn. It doesn't matter if it is youtube, boot camp, school, courses. And, yes your definently going need that computer.

Don't fall into the traps I listed above, you'll feel miserable.
Don't fall into the traps I fell into.

Answer 3

Alex Mandery Sololearn has lots of coding courses. I would also reccommend w3schools. Youtube is full of courses. Udemy (costs money). codecademy. Its all up to you though and what you like.

One last tip for you. Understanding what you’re learning is better than memorizing.

Answer 4

I think you will also need some projects, and a good resume. This app is great, but only relying in one source of knowledge is not the best, in my opinion…

Answer 5

With solo learn, I went from zero to at least now knowing how to identify bugs in a code so yeah just keep learning

Answer 6

Junior thanks thats a huge help, since another ten people viewed and didnt respond i sincerely appreciate the insight!

Answer 7

Alex Mandery welcome. its a very general question that has been answered a lot but i do like to share my insight

Answer 8

PocketClock thank you, that sounds like a very good idea. Huge help!

Answer 9

Junior is there any specific course or anything that you would suggest I look into for leaning this stuff? The internet seems to be very overwhelming with information. There is so many options I tend to feel paralyzed when trying to decide which route to go to.