A Balance between Full-Time Work and Study

[CommanderMadi]

Howdy Off Topixers!

I was busy the past few weeks training for a full-time job. I was accepted in a job at Credit information department in one of the biggest banks in my country. It is daily from Sunday to Thursday from 8:00 am to 4 pm. It is really a career that I never wanted but I am only in for the salary and benefits. Life is getting hard without enough income.

The question that has been confusing me for weeks since I first joined this bank a month ago is: Is it even possible to study programming properly and keep developing and sharpening your skills while on full-time job? Would the balance be possible? I want to keep the current job while learning programming and development in a way that would make able after a period of time to do a full career shift from banking to development. I am very passionate about software and I currently write HTML/CSS and I know the basics of programming and wrote few lines of JS and PHP.

Is it doable? The full-time work is from 8 am to 4 pm (8 hours). I am willing to fully devote my time into learning programming but would it be enough to get me on the track of hunting a software development career? or should I be completely free to fully focus on programming to be able to get a job at it?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Evil Eye]

As long as you remember to take some time off once in a while to prevent a complete burn out, yeah, I think that should be doable.

Just start some sort of project (i.e. set yourself a goal) and spend 2+ hours a day working on it. You might not end up with anything great, but you should learn plenty that you can use for the next one.

 

[MrDawn]

I think you can do it. In due time, your time and efforts will bare fruit.

 

[callie8]

I would recommend that you definitely try to find a way to study while at the same time keep working full time. It might get difficult at tines but it should pay off for you when the studies are complete and new opportunities come to you. Good luck!