My teenager wants to learn software engineering

1 points by pettycashstash2 3y ago ↗ HN

My teenager has an interest in software development. Is there a list of resources I can use, outside of books that can help me guide him. I remember seeing a list of free online courses from top tier universities but can't locate it.

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tabtab 3y ago ↗

It's rare to start "engineering" non-trivial projects right out of college. Experience is very important to software engineering. So while one may be able to get a "software engineering" degree, typically one starts out working as a programmer, UI designer, help-desk, tech writer/documenter, and/or tester. Thus, education for the first step of this journey should be planned out also.