I'm also extra lucky because I did an undergraduate degree in CompSci — and that only makes me more certain of my advice: please learn to code. I implore you all, all my peers, to learn how to code, even if just a little.





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I promise you it will only open doors, in your mind, imagination, doors to better job opportunities, & on & on.
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Really intelligent and kind people who have never been given this advice have been affected seriously, professionally, personally, by their lack of programming skills. And there is no reason for this — they just never had somebody say: "learn to code — trust me just do it."
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So here I am saying: trust me — just learn how to code. Open up a tab in your browser and go through the basic http://codecademy.com stuff. Yes, it's really important.
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In fact being able to code is what saved my life (100% literally) at least twice. It's why I still have a job in science, it's also how a landed a PhD place.
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So yeah, just do it. Even if you get stuck on what a for loop is or have trouble understanding logic tables or object orientation. It is worth it. Learn how to code.




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Sorry to all those who have missed out on careers because your undergraduate courses didn't bother to stress coding.
I am trying to change this for the next generations, and you can fix this for yourself too. It's never too late.





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I did a course with
@CodeFirstGirls earlier this year, totally endorse what you are saying. Wish I tried it earlier.1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes -
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That's lovely to hear! What a great thing to help girls get into code.
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Was glad it was open to all ages. I have quite a big “life gap” due to psychosis so been nice to play catch up and learn some code
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