So this analyst wants to write code

1 points by niche 11y ago ↗ HN

Shameless plug here: I have been in systems/data/business analyst roles for 3 years now (F500), and I want to write code. I understand systems, I would just need someone to teach me a little bit and I will run wild.

Interested in haxe, go and <>javascript. Great at Excel. Wrote some C# for one of the big guys as an intern, then got sucked into more "strategic positions"

Am I misguided here? Is the grass just brown and poopy on the otherside? Help (hire) me write code?

I have what it takes, do you?

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niche 11y ago ↗

Sincerely, what is the route here? Surely I am not the first?

gaius 11y ago ↗

Start by automating something you do day-to-day. Its fine to do this in VBA in Excel. That will lead you naturally into COM which is "real programming".

^^^right on^^^^! great practical advice, greatly appreciated