If I wasn’t already halfway through my undergrad, I would consider programming as a career solely on that basis!
Your existing undergrad experience is a sunk cost. Do you want to be a programmer, or a whatever-you’ve-already-started-learning-to-be? (For that matter, do you have spare time? You could learn to program therein.)
I am studying nursing and for various reasons, that’s where I want to stay. (There’s actually a lot of appeal for me in a field where I’ll never be out of work, can travel and work pretty much anywhere, and can easily branch out into many, many related fields.)
I took programming as one of my electives and I’ve tried to continue the learning process by giving myself extracurricular projects, but spare time is a limiting factor. Thanks for the advice though. If you have any advice for good books/online tutorials to read, or challenging projects I could assign myself, I would really appreciate that.
Your existing undergrad experience is a sunk cost. Do you want to be a programmer, or a whatever-you’ve-already-started-learning-to-be? (For that matter, do you have spare time? You could learn to program therein.)
I am studying nursing and for various reasons, that’s where I want to stay. (There’s actually a lot of appeal for me in a field where I’ll never be out of work, can travel and work pretty much anywhere, and can easily branch out into many, many related fields.)
I took programming as one of my electives and I’ve tried to continue the learning process by giving myself extracurricular projects, but spare time is a limiting factor. Thanks for the advice though. If you have any advice for good books/online tutorials to read, or challenging projects I could assign myself, I would really appreciate that.
Here are a few websites:
Software Carpentry: Getting Scientists to Write Better Code by Making Them More Productive http://software-carpentry.org/
Invent Your Own Computer Games With Python http://inventwithpython.com/