How to Become a Programmer

Becoming a programmer is a cumulative process that buildsup your skills day after day and year after year, and programming can be fun and rewarding (mentally, spirituallyand financially). This guide does not promise to give a magically easy way to becoming a programmer, and the ordering of the steps is not sacred, but you'll get a general outline of how to become a programmer in one of the modern programming fields. EditSteps 1Take an introductory course in one (or both) ofthe following disciplines: Logic Discrete mathematics 2Learn database concepts such as tables, views/queries and procedures. You can use any simple database package to do this, such as: MS Access DB V Fox Pro Paradox MySQL is a good database to learn because it’s free, commonly used, and databases are commonly accessed with SQL queries 3Decide what type of programmer you want tobe. Programmers generally fall under one of the following categories: Web programmer Desktop application programmer Operating system(OS) oriented programmer(tied to a single operating system or setof operating systems) Platform-independent programmer Distributed applications programmer Library/platform/framework/core programmer System programmer Kernel programmer Driver programmer Compiler programmer Programming scientist 4Learn the technologiesand programming languages related to your programming field of choice. The following sections break down the tasks for different types of programming. Source: http://www.wikihow.com/Become-a-Programmer