Next year will be my final year of high school and I'm pretty unsure of what I want to do.

I definitely want to do something in the field of computers since It's one of my very few passions but since I haven't taken any programming courses, I feel like I'm behind.

Where the do I start? I'm tired of being a script kiddie, I want to learn the language. D:

This post was edited by Jwoww on Jun 10 2013 06:23pm

http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-00-introduction-to-computer-science-and-programming-fall-2008/

what "scripting" have you done?

I'd say you're behind a lot of people, but you're ahead of even more if you start now.

Start balls deep with Java or Python, visual C# is good as well for beginning. When you know how to program you can pick up a language very easily.

i haven't took a programming course personally , but i did enter a networking course a year ago in college.
they started with very simple stuff & assumed everyone doesn't know anything at all, i think it's about the same for programming , tho don't take my word for it.
i quit the course after the first semester because i found out in that course , the first 3 semesters were just to get everyone to the same level which i was far ahead.

my advice is to learn the basics of programming but not learn too much or you will loose all your motivation and end up quitting the course like i did in networking.

This post was edited by dolarsignzeroxeighty on Jun 11 2013 11:12am

I went to school for programming and about half my class dropped out in the first year, and only 25% of the class actually graduated.
And most of the students that did graduate already had some knowledge of programming when they started.

You should really start learning now (just watch some youtube videos or lectures from programming courses).
It's not required to know anything before you start college / university, as long as you're passionate about it.

Best way is start In entry Java/C# courses... Its mind numbing and boring but Its the eziest to learn... Once you have the basics of C# you can start branching off to C++ and others

I mainly stick with C# and C++ Au3 and java.. They all work and are usually pretty ez to get what you need done

Colleges offer entry courses and summer courses for these and they are your best bet for getting the BASICS down...

You can also look in to doing free online courses from udacity.com They teach Python, but what really matters is you learn the basics. Which is pretty much the same in any language.

sounds like a shitty school. my graduating class had at least 80-90% retention rate, even if a good number of them ended up going into finance upon graduation (for the $)

i started more or less as a complete beginner in my college CS courses and was pretty successful. if a class/program requires that you have prior knowledge or experience in order to succeed in it, it's must really not be worth your money.

This post was edited by irimi on Jun 17 2013 01:56pm