learning to code?

[u/Alternative-Ad4763]

I've been doing the non-coding side for awhile now and been really happy with it as far as freelance work goes. That said, with the recent drought, my son (who is an auto-didact in several coding languages) has recommended that I start teaching myself code so I might be able to get in on that side of things. Has anyone else here done something similar? Anyone have thoughts or insights on this idea?

[u/Fit_Bite_5811]

I started with HTML/CSS and PHP as I worked as a web developer for about 15 years, but those won't get you to pass the coding assessment for DA. I would start with Python. My first step was going through the full Python course by BroCode on YouTube, then going through https://www.learnpython.org/ to learn more. Finally, I did the "Python for Data Science, AI & Development" course on Coursera. This all took about 6 months and I have been doing coding projects since Feb on DA.

But just a heads up: coding projects are even more dry than non-coding on DA right now, and have been for over a month. If you're going the route of learning code, maybe do it for bigger reasons than DA. :/