You don’t need to be good at math to learn to code. In fact, someone telling me there wasn’t much math involved is what made me seriously consider it.

And well over a decade in, I’ve actually found I enjoy math when it’s about how things fit together rather than the numbers themselves… But generally you can totally avoid it, the computer is really good at math so make the computer do it

Get away from the C++, start with python then move to another high level language like typescript or C# or something. You can learn to code on your phone if you hook up a keyboard, it will be limited but you will be able to do code challenges and even build apps

As far as the future? AI is really killing junior dev jobs. Which is going to lead to a lack of mid and senior devs pretty soon.

The Internet is also dying, a lot of people make money as content creators, but it’s not a quick path to money and it’s a very uncertain one. The people who love it are living their dream, if that’s not your dream, don’t do it to yourself

My honest advice? Get a job as a handyman and major in computer science if you find you have the aptitude.

No one knows what is going to happen in the near future, but people will always need things patched up. And if you can break through the gap in junior devs, there’s going to be a huge need for people to maintain all the old code that underpins modern life

In uncertain times, it’s good to go all in or hedge your bets. If you’re not the all in type, learn every skill you can