Used to be in the coal mining industry. I also learned to code. Never been fired or laid off, probably because I saw which direction the wind was blowing and got out before I became a victim of regulatory overreach.
That makes me an authority on the subject.
As such, I can say with authority that the world would be a better place if every single person who has suggested that a laid off blue collar worker should "learn to code" got hit by a flaming bus.
JavaScript is fairly easy to get into and have you coding something fairly quickly. Lots of great sites to go to for learning, but be sure and stop by udemy.com from time to time as they have sales on their courses a lot.
It depends on exactly what role you want to aim for. For web development, JavaScript. Java for android apps, apple uses swift. C# and C++ are still used all over the place. Python and R are popular for statistical computing and science.
JavaScript is a good place to start, and you can learn for free on freecodecamp and codecademy.
Used to be in the coal mining industry. I also learned to code. Never been fired or laid off, probably because I saw which direction the wind was blowing and got out before I became a victim of regulatory overreach.
That makes me an authority on the subject.
As such, I can say with authority that the world would be a better place if every single person who has suggested that a laid off blue collar worker should "learn to code" got hit by a flaming bus.
What code language should one learn?
JavaScript is fairly easy to get into and have you coding something fairly quickly. Lots of great sites to go to for learning, but be sure and stop by udemy.com from time to time as they have sales on their courses a lot.
Thanks
It depends on exactly what role you want to aim for. For web development, JavaScript. Java for android apps, apple uses swift. C# and C++ are still used all over the place. Python and R are popular for statistical computing and science.
JavaScript is a good place to start, and you can learn for free on freecodecamp and codecademy.
Thanks