Responding to myself as there are quite a few comments to respond to:
I knew that I would get this response on HN, which is why I knew I needed to post it as no one else would.
Don’t worry about the technology, learn how to code. Actually learn how to develop software and the fundamentals of follow control: IF ELSE WHILE FOR etc…
When I studied Software Engineering, our lecturer told us “Only 10% of the software development is coding.” I was initially shocked with that statement, but when you take into account requirements analysis, design, testing, support etc… it is about right. But a lot of programmers "do this on the fly", so they don't objectively think about it.
I would actually also recommend learning C# using Visual Studio Community as well, also learn Javascript and SQL.
But not as your first languages.
VBA in MS Access is not as slick as Visual Basic 6 was, I will agree on that.
No, I’m not a Microsoft shill. I’ve just been around long enough and have worked with many different languages, stacks and within many different industries.
I’m just not a very social person (still not) and have kept a very small attributable presence on the internet. I was advised that I needed to be a bit more visible now because of my book (40in40book.com), but most of my software development work is under nicknames or in private industry and not publically attributable to me. :)
Note: I know the wordpress site for my book is not the best, but I have other more important things to spend my time and money on.
I knew that I would get this response on HN, which is why I knew I needed to post it as no one else would.
Don’t worry about the technology, learn how to code. Actually learn how to develop software and the fundamentals of follow control: IF ELSE WHILE FOR etc…
When I studied Software Engineering, our lecturer told us “Only 10% of the software development is coding.” I was initially shocked with that statement, but when you take into account requirements analysis, design, testing, support etc… it is about right. But a lot of programmers "do this on the fly", so they don't objectively think about it.
I would actually also recommend learning C# using Visual Studio Community as well, also learn Javascript and SQL. But not as your first languages.
VBA in MS Access is not as slick as Visual Basic 6 was, I will agree on that.
No, I’m not a Microsoft shill. I’ve just been around long enough and have worked with many different languages, stacks and within many different industries.
I’m just not a very social person (still not) and have kept a very small attributable presence on the internet. I was advised that I needed to be a bit more visible now because of my book (40in40book.com), but most of my software development work is under nicknames or in private industry and not publically attributable to me. :)
Note: I know the wordpress site for my book is not the best, but I have other more important things to spend my time and money on.