Hello, I like to introduction about myself. I am 14 years old from Sydney, Australia. I am in year 9 school, and do the electives subjects are Information Software (IT) and Food Technology. My favourite subject at school is Information Software. I have been considering to become an engineer programmer. Also, I would like go to some courses to learn how to use engineer programmer, I have been researching but it is only for adults. I would not able to find courses in Sydney. I think it's really a good opportunities for me to learn, which is a good progress in my education to learning for my future career. Can you please help me to get the courses in Sydney or I can do on the internet or something that related to engineer programmer. (I would like to apologise for grammars and punctuation). Thanks, Luke
To be honest with you kid, wait till you just a little older. If you try to learn this type of stuff now you will end up just C+P and not understanding the code. Wait a couple of years and if you're still interested in the same field then there will be more opportunities for you then and you will learn faster.
Sorry but this is very wrong as far as I'm concerned. If you are very interested now (as you seem to be) then by all means jump right in! Getting started may be the hardest part so pushing it off is only delaying the inevitable. Also, most many show that people's ability to learn is better at younger ages. Take this as an example of a success story. There are plenty of people that do well at your age and younger but just don't go into it with super high expectations. Just anticipate learning a lot and having fun doing so. I mostly agree with the recommendations in this article about what to learn at different ages. As such I would say start with Greenfoot.
I started coding VB6 in grade 8, it's all a matter of setting aside some time everyday, toying and experimenting, and reading guides online. What helped me the most I think is that while I was learning I didn't have the internet, so I'd muck around in the VB IDE on my shitty P1 PC. I'd run into something I wanted to do but didn't know how,so I'd go to school the next day an download a few guides and sources and just kept experimenting on my own time. If you have no idea what you want to do with programming then you won't get anywhere, either. You need to get ideas for applications, and make them. Start simple and work your way up. My very first application translated regular text into l337 speak, lol.
