This is 100% spot on. I have no degree and taught myself how to code at age 30 and have been in the industry as a software developer for 2 years now. If you have dedication and drive anything is possible, don't let anyone tell you different. Stay hungry, never stop learning and challenging yourself. Great video
@@a_pizza_is_fine brother, I want to be a java developer and I know a java developer are responsible for the development and software, and application, but I'm quite confused when it comes to Java developer should have various knowledge like oops concepts, designing pattern, Multithreading, eclipse IDE, framework , MVC, and also when it comes to learning CSS, HTML, javascript, why should Java developer know these skills,Java developer also responsible to design website, please tell me that's the reason they should know about CSS HTML, javascript, and I want I want second question also one question instead that why should I learn CSS javascript and HTML, or are Java developer also responsible to design web site please tell me
@@a_pizza_is_fine and my other question is also that is not enough having knowledge only to become a Java developer IDE like swing or NetBeans, and just also a knowledge
Great interview. Started at 36, finished bootcamp and now working at my first developer position.working and learning for 10 hours a day. It is never too late..
SimonsSays I tend to believe that this is actually a good way. I was in school and learning to code there can also be frustrating. If you want to have a relativeley easy entry into the business, I would recommend starting with HTML, CSS and Javascript. That way you can be used very fast in the industry to do stuff. To learn real backend programming, it's also good to learn another language like Java, C#. But with HTML/CSS and Javascript alone you will be able to make a frontend job already and it helps you to get some confidence I think. That's from my experience.
since i didn't get a degree in CS, i did the best thing one could: surrounded myself with really great software engineers/mentors & joined a company that fosters learning culture. 6 years later & i have no problem being on par with colleagues, who a have a degree.
Please i need advice like you people bc i have a degree in finance and i would like to reconvert into cloud architect engineer and later i will do fullstacks engineer and back end. Please help me with your advice
If you don't have a degree in CS and don't know how to code in binary and ancient san script language, don't even apply for a job. You are too inexperienced. - Every Senior Dev
@@BillClinton228 just wondering.....can a person pass degree in cs ....without knowledge of it.....and if he did ....what is being taught in degree😅😂?????
And freedom from education will give you freedom from illusion of success and failure. I don't like education, never did I like learning. I want to be artist of my own self. The only responsibility greater than any is the one you take for yourself. And the only fight you need to win is the fight against yourself for yourself within yourself.
I'm a software engineer and coding for 38 years and have no A-levels or Degree. I have worked for many clients from Government to Dotcoms and have experienced many cases of discrimination even today, regardless of many years of experience. Discrimination tends to be from companies / interviewers that have academic backgrounds. It's either snobbery or didn't like the fact that I knew more than them on some occasions. I have freelanced for the last 20yrs and feel hard work and determination has finally paid off. Thanks for sharing.
@@nrgking1667 I just started and I'm 32 so you have a golden chance. just start with 1. HTML, 2 CSS, 3 JavaScript. Today is better than tomorrow. Trust me just do it. You here already is a good motivation.
I truly admire that, something that I want in my life too, Successful life isn't great enough for me I want a life which can't be comprehended through human perspective. I seek freedom from reality and truth because they don't exist, the only that does is "Nothing". Accidents don't happen on purpose, because they're meant for greater consequence if we're willing to let go.
When he mentioned those moments of feeling like you’re not getting it really calmed me down. I am 25 and Graduated with Mechanical Engineering degree last April. It’s a very interesting field but where I live it’s not that much. I like to be challenged, so few years ago a friend who’s also self taught introduced me to Programming and now I’m learning Java from resources like this and books. Hopefully I’ll get there Insha’Allah. This is a great interview.
Learning new carrier particularly IT need devotion and time to spend. I graduate with Political Science from home country in Africa, I then moved to US and while working as parking attendant, I start to take online course. initially it was very tough, but get into step by step, I am now working as software engineer for telecom company as chatbot developer.
@@amigoscode men I really need you please guide me little bit I'm too much confused, but I still dont know how to develop application software and a web based application it is enough to knowing Java language and Eclipse IDE to design application and web besed application, please tell me
@@blessing8781definitely my brother I work on java language I'll tell you lot of things and I also asked you we will help together each other , now you do a work search me by this name on hungout application by this name monisksaifi afterall I'll share with you my number than we will learn together I've lot of stuff to share with you, my brother
I’m learning python at the moment and I’m doing my ALs...after my ALs in sha allah I’m planning to do my bachelors degree in UK to become a software engineer.Inshallah everything will go well...Love your vids man! Greetings from Sri Lanka!
The 1st 10 seconds of this video is the most relatable thing I've seen from a video about software engineering. Besides that, it's pretty inspiring to see another brother in this field that puts out videos. Thank you!
Hey! I was working as a safety officer in Brazil and quit my job to learn programming! Today I work as a front end developer in Rio de Janeiro and I knew my intuition was right! Do never give up guys :)
@@micaelalgarrao6043 wow two years ago already. Well I still in the same job. In all that time I've learned JavaScript, database, and I've learned the basics of UX design. I don't feel prepared tho so I haven't looked for a job but oh boy I'm almost there, this has to be the year -fingers crossed-
Love your Chanel man, after 10+ years as a mechanic, I decided to do what I really wanted to do and I’m actually following a Js bootcamp back in France and working really hard on it. Once I’m done with it, I’ll come back to London to find a software engineer job and your Chanel really motivate me on the hard days. Keep going 💪🏻
Really, this is so much inspiring, i literally had to pause whatever i was doing to watch this short interview organized by Amigoscode and his colleague and it blew my mind!!!!. I have a degree in CS but with no knowledge about programming but i somehow feel unsatisfied because of the passion unattained which is becoming a Software engineer practically. So after watching Amigoscode adverts on coding and seeing the numerous free courses on Java, etc the passion is now reignited and am committed to going in all to learn and become a Software Engineer, so help me God. Amigoscode, bro you are really doing a great job, keep it up and may Allah Bless you.
This is a really inspiring story. I am a software engineer from Nigeria, and I have a degree in computer science. however, 80% of my programming knowledge didn't come from my degree.
I have a degree in MIS and unfortunately college doesn't really teach you enough about programming. I learned my experience which was painful and just bad. Programming is something that requires time, more than just a semester to learn.
That's right, I studied computer science too. On campus only taught algorithms, math, science, management, writing scientific articles etc. And I get programming lessons like in books, stackoverflow, courses, and sharing from friends or the community.
I started coding at 18 I couldn't afford university so as a man I had to sacrifice and sit in my room for hours and sit and learn the craft now am 23 I actually got good at by age 20. Hired at age 22 now am even way better than when I just started, next move is to finish my degree which am self financing....I aspire to go robotics.
that was awesome indeed. what I got from this man is that dedication to whatever craft u choose in life is the most important thing to do. Whether u hv a degree or not be dedicated to whatever craft u choose and practice everyday. This dude woke up at 5am just to code. He wasnt under pressure to deliver a project or do an assignment by a certain deadline. How many people do u know who can be up at 5am, leave their warm blankets just to code because they want to learn? That to me is a deal breaker and that is why this man is where he is today.
I actually admire the guy. Big big salute from sri lanka...!!!! He took a risk & the reward was amazing. I also in the same situation. without a degree learning to code at the age 25 because i love the field. and i hope i can turnaround the situation & become a software engineer.
Keep going. I was in the same position last year. I studied every evenings after work then i finally decided to quit my job to pursue development. Sold my nice car and I signed up for a bootcamp moving asay from home to London. After i finished, I failed a lot at interviews but i learnt from it. I was a recruiter previously so i knew i had the softskills but i had to dig deep to show my understanding & appreciation of dev world and my showcase my project. Today i've been a fe dev for a year in an amazing start up and m excited for the future.
Absolutely great interview, had me emotional when Ben started talking about how he got his current job. I can relate a lot to Ben, in the fact that he is really interested and has the passion for coding. I too during lock down tried to teach myself coding by signing up with a free course online and really enjoyed it and want to know more. I've always known that I wanted to be an engineer, so now i've paid for a bootcamp course on Udemy in computer science. Having watched this video I know anything is possible.
Dude is like me except that i learned programming on the playstation 2 YABASIC at age 12 got into all kinds of development on my first PC at age 14 dont have a degree, worked a load of shitty jobs, went to a bootcamp type of thing and afterwards became a software engineer consultant at age 30 my next move is to drop out of consultancy do some in-house development without being pushed towards certifications and forcing me to jampack my profile with loads tech to impress customers with. PASSION doesnt need a piece of paper, and if passion/talent isnt recognized, so be it on to the next job interview. ❤️️ much love to all the coders out there
Really great story. I am pretty much the same. I started as a graphic designer and then switched careers and became a self-taught software engineer and now 6 years later and I am Technical Lead. Really grateful and humble about all of this. It is not easy and each day is hard. Thanks for this story.
This is a life saver I’m a 2nd year CS student and I still feel like I’ve got nothing on CS actually. I recently realized I don’t really know what I’m want to do and I’ve spent this past one month on trying to be decisive and clear my vision. From what i observed computer science is self taught whether you go to a university or a boot camp 80% of it is self taught and so the determination and character you talked about in this video is 100% important. Thanks again for this video 🙏
Inspiring talk. I quit my job as electrician to work as a field service engineer at a company I knew had IoT systems which I was interested in. Started learning about servers administration, computers (memory, threads, processes) and coding in the language the company used for the softwares in my free time. Worked to get a good service reputation with a customer and offered to make integrations between their systems as a PoC and it worked great so a year later the customer hires me full time as a consultant to be their integration specialist. My logic thinking (what is in front of me, what will happen if I do this, what can I do to make this happen) from my electrician career helped me alot to understand computers, code, architecture and patterns.
Thank you so much for this video. It felt really personal and relatable. Currently studying Mechanical Engineering in London and over the Summer I had gained interest in coding and I decided to change my Masters to Computing. But I do not know which aspect specifically did I want to venture into and this video really assured me that I just need to work and grind hard and just show companies that I am really passionate and hungry and things will work out. Thanks a lot!
I am currently learning 'if' statements and loops 3 months into my software development course. This has been a great insight into the career path of a SE without a CS degree. Thank you both for this video and thanks Ben for showing me that it can be done with hard work and passion. Exactly what i needed. Love from Ireland
I respected him more when he said he doesn't have any degree cause he just didn't want to be in college for college sake, but to work. *That kind of brave move is rare.* I studied Civil Engineering. But that's not what I wanna do. I'm currently learning to code.
same bro, I graduated from civil, but switched careers, its been almost a year now, and I am ready to work my own startup. Keep at it, and make sure you find the right path for you.
Great interview!!! I am currently in a Coding Bootcamp for Full Stack Web Development (I don’t a Computer Science degree) and I’m so glad to know that everything I’m feeling is normal. The frustration and feeling of ineptness has been difficult to manage and sometimes I want to throw my computer across the room. When I get my code to finally work, the feeling of success is so rewarding. I enjoy the problem solving aspect and I’m excited to continue my journey and enter into a great career field!
Nelson you are doing such a good job. I've been a software engineer for over 20+ years now and I love the way you represent us. I make similar videos myself so I know the hard work involved. Keep up the great work!!
You def don’t need a CS degree but there are a couple of distinct advantages. One, you will have a leg up in the application process. And number two, you’ll pick up concepts faster because you’ve already been studying computer concepts for 4 years. While they don’t really teach you how to program in college, getting a CS degree is pretty hard and the fact that someone has a degree in it basically means that they have the fortitude to make it as a software engineer. The rest of us will have to work twice as hard and have to be twice as lucky. You certainly don’t need a CS degree but it’s going to help immensely. Edit: Fantastic interview btw. I needed to hear this today.
This video motivates me to continue my journey I started a few days again, I have no degree no GCSE’s but I’m still hopeful as I have always been great with computers I’ve even fixed a couple🤣, but I feel like this feels like the only way I’ll have a good career as I’m not great learning from a classroom so I am self teaching my self let’s hope I continue this journey🤞
Thank you for this great interview, i'm 19 years old and now i have 1 year experience as Mobile Engineer on start-up in Indonesia. You guys can learn code on google or youtube, for example from this channel. Just don't give up and keep practice!
Thank you for this! If you can get more people to share their journey, that would be awesome :) I love hearing the different types of background stories people share on how they got into software development
I'm 43 and I'm still learning. If you want to learn don't think on it about much. Start to code now... According to my experience; The best way to learn is to develop a project. Let's say you want to develop a mobile application. For this, choose a programming language and start coding. Happy coding... 👍✌
Love from the USA. Glad to have stumble on your page. Career shift after being in the food industry. Front end is my thing especially since JavaScript can be very tricky. Don’t give up guys!!
You guys should start a podcast, I think it'd be really awesome to tune into while doing some work. It's really motivational to hear about things like this
Allah bless Brother. i was studying biology before and never understand it. so i switched to coding i had watched your JS video and others. thank you for being inspiration.
I started teaching myself to code when I got a promotion at my old job, but my salary didn't get a promotion. I was making $37k/yr at the time, and paying about $1k/mth in student loans. Printed out the job posting for my ideal job, modeled my own coding curriculum after it, then put a deadline date on that job post and taped it right by my desk so I saw it everyday I was teaching myself. Took a lot of hard work, but I luckily made the career switch one month before the deadline! My first engineering job paid twice my old paycheck back then lol. So I can relate to a lot of his story. Glad to see others make the switch too!
@@moniquebrown9 It took about 3-5 months, as I was working a full-time job and teaching myself as well. If you're interested, I have some tutorials on my page and a free online curriculum to get you started.
@@moniquebrown9 My best advice is that don't think about how long it would take you to learn. It doesn't matter if it takes 6 months or even 2 years, if you keep pursuing your destination even though there are moments of stopover, you will get there. Also not all Software Engineers are immediately a genius after they were hired in their first job. The thing about being a Software Engineer/Developer is that you are paid to learn, and you will always be learning even people that have 10 to 20 years of experience in this industry are still learning since there is always new technology everyday. Pick one language, java or javascript,etc. Learn and master the syntax from the heart their basic cores, for loops, while loops, arrays, multi arrays, after that replicate todo apps on your own and don't just watch tutorials.
inspired, I took also somehow the same way, studied finance and after graduation decided to follow my passions. now I'm working also as junior software developer.
I needed this kind of motivation. I am only a few weeks into being self-taught and this really helps me to put things into perspective and know that I am doing the right thing.
Nice to see you and brothers. Coding is nice and fun today every day. I was a network engineer but when I started developing apps, I realized its the best part/branch in computing.
Wassup man, I'm from the beautiful Cape Town in South Africa. Ben's story is inspiring and parallel to where I'm heading and I can relate. How old is Ben cause I'm 38 and started learning Front End last year and I'm working as a Telesales Consultant full time.
I started learning when I was 33 - 2.5 year later on I got a job. Working now and developing my skills constantly. 38 shouldn't be a barrier. Keep in mind that if you are working you can get to the industry in between 1-4 years. So be patient. Usually people who get the job after one year learning that the young people with a lot of free time. From my experience the older you are the more responsibilities you have and less time. Hope you didn't gave up. I had many doubts in past few years. I was working in the hotel kitchen few years before became a dev. Worth a wait
Pick up a book that is beginner friendly about programming (programming for kids, programming for absolute beginners). Grasp the fundamentals of programming - this is important because it will help you transition from one technology to another.
Thank you Ben for sharing this experience! I started in March to learn to code and I find myself in Ben`s experience... It`s not easy but the rewards are so helpful for a person which need a better life.
Great video, and this is absolutely spot on - although I have a degree in software engineering I have worked with many guys over the years who do not have software degrees. Including 2 that have gone on to become national and internationally respected in their fields...it can be done as long as you have the drive and dedication. I should also add that by the time I started my degree I was already a accomplished self taught programmer - and had sold several apps that I had designed and created. A degree is 100% not necessary to become a dev.
this video is really inspiring and it gives me hope, I am a Lawyer by profession and learning to code. actually I am starting to enjoy it too. great video!
Fab dude am bootcamp now, barriers are illusory, learning to go around over or dig under issues, been there trying to work out issues over 2 days, you inspire us all, fab happy coding
I am a 15y/o and Programming is my passion. I can't live without that I wanna be a great Software Engineer one day. And please make more videos like this it inspires me🙂.
Thanks for this interview Nelson (and Ben)! Fantastic insight into becoming a software engineer. Although I myself have a (BSc Multimedia Computing) degree, I obtained it a long, long time ago! And so in effect, I am self-taught. My goal for 2020 is to really push on and enhance my software engineering skills and overall become a full-stack developer. And even though I mentioned a while ago that Starling Bank was a company that I would consider applying for job-wise in the future, that certainly has not changed since after watching this interview. In fact, it has enhanced my desire even more to want to work at this company! :-) As Ben said, without passion, enthusiasm and drive then one can't become a software engineer and have a successful career in the field. Luckily, I don't struggle with obtaining those three above characteristics! :-D
There’s a lot of fluff on this topic throughout RU-vid but I’m happy to hear a unique perspective and story like Ben’s (and yours). I started my journey into code about a year ago. I’m dedicating the rest of this year to build my skills/knowledge land my first job as a software engineer
I m from Brazil, 31yr and learning to code now. This videos is so inspiring and i have no idea how he came to me. I m so grateful. BTW (u know, for sure), "amigos" in portuguese means "friends", exactly how i fell watching this video.
You can learn in 6 months if you put your head down and study. Something like this (Python) 6-month code curriculum: Month 1: Command line and Choosing Language for example (Python) Month 2: Learning the syntax of the Language you chose to learn. Learn variables, functions, control statements, structures, classes. Create a sample project. Month 3: Dive deeper into your language choice for example (Python), Learn the Standard library of your language, Learn an external framework or library (NumPy & pandas ) Python two libraries Month 4: Learn Data Structures (How you get a programming job ;) ) Month 5: Learn Basic Web Development ( HTML & CSS ), learn Bootstrap, make a personal website Month 6: Learn Backend Technologies (Django) or continue learning Data Science and or Machine Learning Try it, I self-taught myself Python back in 2017 in a time-lapse of 7 months
I am just starting with Python. Do you have any recommendations on material based on the "roadmap" you followed? I am having trouble finding good material and building a roadmap myself. Thanks!
I finished bootcamp at the end of April and someone in a cohort ahead of us was in his 60's and he's working at his first developer job now. It's never too late.
Thank you so much brother. Very inspirational story. Full of knowledge and advice. Thanks man. Create more interview please With other Coworkers of yours.
As-salamu alaykum, Thanks for sharing this information really it is true that you CAN become a developer WITHOUT a degree, just need to focus , enjoy & build (FEB method). My background is in architecture design engineering and because of low jobs and low income + high stress over working I decided to switch career to software development. I started in beginning of 2018 where I had to quit a toxic job and sat down and spent 8 month coding making stuff on github , finishing some courses on Udemy and finishing the #100DaysOfCode round 1 challenge ... I ENJOYED every bit of it but ... because of financial situation I tried to apply to some junior position but I just wasnt prepared enough for the interview questions and was getting rejected many times... In order for me to survive I accidentaly got a job again in architecture as a draftsman and like I said before same environment same pay and overworking ... This month we all got fired from the company because of COVID-19 and economical reasons no work for us ... I was devastated... But I told myself IT IS NOW OR NEVER for me to switch to programming and become a software developer one day INSHALLAH! Thank you for the support and advice given here and I wish to apply at your company one day when I am ready and full of knowledge and projects. All I can say is Alhamdulillah and Mashallah for Ben and all of you as a team. =)
I'm also self teaching myself to code because of this I'm marrying videos and programming books and I think I will make it, the dedication and passion is very high, By the way thumbs up for this video.
Great video bro ! Im having css kick my ass currently in a bootcamp I joined but your video is giving me hope and understanding that it takes time and patience, that’s it. So thank you and keep it up man !
Interviewer is too focused on the no degree, bro it’s not impossible just gotta work hard. A degree doesn’t make someone smarter or guarantee a career, you still gotta put in the work which this gentleman clearly did.
Yes and that is fine. He was just making it clear that to be good programmer you don't have to have the degree box ticked. All you need is determination and of course working at it.
I am an accountant, and I am learning to program on my own and now I develop many applications that even benefit many people. I believe that yes, everything is possible with dedication.
That is true. Why some artist get their dreams? I think it is for that. Dreams, dedication and a serie of personal values. Talent, luck, and intelligence.
Absolutely love it!!!! Just came across this youtube video. (there are many) found this one to be one of the most inspiring, and definitely the most relatable and motivational. We have to remain focused, stay inspired, encouraged and motivated through this training to keep pushing. This I've heard of so many others, including in this video where persons quit their jobs to devote full time to studying and training. I am seriously thinking about doing the same, as this job it really starting to tell it's toll on me.. My work hours are crazy and current job is burning me out, literally. (been working all throughout this pandemic, pretty much non-stop). I come home after having been on my feet all day extremely exhausted. I'm having to push and fight to stay awake just to to get through my coding studies. Yet I remained determined to do this. At any rate thanks so much for doing this interview!!!
Amazing ! from all the videos that i watched for encouraging me to study coding. THIS IS LEGIT MINDBLOWER. Thank you Amigoscode for sharing it to us ! I Salute you and for Ben also. Well I'm 24, I'm on my one week TODAY haha of studying HTML and CSS during Lockdown. This video is so encouraging. Looking forward to watch more content video from you !!
Love this video! I start training in becoming software engineer soon, but am torn between 2 programs but yea , excited to change my life. Appreciate the POV of what may go into this career
This is a really inspiring video. Im currently learning Java through a Udemy course and it is really hard doing it alone especially when you had to leave university for reasons beyond your control. Videos like this are really inspiring and thank you both for creating this. The advice and openness is really important for all of us trying to follow in your footstepa
I can see myself in this talk. I’m 27 and after a Sports Science degree I moved to a computer science bootcamp studying 14 hours every day Sunday to Sunday for 9 months. After that I had my opportunity and I am loving my job on my new life.
this was quite an inspiration for me i already wanted to start learning python later on it could be of help for my psychology studies especially in statistics
Most software developers/engineers that I know and have known from different companies are all coming from other careers. That's the beauty about this sector, if you are willing to spend the time then this job is really for everybody who is able to reason.
Guys. I do some basic scripting with Powershall, Pandas, SQL, but it takes me quite a while to generate my code. Essentially because I am testing logic, flipping through pages, and googling. Is this normal? Is reference my working code when I can for new scripts when I can. How long does it take the average person to be an average coder. Please share your methods? How do you get faster, how do you reference, who do you ask? I work in IT Security but a lot of tasks are repetitive and can be coded and I try to do that when I can.