Is it worth it to go to school for computer programming?

[Aaron321]

I've recently been considering it but I know virtually nothing about programming. I don't know the difference between one programming language and the next or why there even need to be so many and why they get old and replaced by new ones. I don't know what it's like to program what it entails or how long it takes. I've heard some people will write code for 4 days straight with no sleep.

Anyway if anyone would like to share their experiences with programming that would be great. Also is there any way I could quickly learn one of the languages and try to program something for myself to see if I enjoy it? I was thinking about taking a class at my local community college about programming also.

[Fubarable]

Why not first try to learn some programming on your own and see how you take to it. That's how most of us learned to do this.

[DrummondAW]

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