Become a developer by choosing self-study over a college degree

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View in browser Blog Newsletter September 2017 Most Popular Story How I became a developer by choosing self-study over a college degree Jeffrey worked 50-70 hour weeks in service jobs. He was exhausted and in need of a significant career change. Then he was introduced to coding and the idea of a career in web development. Although people told him he was crazy for choosing to learn to code online over a college degree, he was determined that it was the right career fit for him. 18 months after he first began coding, Jeffrey landed a position as a full-time developer. Read Jeffrey's Full Interview An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Kotlin Kotlin is a modern programming language maintained as an open source project by JetBrains, a world leader in IDEs. Back in 2011, JetBrains was writing primarily Java code and looking for a new programming language to help make them more efficient programmers. Ultimately, they decided to create a new programming language called Kotlin. In this post, you'll learn when to use Kotlin and the basics to get you started. Learn About Kotlin New Learning Content Each week we add to the growing Treehouse Library of courses and workshops. Here's a roundup of what's new. Ready to Code? Treehouse offers a 7-day free trial to our course library! Choose from 1,000s of hours of content, from JavaScript to Python to iOS. Start a Free Trial or explore the Treehouse Library Catch up on more blog content Everything you need to evaluate before saying yes to your first dev job Top 10 student favorite tech podcasts 4 tips to make you more secure online The lowdown on becoming a developer Questions? Hit reply and we're happy to chat. Faye Bridge Blog Editor Treehouse © Treehouse Island Inc hello@teamtreehouse.com  |  Manage Email Notifications  |  Unsubscribe