Posted: 12/1/2014 9:41:34 PM EDT
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This is the off-season for me, lots of down time. Thinking it'd be nice to pick up some occasional work and learn something new. Saw that there are a lot of free programming courses online. I have zero interest in becoming a professional full-time programmer. But is it possible to pick up occasional low-paid work if I learned a simple programming language or two?
I learned some Python years ago in a GIS class but haven't used it and promptly forgot it. Also dabbled a bit with HTML a few years ago, but haven't used that either. That's about the extent of my "recent" programming experience. |
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It might be hard for you to get work in Oregon. It's between Seattle and California (and there's Portland too). You are in an area that has lots of very qualified people.
You might get some work, but I'm not sure how easy it would be considering the people there. In Memphis, you could do it. eta: there is a lot of web design work. You could learn CSS and photoshop, and you could probably do better than trying to compete with Python developers. edit 2: check craigslist for jobs under their "Web" category. It changes often, and there are often small companies looking for one-off projects. |
| I broke into the field via telemarketing companies. Someone has take the paper copy of the script and make it appear on the CSR's screen. Capture data, verify credit card numbers, set a disposition for the call outcome, save it all back to a database record. Stuff like that, they generally use HTML, Javascript and some C#. It's not complicated, arrays are about as difficult as it gets. It's good entry level work that you can do from home. |
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This is the off-season for me, lots of down time. Thinking it'd be nice to pick up some occasional work and learn something new. Saw that there are a lot of free programming courses online. I have zero interest in becoming a professional full-time programmer. But is it possible to pick up occasional low-paid work if I learned a simple programming language or two? I learned some Python years ago in a GIS class but haven't used it and promptly forgot it. Also dabbled a bit with HTML a few years ago, but haven't used that either. That's about the extent of my "recent" programming experience. There is not a lot of demand for a "simple programming language or two". I've been programming for 23 years. I "know" about a dozen languages, am proficient in about four. If you are serious, learn SQL and then PL/SQL. Oracle is always in demand. |