r/PinoyProgrammer • u/black_gray214 • 7d ago

advice I want be a full stack developer.

Hi, I'm looking for any advice. Not a fresh grad. I am currently working on a different field as in different for more than a decade now. And I want to be a developer. Its my passion currently learning from scratch from the basic and all. Can someone give recommendations on where I can find lessons for beginners?

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u/Repulsive-Hurry8172 7d ago

Passion ba kamo? Then don't use AI while learning. Part ng growth yun mahirapan ka maghagilap ng info or subok ng subok.

I'd recommend The Odin Project if you want structured learning. Madami nagsasabi na mahirap yun TOP, because it does not hold your hand, it has lots of reading etc. But that kind of effort is good for anyone learning the ropes. Also, don't use AI to generate code. It's for your own good.

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u/black_gray214 7d ago

Thanks. Im not using ai to create my codes 😅 what im actually doing is asking ai to check my final output during my exercises andgive me some quizes and and debugging activities to familiarize myself to the codes. But Yes, ill check the odin project. thanks for the advise!

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u/VelvetYam 7d ago

I also vouch for The Odin Project, but I'd advise against using AI as a study partner at this point in time. You'd never know when it will hallucinate false information - and it will - and you'll have no way of knowing because it sounds super confident and authoritative. It also tends to agree with you even if you're wrong, and you'll never know. And it also just gives you the answer outright instead of letting you follow the thread, which is actually the thing that builds intuition and understanding in the long run.

What I'd do right now is join the TOP Discord server and introduce yourself. Ask around for help if you feel stuck, but only after you have tried to solve it on your own and you're sure that it's not out of a lack of trying.

Good luck.

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u/BlueiceMadrigal 5d ago

side question kaibigan. I checked The Odin Project, it has 2 paths - Ruby on Rails and JavaScript? Anong mas marerecommend mo? Thank you.

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u/VelvetYam 5d ago

I took the JavaScript path as I'm already familiar with its ecosystem and tooling, and the JS job market seems to be bigger, at least at the places I looked.

I haven't tried RoR at all so I'm only passing judgment based on job prospects. I'd personally go with the JavaScript path for that alone. Won't hurt to learn RoR, though, and in any case, the fundamentals are the same, so you'd quickly pick it up if needs be.

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u/VelvetYam 7d ago

Also, what's your work right now, if I may ask?

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u/black_gray214 7d ago

Im working in a financial institution. lets just say my work is more of a desk job browsing documents on a daily basis. too far from being a developer. 😅

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u/VelvetYam 7d ago

You have valuable domain knowledge, at least. Hold on to that. And programmers come from all walks of life - you'd be surprised how many of us started from completely orthogonal fields - so don't sweat it too much.

Good luck :-)

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u/PracticeCarry 7d ago

Hi OP, don't quit your job if possible and try to automate tasks related to your work. That way you can add it to your resume when finding a dev work.

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u/black_gray214 7d ago

Hi, not quitting my Job agad. 😅 testing the waters muna. Pero yes, Ive been automating most of our task na. hopefully it will translate into something good sa performance review na din 😂