I'm also another lurker. I used to have an account but forgot the associated info.
I've been programming on and off since I was 12, but didn't get serious about it until a year ago. I had a really hard time finding a job that I was well suited for after I graduated with a BA in history.
In late 2014, I started doing free web development tutorials every day, usually at least 3-4 hours per day. I learned quite a bit of HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript (my favorite!) over the course of about 8 months, which is when I won a scholarship to attend a coding bootcamp that covers mostly JavaScript and a little bit of Ruby. Now I work at a .NET shop, so I'm learning C#, ASP MVC 5, and SQL Server. At first I wasn't thrilled because my personal preference is for open source technology, but the compensation far outweighs that.
For personal projects, I still prefer to use open source technology where possible. I'm interested in IoT development and am working on extending a Node.js app I wrote that logs temperature and humidity readings from a DHT11 sensor. It's currently running on a Raspberry Pi 2. I want to wire up a PIR sensor and some LED strips and add code that monitors the sensor and controls the LEDs.
03 Jan 2016, 5:56 pm
