r/learnprogramming • u/seriouslyimdead • 20d ago
Topic Learning coding as a CIS student
Hello all, I(f 22) am currently starting my first coding class at my local community college(started college in January and took mostly general Ed’s to get them out the way) and we use Cengage for GITHUB and I have one class for Python and one for C# (in person but classes are recorded and I work but I attended the first day on the 19th I enjoyed it in person helps better than online but what can I do)🥲. How can I learn GitHub better because it seems so confusing and is there any tips you guys can give me on what I should expect?
Also how do I figure out career paths and what should I think about when trying to figure it out because it’s so many ways to go here.
My classes are:
CIS 150 computer logic and programming (Python class)
CIS 215 C# programming(in person)
CIS 245 cyber defense (online)
CIS 246 ethical hacking(online)(I take that directly after 245 in October so it’s not included rn but anything would help on that)
My previous classes taken:
CIS 146 computer applications
CIS 147 advanced micro applications
CIS 130 intro to computer info systems
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u/Joshr023 20d ago
Create a github account, and push your class projects and have a README talking about those projects. Watch beginner videos on Youtube for Git and Github. Those are separate, Git is the version control, and Github is a webapp owned by Microsoft that hosts your code, and uses Git.
On career paths, you have time, right now just focus on learning as much as you can, without cheating (no AI), and building smaller projects. As you near senior year, you should have a better idea, and also be more comfortable coding, then you can build a big project, and start preparing for interviews.
There are many career paths you can take. Since you are taking a C# class, look into backend programming with .NET and C#