[awaxman11]

As an investment banking analyst who was learning to code "on the side" for 6+ months and then finally decided to quit my job and learn to code full time in January, I can't agree more with this article. Learning to code part time doesn't work. You need motivation, and you need to dive into coding head first. Zach Shapiro has some great tips related to learning to program similar to this article:

1. Nights, weekends are bad 2. Forget codecademy 3. Have a real project you want to build

Check out the full article here: http://blog.zackshapiro.com/want-to-learn-to-code-start-here...

[scrabble]

Maybe this depends on your age. A lot of people learn to code as a child, and at that stage you're really not doing anything full time.

Starting as a 10 year old, I began learning to code and spent maybe 20-30 hours / week on it combined with school and friends. All of that time was during nights and weekends.

I think having a real project you want to build is a good start. I also think that a keen interest in the topic and a passion for learning will overcome most other obstacles.