The Beginner Boost is a quick start into the tech world for absolute beginners with little or no experience in tech. All you need is a computer, an Internet connection, and the time, motivation, and patience to learn it (most simply lack the latter). Soon you'll be moving at _terminal velocity_™. There's actually a shortage of qualified technologists in the world, which is why they continue to command such high salaries. Here's how you can become one of them.
- Follow Rob's socials (specifically Twitch, YouTube, GitHub) and say hello
- Like, subscribe, and follow the YouTube playlist
- Create a GitHub account with a professional user name
- Star and follow this repo
- Introduce yourself in our discussion forum (no Discord)
- Read the the overview
- Review the list of revelant technologies most tech jobs require
- Create your own private
notesGitHub repo and learn to edit files with web interface - Learn to write and edit GitHub Flavored Markdown
- Explore the Linux terminal by setting up the
boostcontainer - Consider contributing in whatever way you can
For those who don't want to wait for last years content to be migrated over there is the old SKILSTAK site.
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This repo is released under the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license meaning you can read it, share it, fork it, modify it, and use in your personal projects provided you give full attribution to the copyright owner and do not use any part of the content for commercial purposes. Since this content changes very frequently to keep up with changes in the tech industry it is strongly recommended that links back to this authoritative repo are highly visible (since they are already needed for attribution).
