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    Hi,

    Thank you in advance!

    I am changing career. My previous job is irrelevant. I desire to be software developer, maybe even software engineer later on.

    I am quite interested in Microsoft software and Microsoft phone software development,

    I wanted to know where to start and how to secure a job?

    I have no college education and I have tried unsuccessfully to apply for apprenticeships /traineeships. And I am kinda stuck.

    I started to learn .net and I still have long way to go to create any software.

    Sunday, November 22, 2015 5:03 PM

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    Being a good programmer starts with passion to build your own software. Start with building a tool or (web / phone) app about a subject that sounds fun and useful to you. Having a fun purpose makes it a lot easier to solve issues that you will face. Software is very complex and you will face a lot of issues and bugs. Note that most of the time you will be busy with troubleshooting and debugging your software. Perhaps that doesn't sound motivating, but after a lot of troubleshooting and 'googling' it will start to feel like playing with Lego ;) And that's when the fun starts! I guess you should be able to run your first Hello world ASP.NET site in a few days. Have a look at Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) and run a few tutorials.

    Getting a job without college education will be quite a challenge I think....

    Regards,

    Reinier

    Developer of Permission Analyzer - Analyze and trace NTFS permissions


    Sunday, November 22, 2015 7:46 PM
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    Hi Jason,

    You could start by looking into the Microsoft Virtual Academy as they have good collection of courses on Microsoft product. Hope this helps you.

    Microsoft Virtual Academy

    Thanks,

    Sabah Shariq


    Friday, November 27, 2015 11:16 AM

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    Being a good programmer starts with passion to build your own software. Start with building a tool or (web / phone) app about a subject that sounds fun and useful to you. Having a fun purpose makes it a lot easier to solve issues that you will face. Software is very complex and you will face a lot of issues and bugs. Note that most of the time you will be busy with troubleshooting and debugging your software. Perhaps that doesn't sound motivating, but after a lot of troubleshooting and 'googling' it will start to feel like playing with Lego ;) And that's when the fun starts! I guess you should be able to run your first Hello world ASP.NET site in a few days. Have a look at Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) and run a few tutorials.

    Getting a job without college education will be quite a challenge I think....

    Regards,

    Reinier

    Developer of Permission Analyzer - Analyze and trace NTFS permissions


    Sunday, November 22, 2015 7:46 PM
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    Hi Jason,

    You could start by looking into the Microsoft Virtual Academy as they have good collection of courses on Microsoft product. Hope this helps you.

    Microsoft Virtual Academy

    Thanks,

    Sabah Shariq


    Friday, November 27, 2015 11:16 AM