I’m 25, with an Oxford degree. Why I'm learning to code.

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I'm 28 with a Daytona Beach Community College Online degree. Why I'm learning to code.

It doesn't really matter where you went to school fyi, great coders come from everywhere. JWZ being a prime example.

The article didn't have anything to do with "great" coders. The article was about having gone to an elite university and expecting to do one thing for a living and realizing that the market is against you and programming is the go-to skill to have.

I find it saddest to see a university graduate with an honours degree (cum laude for the Yanks) and majors in economics, philosophy and politics go straight into marketing. In particular, 'social' marketing. Maybe that's just the way it is these days.

Yet another article from a marketer taking up programming. I wish the OP the best of luck in this endeavour.

Thank you very much. I'll do my best to keep everyone updated through the blog.

With regard to my career choices - you know, I'm probably feeling the same way too. Need something with more of a mental challenge. But best to fail fast, as they say.

Why not Mandarin?

Honestly, because Cantonese scanned better. Mandarin equally valid :)

Knowing Cantonese isn't going to help you anywhere near as much as knowing Mandarin will (unless you want to move to Hong Kong), and it's arguable that the benefits of knowing Mandarin aren't that great either (given how many people can handle English and Mandarin already). Knowing how to code, though...that'll help mostly anywhere.

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