You've gotten sound advice and I'll just chime in with a "me too". My career in web development is completely self-taught. I started school as a CompSci guy, but dropped that major because I was already running a web dev business on the side and the degree trac wasn't teaching me anything I needed to know. Everything regarding the web I learned in school was woefully outdated, though this was in '01-'03 and it may be better now. Still, as other have said, the web just simply moves too fast.
Oh, and I've never once looked at the educational experience of someone whom I've been in the position to interview on behalf of my employer(s). Never once. My biggest piece of advice to get you started is to make sure your appetite to learn how the web works is insatiable. See something cool? Right-click and view source. Save it locally. Reproduce it. Tweak it. Install Firebug. Play with other people's websites. Learn how all of your favorite websites are constructed. Deconstruct everything. Good luck to you. Always remember you've got a great community of other web professionals willing to help. It's an awesome industry for that reason. -RYAN JOY http://twitter.com/atxryan On Mar 12, 5:33 pm, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you all for your insight, its good to know that I'm not the only > one who is still figuring things out. Going back to school has always > been something I never felt 100% sure about and listening to > everyone's trials and tribulations, I don't have to torture myself > with more years of schooling. I think learning the basics and > building on that sounds like a plan to start off with. > > any book suggestions? programming languages to start? > > Mike --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
