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Nicola Berti
Hi guys
I am currently in IT support, I posted a thread a month or so ago about my company offering to send me on a training course and how I didn't trust the company to follow through on that promise, well as I suspected the training has been forgotten, despite me chasing numerous times. This has made me decide that I want out.
I'm thinking of changing from IT support to Web Development, I know HTML and CSS fairly well so that's not too much of an issue but I was just wondering if there are any developers out there that can offer some advice on what I should do next, I've heard a lot of people saying that you need a Computer Science degree, which I don't have and at 32 don't really have the time/inclination to get.
I was planning on starting a video course from Lynda.com about PHP and MySQL and then I was going to build something using the new skills to show to potential employers what I can do.
Does that sound like a reasonable plan of action? Any advice on other ways to do it if not?
I am currently in IT support, I posted a thread a month or so ago about my company offering to send me on a training course and how I didn't trust the company to follow through on that promise, well as I suspected the training has been forgotten, despite me chasing numerous times. This has made me decide that I want out.
I'm thinking of changing from IT support to Web Development, I know HTML and CSS fairly well so that's not too much of an issue but I was just wondering if there are any developers out there that can offer some advice on what I should do next, I've heard a lot of people saying that you need a Computer Science degree, which I don't have and at 32 don't really have the time/inclination to get.
I was planning on starting a video course from Lynda.com about PHP and MySQL and then I was going to build something using the new skills to show to potential employers what I can do.
Does that sound like a reasonable plan of action? Any advice on other ways to do it if not?