just gonna piggyback here
Is Code Academy a decent way to pick up practical programming skills? There aren't any programming requirements for my chosen major, but I know it would be useful for me anyway.
They charge $20 per month for their full service, with quizzes and tests and so on, for now I'm just moving through their free lessons.
Keep in mind I'm coming from this as code illiterate
This, OP. You don't even understand how much easier life would be if you're female. Then again, you'd even have the option to not work and just marry a successful man. That said, are you autistic? I majored in math and my gpa was straight up AIDS (seriously,
Don't pay, practice more. If you're code illiterate I suggest you to come up with an interesting project, make it work and upload it on a personal website. This way will your potential employers know that you're really capable of coding.
>They charge $20 per month
You could get a friend who had taken a course and program with him. Go meet people who know how to program and learn from them. Not that difficult