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Prince Great
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How can I earn learning tech as a beginner ?
How can I earn remotely as a tech beginner?
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Doc Frick
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To become a learning technologist Prince, you'll need a bachelor’s degree. Common majors include computer science, educational technology or instructional design. You must be able to demonstrate a wide range of technical skills and qualifications, including programming, scripting in languages, database software, collaborative work management systems, and graphic and user experience design. Knowledge of graphics design and applications, such as Photoshop, is also important. In addition you'll You need to know how to actively engage students through your programming and the way the material is presented to students. To be an effective technologist, you need to remain abreast of developments in the field, such as how to integrate technology into learning settings and changes in educational software.
Nowadays, many companies and education facilities leverage technology to offer training and learning opportunities to their employees and students. This is where technologists come into play since they thoroughly research the most appropriate technology for a specific learning environment. Any business sector that wants to provide learning, training, and upskilling opportunities to its workforce, learners, and customers can benefit from these professionals. Technologists are responsible for using various technological methods to curate digital learning content. Also, they strive to make the content as engaging and interactive as possible by inserting multimedia elements and gamification features while managing the infrastructure. To successfully achieve these goals and provide technical support to participants, they must possess certain skills that will make learning accessible and flexible.
Nowadays, many companies and education facilities leverage technology to offer training and learning opportunities to their employees and students. This is where technologists come into play since they thoroughly research the most appropriate technology for a specific learning environment. Any business sector that wants to provide learning, training, and upskilling opportunities to its workforce, learners, and customers can benefit from these professionals. Technologists are responsible for using various technological methods to curate digital learning content. Also, they strive to make the content as engaging and interactive as possible by inserting multimedia elements and gamification features while managing the infrastructure. To successfully achieve these goals and provide technical support to participants, they must possess certain skills that will make learning accessible and flexible.
Barry Dubson
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If you have a specific interest, there are many free online resources to use to get an introduction into technology related fields. Here are some:
Kura Labs
Coursera
AWS - some free
Youtube
Kura Labs
Coursera
AWS - some free
Youtube
Melissa Branovan
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Depends what kind of tech you are looking for? Historically school was the answer and now there are vast resources online. Coding has been popular, and AI seems to be optimizing the profession. College helps to get your out of your comfort zone to start managing life as an adult, this is an important aspect of learning as well as the content!
Do you want to build something? If yes, what does it take to make it? Do you want to be part of tech sales? Help people to discover new products? Do you want to support infrastructure for an organization? This would be the IT route.
Do you want to build something? If yes, what does it take to make it? Do you want to be part of tech sales? Help people to discover new products? Do you want to support infrastructure for an organization? This would be the IT route.
Oli Lindon
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Hi Prince! It depends on the specific area in tech you are interested in. Once you have a strong idea there, the best way in my opinion is to get enough of a fundamental understanding of your area with online studying. Then when you have enough of a base to "build", start freelancing! You could offer competitive rates, while being upfront that you are a "junior" in the industry. Then use each freelance project to expand not only your tech skillset, but your business development skillset. You'll be a "senior" level within a couple years of continuing to take on new freelance projects!
Jenna Tucker
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Keep in mind that there are many roles within the tech sector. There are technical roles and non-technical roles. You may find you have an aptitude for something other than a technical role, and that is fine.
From my experience, you can learn software engineering remotely, if you have access to a computer and the internet. It helps if you have your own computer. But it does not need to be an especially fancy computer. It does take time and practice. So find a regular pattern for sitting down with your computer to learn that feels as easy and as enjoyable as possible for you.
You will need to find a few specific teachers whose style works well for you. There are so many free and inexpensive resources, you will have many great options. The ones who worked best for me were Brad Traversy of Traversy Media, Mosh Hamedani of Code With Mosh, and Ben Eater. All three of those people have YouTube channels with good, free content, and both Brad and Mosh have full courses online. If you identify the courses you want to take, you can wait to buy them on sale. Typically, a couple of times a year, a course will be 50% to 90%+ off. To give you an example, I bought a course for less than $20 that directly led to my getting my first job as a software engineer.
I can suggest a little bit of structure:
I would first learn the basics of any modern programming language. I suggest JavaScript. Python is another good option. Get to where you can do the easiest challenges on Code Wars website in that language. Once you can do that, continue to do one every time you sit down to learn as a warm-up to get started.
Second, I would learn the basics of version control on GitHub, so that you have a place to keep your code. (It is confusing at first. There is a talk called "Git for ages 4 and up" that helped me.) As you learn things, keep your notes and your code very neat and add a README file that explains what it is. Imagine if you were to stop for a long time and come back. What would you need to remember that you would have forgotten to pick up and go from there?
Third, I would begin to build some small applications by following along with recent lessons. Instead of moving on to another lesson, build these three times. First, follow along. Second, try to do it on your own and use the course as a reference when you need it. Third, try to do it on your own and use outside resources to answer your questions instead of the course. That will give you real value from the course content.
For an example, I did this with an introduction to the coding language Ruby and Ruby On Rails in order to apply for a specific job in those technologies. At that time, it only took me 2 weeks to do the intro lessons 3 times. From the understanding I gained, I made it to the very last round of interviewing and had a positive experience. They hired a more senior engineer, but the process made me more confident and I soon landed another job. I improved during the process and was invited to apply to the company again.
Best of luck!
From my experience, you can learn software engineering remotely, if you have access to a computer and the internet. It helps if you have your own computer. But it does not need to be an especially fancy computer. It does take time and practice. So find a regular pattern for sitting down with your computer to learn that feels as easy and as enjoyable as possible for you.
You will need to find a few specific teachers whose style works well for you. There are so many free and inexpensive resources, you will have many great options. The ones who worked best for me were Brad Traversy of Traversy Media, Mosh Hamedani of Code With Mosh, and Ben Eater. All three of those people have YouTube channels with good, free content, and both Brad and Mosh have full courses online. If you identify the courses you want to take, you can wait to buy them on sale. Typically, a couple of times a year, a course will be 50% to 90%+ off. To give you an example, I bought a course for less than $20 that directly led to my getting my first job as a software engineer.
I can suggest a little bit of structure:
I would first learn the basics of any modern programming language. I suggest JavaScript. Python is another good option. Get to where you can do the easiest challenges on Code Wars website in that language. Once you can do that, continue to do one every time you sit down to learn as a warm-up to get started.
Second, I would learn the basics of version control on GitHub, so that you have a place to keep your code. (It is confusing at first. There is a talk called "Git for ages 4 and up" that helped me.) As you learn things, keep your notes and your code very neat and add a README file that explains what it is. Imagine if you were to stop for a long time and come back. What would you need to remember that you would have forgotten to pick up and go from there?
Third, I would begin to build some small applications by following along with recent lessons. Instead of moving on to another lesson, build these three times. First, follow along. Second, try to do it on your own and use the course as a reference when you need it. Third, try to do it on your own and use outside resources to answer your questions instead of the course. That will give you real value from the course content.
For an example, I did this with an introduction to the coding language Ruby and Ruby On Rails in order to apply for a specific job in those technologies. At that time, it only took me 2 weeks to do the intro lessons 3 times. From the understanding I gained, I made it to the very last round of interviewing and had a positive experience. They hired a more senior engineer, but the process made me more confident and I soon landed another job. I improved during the process and was invited to apply to the company again.
Best of luck!