You’re probably here because you’ve heard that learning to write computer code is a great way to create solutions to problems that the world has. These skills are valuable and marketable to employers in virtually every industry. Market data consistently ranks software engineering as one of the highest paying and most satisfying career paths, so you may want to pick up coding skills for a few different reasons:

1. Getting on a career path that comfortably provides for you and your family
2. The flexibility that a lot of software engineering jobs have to work remotely all or part of the time.
3. You may want to bolster your existing subject matter expertise with coding skills helping you add more value at your current job, and even get you promoted!

Whatever the reason, it can be tough to know how to get started. The journey to becoming a seasoned coder is full of triumphs and perils and the on-ramp will look different depending on your unique circumstances, which is why I want to brea...