Some/most(?) of us have been exposed to some Pascal, some VB, something! Maybe a little Java, maybe some C++, Javascript... At school in Cyprus we were taught a surprising amount, since my specific lyceum class had opted in to Informatics. So I'm very lucky.
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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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I dream to be able to code! Any tips please? Thank you Olivia
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Just try as much as you can with what is there online and then maybe try out a class in person. Do they have any classes (maybe
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I don't think we have those classes here in egypt but might be in Europe since i'm going to do PhD there. Any book you recommend for coding for biomedical researchers? Thank you for your great help.
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Ah, no idea. Sorry, not in biomed. What kind of data do you expect to deal with? If it's stats I'm assuming there's an R community...?
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Basically, imaging data. Functional parameters like flow or turbulence will be extracted and algorithm should be developed to convert those parameters into "sound". I'm so greatful for your valuable inputs. Thanks Olivia.
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That could be done in any language. I'd reach out to your peers/colleagues to see what they use.
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