Teach yourself you to Hack in 6-9 months

Re:Teach yourself you to Hack in 6-9 months by chaostheory on Thursday May 15, 2008 @04:57PM (#190944)

forgot 1 step; make a developer friend. having someone u can get help from - lessens frustration and helps tremendous ly

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Re:Teach yourself you to Hack in 6-9 months by ph0rque on Thursday May 15, 2008 @06:27PM (#191100)

Better yet: find a handful of ambitious novices like yourself, as well as a dev friend. Get together regularly and frequently with the novices to learn together; invite the dev friend every once in a while when you get stuck as a group.

I think I just described a micro-university.

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Re:Teach yourself you to Hack in 6-9 months by as on Friday May 16, 2008 @01:05AM (#191470)

Or you could attend SuperHappyDevHouse.

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Re:Teach yourself you to Hack in 6-9 months by ph0rque on Friday May 16, 2008 @07:42AM (#191683)

in NC?

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Re:Teach yourself you to Hack in 6-9 months by jcl on Friday May 16, 2008 @01:31PM (#192006)

Well, potentially...

http://termie.pbwiki.com/HowToDevHouse

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Re:Teach yourself you to Hack in 6-9 months by aaronblohowiak on Thursday May 15, 2008 @06:30PM (#191107)

also known as a "study group" or a "startup"

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Re:Teach yourself you to Hack in 6-9 months by dc2k08 on Thursday May 15, 2008 @07:05PM (#191143)

and probably the hardest step for a newb. no-one likes the new-fish.

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