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Do you participate in this hobby without a formal IT education or a career in a similar field? (piefed.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 week ago by blight@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Does anyone else here participate in the selfhosting hobby without a formal IT related education or a career in a similar field? I've only had one or two programming courses as part of my university education, but it was only very basic Python and C. I've never formally learned how to use containers, version control or anything else. Sometimes I regret not pursuing an education in IT/programming because there are so many things I'd like to accomplish but can't (for example if there's a feature missing in some project, or to feel safe in my abilities to harden my servers and my network in order to expose services to the open internet).

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[–] SuspiciousCarrot78@aussie.zone 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I work in the medical field. All my it IT skills are self taught, starting way back with coding in BASIC in C64 and taking apart RC cars.

With enough interest and persistence, you can learn what you need to. IT skills are pretty democratic.

Self hosting stuff is a great gateway drug because it introduces...complications. The path between A and B always seems to take detours, which is where the learning happens.

It's interesting reading people talking about problem X, with everyone confidently advocating solution Y. I often find myself thinking "well, that's not been my experience. I would just do A".

It's good to see how other people solve similar problems. Eventually you'll arrive at that old homily "the way you do one thing is the way you do everything", which is useful too.

Ultimately, just.. start anywhere. Soon enough something will piss you off enough that you roll up your sleeves and work the problem - don't look, but you'll be learning those IT skills IRL without having to crack a textbook.