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At this point, I am beginning to narrow down what I would like my focus to be in. I am interested in cloud computing and cyber security at the moment, but am still open to other facets that may be easier to break into.

I am enrolled in the Harvard CS50 course right now, and am looking for other good platforms to learn on. I have found a couple of youtubers where I am learning python at the moment, and Java to start. If you think I should be learning any other languages at first, let me know.

If you are self taught, let me know how you became employed in tech, if not, tell me what I should be doing/looking for/working on to make a break into tech.

I have read many stories of self taught devs getting jobs in the industry, all across the board, so I know it's not impossible, I would just like some tips and pointers to help me on my journey.

I am not that smart yet, so go easy on me, but I will be listening to all advice. This is something that I feel called to do, because I am interested in it, and can see it as something that will support me and my family long term, and something that I can do from the comfort of my own home.

All advice appreciated and accepted.

Thanks.

At this point, I am beginning to narrow down what I would like my focus to be in. I am interested in cloud computing and cyber security at the moment, but am still open to other facets that may be easier to break into. I am enrolled in the Harvard CS50 course right now, and am looking for other good platforms to learn on. I have found a couple of youtubers where I am learning python at the moment, and Java to start. If you think I should be learning any other languages at first, let me know. If you are self taught, let me know how you became employed in tech, if not, tell me what I should be doing/looking for/working on to make a break into tech. I have read many stories of self taught devs getting jobs in the industry, all across the board, so I know it's not impossible, I would just like some tips and pointers to help me on my journey. I am not that smart yet, so go easy on me, but I will be listening to all advice. This is something that I feel called to do, because I am interested in it, and can see it as something that will support me and my family long term, and something that I can do from the comfort of my own home. All advice appreciated and accepted. Thanks.

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Feel free to DM me if you need help with stuff. Im not much of a programmer but I do a lot of tech stuff and I am self-taught.

I think one of the best suggestions I have is "Pick a project". It doesn't matter if you are just following tutorials or someone's howto's. Pick something that you want to mess with or learn and just do it. You will learn a lot that way.

Ex. Don't like advertisements/Tracking? Build a "PiHole" for your home network. You will learn about some Linux, Networking, DNS, etc.. Plus, you get to block ads and tracking stuff before it gets to your desktop/laptop/tablet/etc.

You also do not need to run it on a Raspberry PI since they are hard to get and expensive now. Any simple SBC (Single Board Computer) will do. Or just a virtual machine on a laptop/desktop (but if you configure your network to use it, you will want something that runs 24/7).