The original post: /r/programming by /u/Chr-whenever on 2024-05-09 13:26:39.

I’ve tried a few times. I can output text in python, connect to an API and save something to a Json. I know a little less about JavaScript and even less about C++. That’s about it for my coding knowledge.

Now for the 100th time I’m considering picking it back up and possibly looking into a career doing it. I know AI has really shaken the scene up and I don’t know if that’s a good or bad thing. If I were to pick it up and try to learn again I guess it’s likely that having AI is a good thing because I would have a personalized teacher who sometimes just lies to me because it doesn’t know every niche question.

I know a lot of software Engineers are using chat GPT on the daily now. Surely that must mean the barrier to entry is a little lower now. I can prompt GPT too. Most people can, it’s not hard.

I’m looking for a career change in my 30s and I’m wondering if programming could be a good fit because I’ve flirted with it several times in my life, but never really committed to it. And frankly I’m in it for the money. I’m tired of making barely above minimum wage. Right now I have money to invest in any costs like training courses, I’ve got the free time and motivation to do them as long as it gets me somewhere in the end, and I have a background of spending all my time around computers and Technology so I would think I could pick it up as easily as anyone. I just need a road map for where to start and then when to start calling myself a programmer and applying for junior dev jobs.

Any advice or personal insights are appreciated. Thanks

PS. It wouldn’t let me post this without a link so it just filler