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u/michaelnovati replied · Mar 23, 2025

Absolutely 100% no to a bootcamp. Would consider doing a masters or some individual masters courses.

u/superrober11 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):

So you think learning from TOP is pretty much useless now?

u/michaelnovati replied · Mar 24, 2025

What is TOP?

u/superrober11 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):

Hi. Thank you for answering. Its The Odin Project. A well renown free program that teaches html,css and javascript

u/michaelnovati replied · Mar 24, 2025

Oh yeah Odin Project, FreeCodeCamp, even cheap things under $100 (one time or per year) are good ways to dabble in coding. I'm not sure OP's coding level but they could be good if it's very minimal and the management experience involved almost no code. Or if they want to get their feet wet again in code I would also recommend those. I might also recommend GreatFrontend as it's a little more interview focused and not for as beginners.

u/superrober11 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):

Thank you for your answer. Its so hard to keep your motivation as self taught with posts like these!! I'm trying to change from business and design to coding. If I learn web development+UI do you think can I make money as a freelancer ? I would love to be able to build nice produ

u/michaelnovati replied · Mar 24, 2025

If you are on the UI side talk to u/sherrifderek ! I'm less knowledgable about the freelancer and web design agency side of things that might be more relevant for your goals

u/Head-Wave6105 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):

That is some great advice I had not thought of that route. Do you have any suggestions?

u/michaelnovati replied · Mar 25, 2025

Well it depends on your location, savings, situation, etc... 1. I think the best thing you can do is try to land a role at a company that pays for a party time masters and get it slowly. 2. You can try to do coding on the job, why not learn your own company's code and learn while also having some kind of impact!! I would try to do both, but #2 might be enough if you can really get into the code as a manager