This is truly an amazing opportunity for anyone between the ages 17 - 35 years old. I'm currently a student at We Think Code_, and I can vouch that we don't pay tuition and we're also paid a stipend every month while we're learning.
Good job. I started with BASIC at 10, C and Intel Assembler at 13 writing 2D game engines, C++ at 16, Pascal at 17 for pre-uni school, Java at 19 for uni. I’m a software architect in my 40s now working primarily with Java and C++. Programming is a key skill that’ll keep you in good stead going forward. Everything is now tech-oriented and more important that any specific language (these can change) is a mastery of the underlying principles and approaches. With the fundamentals in hand keeping up with the evolving ecosystem is a breeze - not easy - but most doable. It’s amazing how much free stuff and information is available nowadays via the internet. In my day the books alone were expensive while the best software compilers and assemblers were basically unaffordable... unless you knew someone who knew someone or figured out which computer magazines had mail-order listings in the back from gutsy bootleggers 😋
@@codecarspap Its an easy way to make yourself sound smarter or important. Teaching someone to be a programmer makes them no engineer. An engineer is someone that holds an engineering degree or has shown competence to be involved at high level designs of complex systems. Going through an WeThinkCode does not make you that but just a programmer.
It’s appropriate to have a cut off. Anyone who is 35+ and desiring to learn software engineering has many avenues open to them inc. self learning, part time/full time degree, online/remote courses, private tutors, etc. The free stuff like in this vid targets the young who will hopefully go on to boost the economy over the next 20-30 years using their skills. The oldest software engineer I know is 63 still writing the most amazing code - he’ll never suffer ageism since he works hard to do what he does well, always keeping up with the latest trends and best practices. Anyone in SA watching this vid that wants to learn and is over 35 can start TODAY by downloading all of the tools needed and browsing online tutorials. This wasn’t possible when I got started and when I was getting started half the stuff I was reading didn’t even make sense (jargon, big words - even the books today are layman friendly) 😋 In short mature people can use their own initiative and realise their goals if they are indeed sincere about those goals.
@@b1ueocean I'm one of them.im learning from RU-vid and other free sources and when done will look for where I can apply to do the exam and get qualified.Thank you.
