Programming class
I hope to audit a Python class, or at least some type of introductory programming class, in the evenings and weekends. Do you know any you can recommend?
How about flashcards? Do those help for learning the vocabulary and rules of a computer language?
For years, I have gone back and forth on the issue of learning a programming language. At first, I didn't know why I wanted to, since I felt I should not invest massive time, money and energy in learning a skill unless it's the sort of thing I would do anyway as a hobby. Given a free afternoon, it would never occur to me to spend it coding. It would simply never cross my mind. That's why self-teaching doesn't work and I need a class.
The best argument for learning programming has been that every project I'm interested in involves creating or altering code. The sheer quantity of time I have spent in recent years begging programmers has become more than sufficient motivation to take power into my own hands. I won't be the best, but I don't need to be. When others are taking a break, I just need to keep a project moving under my own power, no matter how slowly.