Learning to code 

How I went from journalist to developer in 18 months

@amesimmons

Jan 2009 - Dec 2014

ABC

Nov 2013 

My first line of code

rails new railsgirls

2014

Learning in my spare time

Jan - Apr 2015

Web development immersive course

Apr 2015 - now
Developer at ansarada 

My tips for you...

1. Get coding

• Codecademy (online)
• CodeSchool (online)
• Coursera (online)
• The Odin Project (online)
• General Assembly 
• Rails Girls
• Study groups
• Hackathons 

2. Meet the community

• SydJS
• React Sydney
• RoRo
• Girl Geek Sydney
• Women Who Code
• Sydney Developer Drinkups
• CampJS
• Rails Camp

3. Ask for help

• Mentors and peers
• Stack Overflow
• Reddit
• Twitter

4. Think about your online presence

• Github
• Personal website
• Blog
• Twitter

5. Keep on going

@amesimmons