Hi, Quite a few good responses already, but just to add the suggestion that he also have a look at/consider some of the free or low/lower cost educational options available, such as Coursera <https://www.coursera.org/>, EdX <https://www.edx.org/>, KhanAcademy <https://www.khanacademy.org/> or perhaps Pluralsight <https://www.pluralsight.com/>, CodeSchoool <https://www.codeschool.com>, TeamTreehouse <https://teamtreehouse.com/> or CodeAcademy <https://www.codecademy.com> and that he avoid high-cost options initially.
Certainly it would allow him to get started with something in the meantime and start learning with no or little cash down, even if he eventually decides to do some sort of higher cost/formal qualification later. Also he might want to look at some programming practice/challenge sites such as CodeEval <https://www.codeeval.com/>, HackerRank <https://www.hackerrank.com/>, CodeWars <http://www.codewars.com/>, LeetCode <https://leetcode.com/> or CodeChef <https://www.codechef.com/> once sufficient progress has been made for him to attempt these. Best of luck, Walter On 18 May 2016 at 10:59, John via python-uk <python-uk@python.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > A philosopher friend of mine wants to transition into working as a > software developer (paying work in philosophy being a bit rare). He lives > in London, and is considering signing up for one of the Coding "Bootcamps" > that various organisations run. I wondered if any of you have any > recommendations you could make, and indeed whether any of these bootcamps > teach Python? > > Thanks, > > John >
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