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Which track should I take next as I go about achieving my goals?

Hello fellow Treehousers,

I just completed the beginning JavaScript track, having completed the Digital Literacy track before that.

At first, I didn't know where I wanted to go with the knowledge of coding I was learning, whether I wanted to be a Front-end Dev, Back-end Dev, Full Stack Dev, or learn a different language like C# and start learning Unity Development, E.T.C.

I'm really enjoying JavaScript so far, as it seems to be incredibly dynamic, with the ability to accomplish many different goals using it, like desktop app development, and even machine learning. Once I looked into what machine learning can do, specifically some of the examples like 'Performance RNN' on the TensorFlow.js website, I pretty much decided that I would like to direct my studies toward Machine learning, but because I am so new to JavaScript, and Coding in general, I'm unsure of what to learn next in the context of machine learning.

I understand that Treehouse has a few basic machine learning related courses. Should I take those right away?

Additionally, I'm worried about not being able to generate income with-in a few months if I don't first develop skills that might make me more salable to employers, or even as a freelancer, such as focusing on HTML/CSS for a while, using them in conjunction with what little I know about JavaScript to build websites.

Would I be better off focusing on making myself worth more money immediately?

All perspectives would be appreciated!

God Bless,

        -Daley

I found this program from Udacity. It looks excellent and it seems to have good reviews from students.

https://www.udacity.com/course/ai-programming-python-nanodegree--nd089

I'll probably take this program at some point, but for now, I'm going to continue with JS and also start on Python.

Thanks everyone!

3 Answers

jacobb2
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I would go for focusing on making more money. That way, you can invest more in treehouse and other tools for the future.

I think you're right Jacob, and that is probably what I'm going to do.

Tojo Alex
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Tojo Alex
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Money doesn't matter unless your looking for a job and I do agree with jacobbowling otherwise do your thing.

Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
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I think if you want to dive into Machine Learning, I think you're better off on other websites. DataCamp, DataQuest, or the Data Science track on Codecademy. I don't know what the best strategy is to find work in the short term, but keep in mind there are also entry level jobs dealing with data, like wrangling Excel.

Thanks Brendan. I'm going to look into your suggested learning resources. I really like Treehouse's format, and hope they will push out more content on machine learning in the future, but I'll have to look elsewhere for now.

Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
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Cool. So long as you're on Treehouse, the Python and Data Analysis tracks are worth going through and will help you out with Machine Learning. Also related: Khan Academy has some resources for learning math and statistics, and I did a business course with Smartly https://smart.ly/ that was fairly data heavy if you're interested in that.